Calorific intake...

[5kgLifter]

I hope I've posted this query in the right place.

I saw a programme on TV a few years ago; I think it was the about the current female record freedive holder at that time. She mentioned that when she did her breathing sessions her calorie intake needed to be higher, or something along those lines, like I say, it was some years ago now when I saw it. Does anyone know if the calorie intake needs to be increased when training for freediving, as in dry land training? I already have to keep watch on the calories due to HIIT, Tabata, and weight training; even though there are conflicting views on whether EPOC from such as Tabata burns that many more calories anyway.

Any advice and insight on this would be very much appreciated.

[5kgLifter]

The book by Umberto Pelizzari arrived today and the answer is yes according to page 315, repetitive apnea does cause a general increase in energy consumption, so that was good to find out; it also means I can eat more

[chrismar]

Quick answer is that just about all your metabolism during a breath-hold anaerobic. That means EPOC goes through the roof, as do energy requirements.

[sgnips]

you can eat more... but not everything
you might prefer proteins, especially in the evening, cos you body burns a lot of them

anyway, everything depends on the level of your activiy: 2 training sessions a week are very different from 2 weeks spearing 20m+ 5hours a day as you can imagine...

personally i (try) practice twice a week in the pool (during those lucky days when i had just 1 son...) and eat normally: strong breakfast, light at noon and in the evening
it becomes strong breakfast, light at noon and heavy in the evening while on a week @sea 3-4hours a day in the water...

[5kgLifter]

Originally Posted by chrismar

Quick answer is that just about all your metabolism during a breath-hold anaerobic. That means EPOC goes through the roof, as do energy requirements.

Many thanks for the confirmation on not only the fact that breath-hold training increases metabolism, but also on the EPOC issue and energy requirements, since not all bodybuilders etc agree that this occurs, or not at any substantial level to cause an increase in calorific intake, but I've read about this on numerous occasions and it has always been that EPOC does raise metabolism, and of course the female freediver on the programme mentioned the same point.

[5kgLifter]

Originally Posted by sgnips

you can eat more... but not everything
you might prefer proteins, especially in the evening, cos you body burns a lot of them

anyway, everything depends on the level of your activiy: 2 training sessions a week are very different from 2 weeks spearing 20m+ 5hours a day as you can imagine...

personally i (try) practice twice a week in the pool (during those lucky days when i had just 1 son...) and eat normally: strong breakfast, light at noon and in the evening
it becomes strong breakfast, light at noon and heavy in the evening while on a week @sea 3-4hours a day in the water...

At the moment I can't even get to a pool, so it's all dry land training at present. I have a degree to finish, so that has to take precedence, but I still get to train with weights and cardio, and will be starting a static apnea routine on Monday once I've worked out 50% of current breath-hold etc, and made sure that everything is in place for safety. I've read in the Pelizzari book as well that protein is late at night and a carb breakfast etc before dives...is dry land training of apnea different, since I'm going to try to incorporate that first thing in the mornings to wake me up ready for study, and I already have my evenings full with every other day cardio or weights from Monday to Saturday, so evenings are a bit complex. The day has to be set aside for studies, which can't be helped.
I understand about the 2 training sessions being completely different to 2 weeks of daily diving...I always find the fact amusing in films where they are in underwater scenes and doing extremely 'heavy' activity, with no breathing apparatus, but manage to hold their breath as if it's a walk in the park...so I can fully understand about the energy expenditure being dependent on activity...and a couple of years ago I had to eat like a maniac just to balance the weight due to weights/cardio sessions, which is really why I was interested, in order to ensure that I was getting adequate calorie intake whilst training.

Many thanks for the replies they have been helpful.