On Sun, 04 Mar 2012 01:16:37 -0500, Warp wrote:

> Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
>> It's fairly easy when doing breaststroke to just coast and kick and
>> keep your head above the water.  Indeed, when I used to swim laps, I'd
>> see a fair number of retirees swimming and they'd do this and never
>> actually put their faces in the water.
> 
>   That's not the most efficient way of swimming, though. (Else it would
> make sense to swim breastsroke "properly", ie. going underwater.) Your
> head is heavy.

Nobody really said it was the most efficient way to swim, just that this 
is a way to handle it when you need a break.

You're not going to be Michael Phelps doing it this way - but nobody 
claimed you would be.

Jim

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