First step for both front/back progressions is being able to completely relax your body with your head in the water. If you have a bathtub at home, you could use that to help with this. On your front, you can practice relaxing with your head fully submerged (I find goggles help for this cause it's nice being able to see). On your back, you can lie down in it with the water high enough to just submerge the ears.
Keep your lungs full. If you're someone like me with little fat, it's going to be the air that keeps you floating.
No one ever said your entire body has to be <12 inches below the surface, lagging legs with a chest above the water is just as valid of floating as any kind.
Used to be a swim instructor.
First step for both front/back progressions is being able to completely relax your body with your head in the water. If you have a bathtub at home, you could use that to help with this. On your front, you can practice relaxing with your head fully submerged (I find goggles help for this cause it's nice being able to see). On your back, you can lie down in it with the water high enough to just submerge the ears.
i do the relax thing and exhale thing and my legs just turn into anchors why can't my legs float
Maybe cause they're dense? My legs naturally sink too. Need to perform some sort of kick to keep them up.
I used to have trouble floating when I was a kid with almost no body fat or muscle. Do you have really scrawny legs?
yes, i have sticks for legs and regularly break those bmi detectors
Keep your lungs full. If you're someone like me with little fat, it's going to be the air that keeps you floating.
No one ever said your entire body has to be <12 inches below the surface, lagging legs with a chest above the water is just as valid of floating as any kind.