[speareasy]

Yeah it is the 65" Riffe gun and is very cumbersome indeed. Yesterday I managed 3 laps or 75 meters without pushing it ... so some progress ... but I can't do it everytime for some reason. I am beginning to think the water temp must have something to do with it (it is around 32c). Also in spearfishing the way up you only have to push a little way up before positive buyoancy kicks in and I guess you use less oxygen to go up. I am taking my time on the turns (which needs time hauling that big gun). I wonder if doing apnea on a treadmill would help? It would seem safer maybe since I really don't want to push things in a pool alone. Also the pool I am doing this is quite shallow ... a little less than 6 feet. I feel when I go deep it is easier to hold by breath and get in a comfortable groove... maybe my lung volume decreases from its exagerrated inflated state in shallow water ... which is making me fight buyoancy to stay down. Many maybes ...