CO2 table progression

[KettleAus]

When doing the CO2 table how should I progress? Longer holds or shorter vents? I don't mean during a set, I know the vents get shorter during the set. I mean day to day.

 

[trux]

Normally you increase the hold, but some CO2 tables come with incomprehensibly long vents, so as soon as you get used to it a bit, starting a table with the first vents over 1 minute (or maximlly 1'30) are just vasting of time. Start with 1 minute vents, and when you get down to 15s, repeat the same round several times. Tables with a single breath between holds are another alternative, but it is already a different exercise.

 

[KettleAus]

Thanks mate, that's what I figured and what I had been doing so far. I use the IHoldBreath app on my phone and it does seem to have quite long vent times on the CO2 table so I have just been making custom tables with short vents.

 

[trux]

So when you already figured it out before, what are you actually asking?

 

[KettleAus]

Well I was just guessing, just wanted to check.

 

[Belegion]

Question: The beginner thread (http://forums.deeperblue.com/beginner-freediving/64959-how-start-freediving.html) has CO2 tables with much longer vent, it starts with 2:30. And you say, everything above 1 min is useless. I am a little confused. Or is this just a question of philosophy? What is better for a beginner?


Thanks.

 

[trux]

Opinions may differ, but on my mind vents over 2 min make sense only for hypoxic tables, and even there, especially for a beginner, 2 minutes are sufficient. For hypercapnic tables anything over 2 minutes is completely counterproductive, since in such long recovery you blow out all excess CO2, hence completely losing the effect of hypercapnia.