Hello!
Firstly I am not really a diver, aspire to it but have a lot of dry and pool training to do first.
I have been practicing the breathing techniques which is going fine but ran into snag.
Without boring you all with all the whys; I am trying to increase my hanging-out time both horizontally and vertical at the bottom of a 8-10 ft. pool. I was told in order to sink as fast as possible: to purge all the O2 out on my way down. I do that and sink like a rock. So it works great; but my ability to stay under is a third of my dry training time. If I don’t release the oxygen, and hold it in I can’t stink and stay down like I want to. I am also having to fight to stay down at the bottom instead of being still. My goal is to be able to be still, or move around at the bottom for 2 minutes. But as soon as I get in the water I get about 20 seconds. I’d appreciate any advice or tips.
Firstly I am not really a diver, aspire to it but have a lot of dry and pool training to do first.
I have been practicing the breathing techniques which is going fine but ran into snag.
Without boring you all with all the whys; I am trying to increase my hanging-out time both horizontally and vertical at the bottom of a 8-10 ft. pool. I was told in order to sink as fast as possible: to purge all the O2 out on my way down. I do that and sink like a rock. So it works great; but my ability to stay under is a third of my dry training time. If I don’t release the oxygen, and hold it in I can’t stink and stay down like I want to. I am also having to fight to stay down at the bottom instead of being still. My goal is to be able to be still, or move around at the bottom for 2 minutes. But as soon as I get in the water I get about 20 seconds. I’d appreciate any advice or tips.