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Unless you want to race technique isn't so important. You'll get pretty fit even if you are slower than other people around you who may well be using less energy but going faster. If your objective is to get fitter just swim as well as you can as much as you can.
If you haven't done much lately just do enough to get you tired, and so you feel just a bit achy the next day. (but not sore)
Work up to 45 minutes steady swimming a couple of times a week. That will keep you pretty fit. If you get really keen concentrate on swimming smoothly as in that video @greenbank just posted or ask a better swimmer for some advice.
adroit
Looking for some advice on improving my swimming. Have never been the strongest swimmer but would quite like to attempt to get in to it to gain some fitness outside of just cycling. I fatigue quite quickly and I think my problems stem from a poor tehnique and the fact that I've never really got the breathing thing down well. Is this a situation of just going swimming and slowly improving and gaining some stamina and technique? Or will I be best served getting some improver lessons at a local pool?