Some interesting point there, Simo. If i look close on my training i have to admit that i tend to get to "static" in my dry static training and if i look back on some of the positive things I must say most of them are due to change.
I have addapted that and i find no warmup statics to be a great thing to do. physically you get used to endure heavy contractions and mentally you KNOW that you can endure it. I have reached a level where my no warmups are almost as good as when using a proper routine, closing up on five minutes in contractions. (What is strange is that i find empty lung statics MUCH more easy in water opposed to what i feel doing static with full lungs)
Still I think i only use the alternative sessions only as training and when i do the statics the "normal" way i tend to fall back to some routines and just want to go for a max, maybe with an improvement and maybe not. I tend to use my ordinary statics as a measurement of my improvement. You have got me to think there, thanks. The measurement of improvement must be the wet statics.
Another problem with dry statics for me is that it is almost impossible to reach the stage of LMC. A warmup that would result in LMC 9/10 times in water, can actually end up fine on land. I have pushed myself close to LMC on land, but thats only when i do "crazy" stuff. (or maybe Im not close to my limit). I do not strive to get LMC, but what I am trying to say is that if Im supposed to juggle with variables on land than I have to be sensitive in my evaluation of what is right.
As for the nose clip, that is a good one. You do get a greater feeling of suffocation when using a noseclip. Still i think I am aware of many of my problems in water but far from all. One of the major things is body position. When i do it on land i lie on my back with perfect body position. In water, face downis the thing. I hope dry static on my back wont be contraproductive in my struggle to feel really relaxed in the pool. I mean will a lot of on-my-back-statics condition my body making it default? Is there a way to get through this on land? I guess that this is a matter of wet training, but still i find it interesting. Lying on my stomach on land is not that easy. Maybe if one had acess to one of these massage benchs with a hole for the face. :t
jome said:do things like no warmup maximums, timing just contractions, series of FRC/empty lung statics...Stuff to keep it interesting...
I have addapted that and i find no warmup statics to be a great thing to do. physically you get used to endure heavy contractions and mentally you KNOW that you can endure it. I have reached a level where my no warmups are almost as good as when using a proper routine, closing up on five minutes in contractions. (What is strange is that i find empty lung statics MUCH more easy in water opposed to what i feel doing static with full lungs)
Still I think i only use the alternative sessions only as training and when i do the statics the "normal" way i tend to fall back to some routines and just want to go for a max, maybe with an improvement and maybe not. I tend to use my ordinary statics as a measurement of my improvement. You have got me to think there, thanks. The measurement of improvement must be the wet statics.
Another problem with dry statics for me is that it is almost impossible to reach the stage of LMC. A warmup that would result in LMC 9/10 times in water, can actually end up fine on land. I have pushed myself close to LMC on land, but thats only when i do "crazy" stuff. (or maybe Im not close to my limit). I do not strive to get LMC, but what I am trying to say is that if Im supposed to juggle with variables on land than I have to be sensitive in my evaluation of what is right.
As for the nose clip, that is a good one. You do get a greater feeling of suffocation when using a noseclip. Still i think I am aware of many of my problems in water but far from all. One of the major things is body position. When i do it on land i lie on my back with perfect body position. In water, face downis the thing. I hope dry static on my back wont be contraproductive in my struggle to feel really relaxed in the pool. I mean will a lot of on-my-back-statics condition my body making it default? Is there a way to get through this on land? I guess that this is a matter of wet training, but still i find it interesting. Lying on my stomach on land is not that easy. Maybe if one had acess to one of these massage benchs with a hole for the face. :t
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