When I wrote to Wendy, two days ago, one of the things she mentioned was to "forcefully push air out before you inhale". I did not understand that, at that time. However, as I said, I watched a number of Total Immersion YouTube Videos and realized something. These people were exhaling! Truly exhaling, not just blowing air out! And it hit me, what was I doing? So, I'm at the pool this morning and decided to try just exhaling. I tried it, at first with just the kick board. And I did what Wendy suggested, right before I turned my head to inhale, I "pushed" all the extra air out of my lungs. Then I turned and took a breath. I tried that a few times and then I decided to try it, actually swimming. And you know what happened????? I swam the entire length of the pool, using bilateral breathing and didn't stop!!! I was ecstatic! This was huge for me!! On Wednesday I was so discouraged that I wasn't sure if I would ever "get it". So, while I was only able to do it once, it was a victory for me.
The next thing I "conquered" was not stopping. What I did was start swimming and when I a) felt like I ran out of air or b) just started to get freaked, I flipped over onto my back. I can float and now, thanks to Erin, can to the backstroke, so that's what I did. I, then, took a moment, regrouped and then flipped back over and started to swim again. The point is I'm NOT STOPPING! I was going nuts feeling like I would have to stop and regroup half way through the lap. This is another huge step for me.
The Total Immersion DVD came today and I plan on working on Lesson 1 tomorrow. I loved what it says on the actual DVD "Warning: The Head Coach has determined that the swimming you are about to practice may be addictive". I had to laugh because what went through my head was "I hope so". :)
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