How to start Freediving

[Evita]

Originally Posted by oferdegi

Cool shirt - cool site! How did you ever find it, you clever girl?

I also wonder who's the originator of this great sentence... proper credit is due.

Gotta run now, off to the pool - first time in 5 days!

Ofer

Sorry, I know it is off topic, but I am curious too - is this t-shirt for sale somewhere? It is brilliant sentence, I laughed so much when I first saw one of your posts, Oferdegi. Probably one of the best signatures on DB... Should we do a poll about this? ...Okay maybe not, too personal, people take pride in their signature and could be offended ... Just thinking out loud. (Easy enough for someone who hasn't picked a motto yet, right? )

Cheers!

[oferdegi]

Glad you like it, Evita!
The shop where island_sands found this link,
http://www.spreadshirt.com/image.php...r_images=white
actually sells these shirts, but I could never figure out their entire ordering scheme. You are welcome to try your luck at www.spreadshirt.com or just make your own. Wish I knew who first came up with this ingenious sentence, I just got it from a friend one day when I was really feeling blue, and it sure did the job for me!
Stay wet,
Ofer

[Remington]

<-- newbie.

I'm still a bit baffled by the CO2 and O2 tables.

When it says, for example, "Ventilate 1:30", does that mean exhale slowly over a minute and a half, or does it mean exhale completely and then hold your lungs deflated for 1:30, or does it mean breathe normally for 1:30? It says resting period, and I guess the third one seems most restful. Right?

I assume the hold time is measured from when you stop inhaling to when you start exhaling. I assume also that one takes as deep a breath as possible without actually packing. Right?

Very helpful thread, I'm loving it!

[Remington]

Ah. I found some software and tried it, and now those sound like foolish questions.

[Vic Spearo]

Hi Remington wer did u find this software would u be able to provied a link to where you got it from sounds gd if it ansa'd those qwestions for ya
thnx
V.S

[SanderP]

Maybe he meant this program.
It's quite good, I use it myself sometimes. The only problem is that I can't put two identical hold/vent cycles for the last ones.

[matrixed82]

Originally Posted by SanderP

It's quite good, I use it myself sometimes. The only problem is that I can't put two identical hold/vent cycles for the last ones.

To get around this I use this online table.

[lungfish]

Those last two sets are always the challenge.... I try to use the last set of the 02 tables as a prep for the next set by holding the last static for 15secs longer, just to show myself that I can do set7-8 of the next Phase...

[depthseeker]

thanks that help me alot i have been looking for that info for weeks now.

[livefree]

I am new to freediving and am looking for some suggestions for breath-hold training while doing things like sitting down at work. etc. Can anyone help?

[SanderP]

Read through the first post of this thread (link) where it talks about training tables.

Hope it helps.

[paddythefrog]

Many, many thanks for those O2 and CO2 tables, I'm astounded at the improvement in results over such a short space of time

[drin]

Great thread! I have one question:

As an absolute newbie to freediving, how many cycles of the CO2 and O2 tables should I go through when training? For example, the sample CO2 table lists a total of 25:15. Should I do this just once a day? Twice? Every three hours? Thirty-seven times?

Also, I saw a post earlier in this thread where someone asked how to shorten the breath hold time since their maximum was shorter than that in the sample table. At the moment my max hold time is about 1:00, giving me a table hold time (50% max) of 30 seconds. Should I shorten the ventilate times as well, or should they stay the same?

Thanks in advance!
-drin

[welshmikey]

i have been doign the co2 and 02 tables one after teh other am i supposed to d ojust one a day? i heard somone on here say never do he two in the same day

[tecdave]

Hi, I only tend to do one of them per day. But when I go for a max attempt my warm up is a bit of both tables!!!.........works for me!!