good or bad training method

[BladeRunner]

Hey I have two big trips coming up in about 6 months and I'm getting really serious about pool training to help increase my bottom time at 60foot range.

I thought about doing a regular breath up at one end of the 25meter pool swim to the other end pause at the other end with a weight belt. When I start getting the first uruges to breath i then start back to other end of the pool. I wanted to keep the training simple because of the limited time I have after work to use the pool. I'm able to do this three days a week then I do some depth training at the local lake or dive quarry. Oh I also do 30-45 minutes of cardio Monday through Friday.

If anyone has any better ideas of training please free do speak up

[jome]

Makes sense to me, at least for a while. Although I would not completely cut out for example technique training in favor of this. In the open water a good duck dive is also in many cases more important than breath hold ability in making dives more comfortable (and longer). Another good drill might be to try to do really slow dynamics. Concentrate on just being as relaxed as humanly possible and aim for long time, not distance.

Just make sure your buddy is extra-alert because that kind of training is especially prone for problems. Also a good idea is to notify the pool staff of what you're doing. It looks kind of bad from their point of view if someone is swimming underwater and then stops at the bottom for a long while.

Also keep in mind that although this training does make sense, the times you reach will not directly translate into open water. So if you're able to do x minutes, don't go into the sea expecting to do the same, but treat it as it's own challenge. It may prepare you for that, but there's so many other things and variables in the sea.

[BladeRunner]

Yeah I know what your saying I was just trying to find a good way to train with the limited amout of time I have in pool. I know that there are many other things that come in to play while actually diving to depth.

[cdavis]

Hi Bladerunner,

I have used essentially the same technique for several years, getting ready for summer diving. It works very well. All Jome's points are well taken, especially on the heads up for the pool staff. Try going very slowly on the first 25 yards, it should substantially increase the time and total distance you can go.

Connor

[Crazys13]

When I did some dynamics in the pool with my heart rate monitor, an easy, slow kick would keep my heart rate at 75 bpm, and any little bit--and I mean little--of increase in force or tempo, would shoot my heart rate up to 95 easily. So I am going to have to second, with proof, of the trying to relax thing. I think it is one of my major downfalls currently, and am working the hardest on at the moment. Soo I think you should do the same! Good luck with your training and relax!

-John