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mrjomac
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Hi folks,
I’ve been freediving a couple of months now, I’m comfy with contractions and tonight I started adding a purge and pack to my breathing to see what would happen dry static. I thought I’d post this on here to see if you folks think I’m doing something stupid, before trying it in the water.
For the last few months I’ve been breathing like this before hold.
Relax for a couple of minutes breathing out double the time I breathe in.
3 big stomach-chest breaths, slow whistle exhale - no forced exhale
Dry static my PB is about 2:30 like this, contractions start after about 1:10
My dives are about 0:50-1:15.
With a 5mm wettie face down in the water breathing though a snorkel I really don’t feel like I’m getting anywhere near my full lung volume before the dive and I reckon my Co2 is higher than dry static too, maybe because of the snorkel.
I feel like I’m starting to run a bit low on air to frenzel at around 20m so wanted to try adding one gulp mouthful pack before hold to have a little more volume. Also, now I’m comfy with contractions I wanted to see what a purge before the last big breath would change and if there were any obvious negative side effects like dizziness etc. The purge is not as total as it could be, but definitely a forced exhale before the last big breath.
With a purge and pack my dry static tonight was 3:30, contractions started after about 2:00 with a slower rhythm and lower intensity than without the purge and pack. Contractions felt fine, actually less harsh than usual, not at all explosive, which is what I was expecting. The other two breaths and slow whistle exhale I’m doing with normal volume, no purge or pack.
I felt fine, relaxed, no dizziness both during the hold and afterwards. My buddy said I had red eyes after the max hold. I noticed that with the purge and pack I got hot during the hold, whereas before I didn’t.
So is adding this purge and pack a bad idea or does it sound OK?
Thanks
I’ve been freediving a couple of months now, I’m comfy with contractions and tonight I started adding a purge and pack to my breathing to see what would happen dry static. I thought I’d post this on here to see if you folks think I’m doing something stupid, before trying it in the water.
For the last few months I’ve been breathing like this before hold.
Relax for a couple of minutes breathing out double the time I breathe in.
3 big stomach-chest breaths, slow whistle exhale - no forced exhale
Dry static my PB is about 2:30 like this, contractions start after about 1:10
My dives are about 0:50-1:15.
With a 5mm wettie face down in the water breathing though a snorkel I really don’t feel like I’m getting anywhere near my full lung volume before the dive and I reckon my Co2 is higher than dry static too, maybe because of the snorkel.
I feel like I’m starting to run a bit low on air to frenzel at around 20m so wanted to try adding one gulp mouthful pack before hold to have a little more volume. Also, now I’m comfy with contractions I wanted to see what a purge before the last big breath would change and if there were any obvious negative side effects like dizziness etc. The purge is not as total as it could be, but definitely a forced exhale before the last big breath.
With a purge and pack my dry static tonight was 3:30, contractions started after about 2:00 with a slower rhythm and lower intensity than without the purge and pack. Contractions felt fine, actually less harsh than usual, not at all explosive, which is what I was expecting. The other two breaths and slow whistle exhale I’m doing with normal volume, no purge or pack.
I felt fine, relaxed, no dizziness both during the hold and afterwards. My buddy said I had red eyes after the max hold. I noticed that with the purge and pack I got hot during the hold, whereas before I didn’t.
So is adding this purge and pack a bad idea or does it sound OK?
Thanks