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2014-08-31 3:00 PM


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Subject: STITCH! !!!
Ok so these are a nightmare how do I get rid?


2014-08-31 4:08 PM
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Subject: RE: STITCH! !!!

Try some belly breathing and/or put your hands on your head to engage your diaphragm more.

2014-08-31 10:28 PM
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Based on which side you have a side stich, exhale strongly in sync with that foot landing.  This stiffens the diaphragm and often cures the side stich, nearly 1000% for me.  If it doesn't, then I slow down a bit and then it does.

I find given my pace the best approach for me is "inhale, inhale, EXHALE, inhale, inhale, EXHALE" kind of pattern - two small inhales, one big exhale in sync with the foot strike.

2014-09-01 7:33 AM
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I started getting them a while ago. I've been able to keep them away by deep belly breathing when I feel them coming on. There was a post maybe 2 months ago about this, and that's where I got the idea from. It works for me in the pool too. I'm not sure if I started holding my core to tight or what, but now that I'm trying to breathe more from my belly rather than my chest I don't get them anymore. It took me a few weeks to a month to make it a habit, and I never notice it anymore.
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