CO2 table times

[FreeRestriction]

Just curious if this table is good for my level. My PB dry static is 3:20. If not how would you tweak it? Im sure i could progress with any decent table but id like to maximize my progress.

Hold Rest
1:30 - 45
1:30 - 39
1:30 - 33
1:30 - 27
1:30 - 21
1:30 - 15
1:30 - 9
1:30 -Finnished

Thanks

-Kenny

 

[osusim]

Table with exects seconds has no sense, 5 seconds is a minimum step to handle but 10 is better.
Try 10x1min hold with 1 breath in between. If too easy increase the hold time.

 

[Simos]

Table with exects seconds has no sense, 5 seconds is a minimum step to handle but 10 is better.
Try 10x1min hold with 1 breath in between. If too easy increase the hold time.

6 sec intervals are as good as 5 sec

But agree with osusim, it really doesn't matter - you can do 1 min holds with 1 breath if that works for you or your table will work fine too as long as you adjust the times depending on how hard/easy you find it. Osusim's suggestion will save you some time every day as you'd be done in 10mins, assuming you can complete them with 1 breath.

Just go with how hard/easy they feel and adjust the hold times and rest accordingly to keep them challenging but not impossible.

In any case, whatever you start off with you'd need to keep adjusting anyway as you progress.

 

[FreeRestriction]

Oh ok great guys thanks for the help thats what i needed.

 

[growingupninja]

Find a safe way to add a dynamic element--pedaling, walking, leg lifts, whatever. You will still be getting the benefit of CO2 conditioning but will be also training your muscles to work under hypocapnic conditions and blood shunt. You will need to adjust the table depending on the intensity of your work/hold period.

 

[FreeRestriction]

Find a safe way to add a dynamic element--pedaling, walking, leg lifts, whatever. You will still be getting the benefit of CO2 conditioning but will be also training your muscles to work under hypocapnic conditions and blood shunt. You will need to adjust the table depending on the intensity of your work/hold period.

I see. Now would it be ok to do all CO2 tables with exercise included or should i break it up?

 

[growingupninja]

I see. Now would it be ok to do all CO2 tables with exercise included or should i break it up?

I do all my CO2 work with exercise of some sort. There are different philosophies I am sure but no top divers got there by doing static tables on a couch; in the water you are exercising. Sure, maybe you chill while in freefall but you certainly don't get to take a breath at the bottom.

 

[FreeRestriction]

I do all my CO2 work with exercise of some sort. There are different philosophies I am sure but no top divers got there by doing static tables on a couch; in the water you are exercising. Sure, maybe you chill while in freefall but you certainly don't get to take a breath at the bottom.

Makes sense. Ill have to start doing exercise with my CO2 tables for sure. Thanks for the tips, much appreciated.

 

[trux]

All the exercises have their sense and their purpose. There are exercises to isolate individual aspects of the breath-hold, helping you to understand and improve them selectively, there are exercises combining more aspects, but it in no way means ones are better than the others.

So there are tables to teach you better coping with hypercapnia, others putting more accent on the contractions, others for hypoxia, for acid lactic, for relaxation, etc, etc. Tables with a single breath are as good as tables with decreasing recovery times (as in your first post), tables with added physical effort of course too. But there are also hundreds of other exercises for selective and targeted training of individual aspects or for the entire complexity. The best way is joining a club with an experienced coach, who will adjust the exercises to your level. But you can find also plenty of such drills here on DB. And I also have a big database of freediving exercises in the ATM software at Apnea.cz. You should definitely not rely just on a single type of exercise. Especially at the beginning, you need to isolate and learn to cope with the individual aspects separately. In that way you will learn to understand the body signals better, and learn to cope with the aspects easier.