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Branko Petrovic 9:20 STA
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Apparently, he wasn't in serious training regime back then, unlike afterwards...
Congratulations Branko!
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A record attempt. In a competition just a week before that he did 8:18.
And BTW, the national record was not 9:20, but 9:07 (unless he did another one that was not announced yet). Not a big difference, but it is better keeping the information exact.
You can see Branko's performances here:
http://apnea.cz/ranking.html?pid:1825
It was a record attempt.
As the matter of fact, it was his second record attempt in few days. On the first record attempt he did 9:07, and few days later he improved with 9:20.
He did easy 8:18 NR at the beginning of this april so obviously his times are on a rapid rise.
As the matter of fact, it was his second record attempt in few days. On the first record attempt he did 9:07, and few days later he improved with 9:20.
He did easy 8:18 NR at the beginning of this april so obviously his times are on a rapid rise.
Was it an official attempt, or just a training time? The website of AIDA Serbia still shows 9'07" as the current national record.
Hi everybody, my user name is unusual, means something but is not really important now 
so let me introduce my self I am Branko.
yes two months ago I did 7:12 but it was just two days after I got out of the 20 days in hospital and I was trying to walk. I got injured while spearfishing... :-( thing is I REALLY newer practice Apnea, all I was doing was spearfishing, but because doctors forbidden me to do deep dives for some time I contacted Vedranu Vidovcic, from Croatia, and asked her to help me to improve my static apnea. My idea was to vait more in shallow water. Vedrana did a amazing job! she made me personal training program based on some data I gave her. And it started. Program is very hard !!! I mean very, and you have to have strong will. but now I can do from first maximum 9min.! My maximums on training were around 10:30, on record attempt i got out because my 5 years suit got riper on joint, in the middle of static and I started to freeze. Mifsud, please do not practice, give me a chance i am joking of course. Plan is to try to get some sponsors, and then with their equipment to go over 10 min.
I would like to congratulate to Goran Colak on 1. place in Dubai! great time for that conditions!
so let me introduce my self I am Branko.yes two months ago I did 7:12 but it was just two days after I got out of the 20 days in hospital and I was trying to walk. I got injured while spearfishing... :-( thing is I REALLY newer practice Apnea, all I was doing was spearfishing, but because doctors forbidden me to do deep dives for some time I contacted Vedranu Vidovcic, from Croatia, and asked her to help me to improve my static apnea. My idea was to vait more in shallow water. Vedrana did a amazing job! she made me personal training program based on some data I gave her. And it started. Program is very hard !!! I mean very, and you have to have strong will. but now I can do from first maximum 9min.! My maximums on training were around 10:30, on record attempt i got out because my 5 years suit got riper on joint, in the middle of static and I started to freeze. Mifsud, please do not practice, give me a chance
i am joking of course. Plan is to try to get some sponsors, and then with their equipment to go over 10 min.I would like to congratulate to Goran Colak on 1. place in Dubai! great time for that conditions!
Hi everybody, my user name is unusual, means something but is not really important now
yes two months ago I did 7:12 but it was just two days after I got out of the 20 days in hospital and I was trying to walk. I got injured while spearfishing... :-( thing is I REALLY newer practice Apnea, all I was doing was spearfishing, but because doctors forbidden me to do deep dives for some time I contacted Vedranu Vidovcic, from Croatia, and asked her to help me to improve my static apnea. My idea was to vait more in shallow water. Vedrana did a amazing job! she made me personal training program based on some data I gave her. And it started. Program is very hard !!! I mean very, and you have to have strong will. but now I can do from first maximum 9min.! My maximums on training were around 10:30, on record attempt i got out because my 5 years suit got riper on joint, in the middle of static and I started to freeze. Mifsud, please do not practice, give me a chance
I would like to congratulate to Goran Colak on 1. place in Dubai! great time for that conditions!
Hi Branko,
Thanks for introducing yourself. How long have you been spearfishing for? How deep and how long are your spearfishing dives? The general rule of thumb is that the maximum dive time is around half of max static, so I would imagine you are actually doing spearfishing dives for 5'15" !!! Amazing !!
I assume you got decompression sickness during spearfishing? Can you share the depth/time profile that resulted in the DCS ?
I am spearfishing for all my life! Actually that is my life with 5mm suit 45m, 7.5mmsuit 35m. Max bootom time at some 15m is 6min, more or less from day to day. But mostly is about 3-4 min botom waiting. Usual depth depth from 20-35m. when I an hunting octopuses it is different story, short time at the surface 20 percent of time I am at the surface, 80 down. but dives are short as 2min max. and doing that usually about 6 hours...
with 5mm suit 45m, 7.5mmsuit 35m. Max bootom time at some 15m is 6min, more or less from day to day. But mostly is about 3-4 min botom waiting. Usual depth depth from 20-35m. when I an hunting octopuses it is different story, short time at the surface 20 percent of time I am at the surface, 80 down. but dives are short as 2min max. and doing that usually about 6 hours...
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Actually It was 7:12, plan was to brake previous record for 1 sec
and I think I was really fine, first contraction was at 5:30! But if you say so, you was watching It's amassing what you can do with a great coach! Vedrana thank you Again!