[naiad]

When I do normal statics, the second one is longer than the first, and the third is longer than the second, as it is for all the other freedivers I know. When I don't do any hyperventilation/controlled breathing, each one is about 3:00-3:30, with no improvement from one to the next. It can even get more difficult. The urge to breathe is less painful this way, but it starts early and puts me off.

Maybe I will try something in between, with less hyperventilation, and see what happens.

Lucia