{"id":68606,"date":"2013-11-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-11-03T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.arenaswim.com\/uncategorized-en_us\/butterfly-improve-endurance\/"},"modified":"2013-11-03T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-11-03T00:00:00","slug":"butterfly-improve-endurance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.arenaswim.com\/us\/training-technique-us\/butterfly-improve-endurance\/","title":{"rendered":"Butterfly, improve your endurance!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Swimmers often face the problem of trying to finish a 200m butterfly without living a near-death experience. These 3 drills will help you develop and increase your cardiovascular and respiratory endurance, improve your hydrodynamic position and overcome your mental limits \u2026 and maybe one day, after more and more reps, you may also swim a 3000 m butterfly!<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-container\" style=\"position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; padding-top: 30px; height: 0; overflow: hidden;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bkcLxFeWl9U\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Start with 1 butterfly movement and finish the length swimming freestyle. Continue adding 1 butterfly movement to every length until you swim a whole length of butterfly.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Drill 1:<\/strong> +1!<\/p>\n<p>Add 1 butterfly movement every 25m<\/p>\n<p><strong>Drill 2:<\/strong> -1!<\/p>\n<p>swim 25m butterfly and then take 1 butterfly movement out every 25m<\/p>\n<p><strong>Drill 3:<\/strong> Combination!<\/p>\n<p>Add 1 butterfly movement every 25m until you swim a whole length of butterfly, then continue taking 1 butterfly movement out every 25 m.<\/p>\n<p>2 levels : &#8211;<strong> &#8220;Easy&#8221;<\/strong> level: swim in a 25 m swimming pool<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong> \u201cAdvanced\u201d<\/strong> level: swim in a 50 m swimming pool<\/p>\n<p>And remember, if one day<\/p>\n<p>You swim a 200m butterfly, you\u2019ll be a real swimmer<\/p>\n<p>You swim a 400m butterfly, you\u2019ll be a \u201clost\u201d swimmer<\/p>\n<p>You swim a 800m butterfly, you\u2019ll be a warrior<\/p>\n<p>You swim a 1500m butterfly, you\u2019ll be a hero<\/p>\n<p>You swim a 3000m butterfly, you\u2019ll be a god<\/p>\n<p>You swim a 5000m butterfly, you\u2019ll be a crazy swimmer!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Swimmers often face the problem of trying to finish a 200m butterfly without living a near-death experience. 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