Breathing Skills | Mediterra Swim & Run

Relaxation Comes From Appropriate Stiffness

by Coach Mat | 5 Feb, 2023

Do you seek more relaxation in your swimming experience? This overall relaxation is actually a product of a balance between softness and stiffness around the body, and the balance of these shifts through the stroke choreography. Softness allows tissues to rest and...

When Breathing Is Fearful

by Coach Mat | 14 Jun, 2020

I am finally completing the last chapter of my book Better Breathing In Freestyle (a working title – it may not be the final one) and preparing a draft for a first round of editing. This final chapter is the one I have been most eager to bring to light because...

Awareness Leads To Better Breathing

by Coach Mat | 13 Jan, 2020

Here is an excerpt from my forthcoming book (working title) Better Breathing In Freestyle. …no matter how skilled or not you are in breathing, before you can correct and control any of your breathing errors, you have to become aware of what breathing your body...

Your Posture Affects Breathing Too

by Coach Mat | 22 Dec, 2019

Here is an excerpt from my forthcoming book (working title) Better Breathing In Freestyle. I appreciate those of you cheering me on to get this out there. I’ve made a second draft on the first 75% and now working on the first draft of the last 25% which is the...

Could You Be Hyperventilating?

by Coach Mat | 16 Nov, 2019

[Here is an excerpt from my working draft of the forthcoming Better Breathing In Freestyle book. It’s going to be loaded with useful stuff you don’t commonly find in swimming books!] There are two main gases that your exercising body needs to deal with. It...

It Matters How You Breathe

by Coach Mat | 30 Oct, 2019

Obviously, your brain handles all your daily breathing without the need for you to control it or even think about it. But do you know how you breathe in daily life? I mean, do you know which part of your body, which muscles do most of the work for each breath? Do you...