[frogmansailor]

Hey guys, just thought I'd share this and see what people had to say.

I've been doing static apnea training for about 6 months now while I'm going to sleep at night. I don't do it every night, but on a somewhat regular basis. On Monday I got to my longest yet- 3min 9 sec

So today since I had off from school (yeah snow!) I thought I would try some dynamic apnea. I hooked my bike up to the trainer and strapped on my polar hrm and did a warm up ride (hr around 120). I then put on my mask (psychological stressor?) and went through my usual breathing routine (in 1 out 1, in 2 out 2, in 3 out 3, as high as I can go) I then tried holding my breath, still keeping the same cadence on the bike.

I only got to around 30 sec. After a few more recoveries and tries my max was 47 sec. and by then end of that my hr was down to 62.

Is this normal to have such a large difference between static and dynamic? Should I practice dynamic more, rather than the static to better my dynamic times?

thanks for the help

-Dave