What kind of stroke do you use?

[mountainguy]

I find that I mainly rely on the breast stroke, front crawl is my second option but that can tire me out pretty fast, so what about everybody else?

 

[Grandpa]

I can go hours on the side stroke. Uhhhh make that used to go hours on the sidestroke.

 

[wvbreamfisherman]

Sidestroke, definitely. Backstroke is a good resting stroke too.

 

[slogger]

I can just about handle the breaststroke on a good day and with loads of floating on my back in between stints! I'm not a great swimmer, as you can probably tell.:tinysmile_hmm_t:

 

[oldsarge]

Breast stroke for me, then switch to side for a nice change. Back stroke is good for taking a break but I could never quite get the rhythm of the basic over hand stroke. I would start out good but then end up getting my breathing out of sync when my face would be in the water.

 

[Camoguy]

Anything that will keep me afloat and still going forward. I'm not much of a swimmer but I can stay afloat using the dog paddle. I can't stand for my nose to get into the water so it's about all I can do.

 

[ChadTower]

I ran a sprint triathlon a couple years ago and was the only one doing it backstroke. Yeah, I was slower than the rest in the water, but I expended almost no energy in there and made it up plus more on the land.

 

[campclose]

I'm not much of a swimmer - I am more of a floater! When I swim I start with the breast stroke and then almost always flip over to the back stroke. The back stroke is the easiest when I'm tired.