[Kars]

Great posts, thanks it revves up my motivation very much!

And to Pete, are you doing 3 maximum statics a training session? Why is that?
Why do not 1-2-4-5?
I try to limit the times I do apnea befor the real max, like you too said; one builds up waste subtances. It's better to start of clean.

There is also this SBS (Static Burnout Syndrome), the mental and physical building up of a blockade to do breathholds. It comes from over-training I think. I know Tom Sietas does a Maximum breathhold a day, 6 days a week. What's your pace/rhythm?
How do you reconise overtraining?

I think breath-hold training put's great strain on the body, more that most anticipate.
How to calculate/measure this, have you any thoughts?

I really like the concept of just a light breath, finding focus, and do a 6+, or a maximum in whatever discipline, indeed just like a seal or dolphin. Don't think, just dive...

Thanks for sharing!

Carlos.

ps, I'll start of next year, and see and report how it devellops. Currently I'm at 6:38.