Static with no warm-up

[jome]

Ok, that would explain it, since on monday (in addition to statics) I did a pretty hard interval jogging thingy.

Well, taking a break for the rest of the week anyway...

[kingohyes]

Been a while since last update on this topic.. Are anyone progressing??
I have had a break due to some cold symptoms.. But on my last static I managed to withstand over 2 minutes with 180 contractions..
The last contractions were double contractions my belly almost stayed inward all the time..

[DeepThought]

I can't say I put much consistency in training...
I got to do 2 streaks of those no-warm up statics, once was for 3 days and the other for 5.
The third day on both those streaks had the longest static.
I think that the main problem for me is to find peace of mind and good physical relaxation when doing dry statics... I'm almost always too hot during the last phase of the static...
My PB for no warm-up now is 4:19 with about 80-100 contractions in 3 minutes which I'm very happy with because I thought it would be very hard for me to pass 4 mins this way.
It's exam period now and there's too much stress in the air + I think I'm comming up with something, so I'll come back to it sometime later...

[naiad]

Originally Posted by jome

On the subject of sleep.

I've noticed on two training streaks of a week or so of almost daily statics, that I will start to wake up at night for no apparent reason, after a couple of hours of sleep. Of course this could be totally unrelated, but I can't help but think this has a connection. Maybe I go into such deep sleep apnea, that I'm forced awake or something. It's kind of a scary thought. Pretty hard to monitor though...

Has anyone else had similar experiences? I guess it's sign that I should be taking a break.

Last night I was doing the usual thing of holding my breath in my sleep, when I decided to go for a max! I was dreaming about doing statics in the pool, and I held my breath for ages, until it was really difficult, then I stopped and noticed that I was out of breath. This was still part of the dream - I didn't wake up at all!

Does this count as training?

Lucia

[O'Boy]

Hey,

For those of you who are curious. I haven't been posting here for some time because of my getting a new job. That's why I had to take a break.

Don't worry. This method is working. I know it. Hope to bring some new positive results soon.

Saludos

[kingohyes]

So, is anyone still doing this method except for me? My biggest gainings has been in dynamics, because the contractions are wearing me out in static.. But im still doing it. Anyone else?

[Panos Lianos]

Yes, I'm still training with no warm-ups. I have reached 7 minutes. 6:31 in our recent competition (winter games).

[kingohyes]

That is amazing, how often do you train this method a week? And doesn't the contractions wear you out?

[Panos Lianos]

Twice a week, one max attempt.

[fpernett]

Wet or Dry?

[Panos Lianos]

Wet. I hate dry statics

[JasonWelbourne]

Not sure if it counts, but I figured it was worth mentioning anyway. Earlier this week I started tinkering with statics again, primarily the exhale variety. So I have managed to get my passive exhale static time up to about 2:10. It occured to me last night that that was pretty good and that I should try a max full inhale static just to see what happened. I did 5:29 with little breathup compared to a former pb of 4:10 with severe hyperventilation. I intend to keep running with the exhale statics as I am pushing for exhale diving this coming season.

[jome]

I do it periodically as a training tool, but I still do my best times with warmup.
I can't say it's solely due to the no-warmup training, but every time after a week or so of doing it, I've increased my pb in a normal static...

[O'Boy]

It's still the main way of my static training.
This saturday I am about to try this method in competition for the first time. Hope that everything goes well.

[O'Boy]

At last...
Yesterday I was able to get to my MAX with this method. That means I had something like BO. It was strange because I was conscious, yet I lost count of contractions and couldn't remember the amount of them after the recovery (which was also very clean, no shakes, protocol done perfectly).
Some 15 seconds to the end I started to exhale. While doing static I was aware of that, but after I had analyzed the video I wasn't that sure if I did it consciously .
I gave signals every fifth contraction yet in the end I gave signal after just 2 contractions and then again after 3 of them.
Anyway, with this method I was able to better my old PB (done traditional way) by 1'09".

Here are yesterday's data:

6'53" (@1'51", 65 contractions in 5'02")