Why did I black out?

[Mr Clauds]

Hey deep thinker... I would love to do a free diving course.. But as of yet, been unable to find someone to teach me in Johannesburg South Africa...

But i continue to look and getting through the manual of freediving and this board, I am improving dramatically... so thanx to all of you

[deep thinker]

Pm Hunlee shes a member here and a freediving instructor busy organising a AIDA coarse here in Cape Town http://forums.deeperblue.net/633053-post212.html You could always come down for this one... or ask her if she knows of anyone in Josie
Cheers mate

[popeal]

Hi guys, I am a beginner to freediving and found this string fascinating. The only thing I can answer about is self-diagnosis of overtraining for any sport. I overtrained once, and got very sick before a world championship fight. If you overtrain that same night you will not be able to fall asleep because your metabolism will be too high. You will wake up in the night with a fever and not be able to go back to sleep.
The way to diagnose is to always take your resting heart rate before you fall asleep and before you get out of bed in the morning. If your resting heart rate is higher than usual, then the next day should be a light day, and if it is unusually high, then take a rest the next day. I decide whether to do sprint workouts at 5am by taking my resting heart rate before bed.
If you get the fever from overtraining you will have to take 2 weeks off, so be really careful when you feel like you're overdoing it.

[Mr Clauds]

Thanks popeal... That's a far more effective way to analyse
Usually I only realise i'm over training when I get to the mental point where I don't want to do the sport anymore... by then it's pretty far in and I need a few weeks