Hi people
This is one of those "have you tried this too? – what is it? – should I worry?"- threads. Maybe I should have posted it under "Safety", but I am not sure it is a safety issue - you tell me
I get dizzy… not only when I push myself in training, but several times a day, anywhere. My body is in "normal function"-mode, when it occurs, i.e. I am walking at a normal pace, sitting in front of the computer (having one right now, actually), walking down stairs, etc.
I have done pool training for 1½ years and during the last 6 months I have tried to increase the number of sessions per week (to 2-3, the first year I did only one). However, because of travel, colds and surgery, I have had to stay away from the pool for weeks at a time, so it is only within the last month that I have consistently trained 3 times a week (Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday).
And it is within this last month that I began to get these dizzy spells, I think.
I mostly practice dynamic apnea and interval swimming, and have only occassionally done wet static sessions (2-3 breathholds). It is only a week ago that I began practicing dry statics with an O2 and CO2 table (8 breathholds in each and one each per week seems to be the sensible advice from this forum, so that's what I am doing). For the record I have never had a BO or samba (this Tuesday after a dynamic dive it felt like I was knocking on the door to a samba, though, but I got up just in time…)
As far as I know, I am not (subconsciously) holding my breath before I feel the dizziness – when I get dizzy now, I try to check my breathing as soon as I remember to, and it seems normal.
My own pocket philosophy theory is that… because I am now paying much more attention to my breathing during practice than I have ever done before (including yoga courses) and asking my body to be very aware of it (which it has never been aware of before, just done it)… it has taken an initiative of its own, to make me acutely aware of my balance at any given moment, and to know very consciously how I move through space (which I have never been that aware of before, just done it). But that is probably a junk theory.
It feels really weird walking down stairs for instance – I suddenly start questioning if I have the automatic balance for this and I feel like I have to supervise my own steps carefully in order not to fall. As if I can't trust my own balance?
I will definitely stay away from apnea walking! :crutch
So my questions are:
Have any of you tried this too? Is it normal for someone who increases her training?
Is it perhaps a sign that my body is adapting to the CO2 and O2 levels I reach during training?
Or
Is is a sign that my body is NOT adapting?
Hoping to get your perspectives on this, thanks
Evita
Oh, I almost forgot: I went to get a health certificate for diving this week, and everything is fine – blood pressure, pulse, lungs, everything. I didn't talk to the physician about the dizziness, because it is only during these past few days that I have begun speculating about it.
This is one of those "have you tried this too? – what is it? – should I worry?"- threads. Maybe I should have posted it under "Safety", but I am not sure it is a safety issue - you tell me
I get dizzy… not only when I push myself in training, but several times a day, anywhere. My body is in "normal function"-mode, when it occurs, i.e. I am walking at a normal pace, sitting in front of the computer (having one right now, actually), walking down stairs, etc.
I have done pool training for 1½ years and during the last 6 months I have tried to increase the number of sessions per week (to 2-3, the first year I did only one). However, because of travel, colds and surgery, I have had to stay away from the pool for weeks at a time, so it is only within the last month that I have consistently trained 3 times a week (Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday).
And it is within this last month that I began to get these dizzy spells, I think.
I mostly practice dynamic apnea and interval swimming, and have only occassionally done wet static sessions (2-3 breathholds). It is only a week ago that I began practicing dry statics with an O2 and CO2 table (8 breathholds in each and one each per week seems to be the sensible advice from this forum, so that's what I am doing). For the record I have never had a BO or samba (this Tuesday after a dynamic dive it felt like I was knocking on the door to a samba, though, but I got up just in time…)
As far as I know, I am not (subconsciously) holding my breath before I feel the dizziness – when I get dizzy now, I try to check my breathing as soon as I remember to, and it seems normal.
My own pocket philosophy theory is that… because I am now paying much more attention to my breathing during practice than I have ever done before (including yoga courses) and asking my body to be very aware of it (which it has never been aware of before, just done it)… it has taken an initiative of its own, to make me acutely aware of my balance at any given moment, and to know very consciously how I move through space (which I have never been that aware of before, just done it). But that is probably a junk theory.
It feels really weird walking down stairs for instance – I suddenly start questioning if I have the automatic balance for this and I feel like I have to supervise my own steps carefully in order not to fall. As if I can't trust my own balance?
I will definitely stay away from apnea walking! :crutch
So my questions are:
Have any of you tried this too? Is it normal for someone who increases her training?
Is it perhaps a sign that my body is adapting to the CO2 and O2 levels I reach during training?
Or
Is is a sign that my body is NOT adapting?
Hoping to get your perspectives on this, thanks
Evita
Oh, I almost forgot: I went to get a health certificate for diving this week, and everything is fine – blood pressure, pulse, lungs, everything. I didn't talk to the physician about the dizziness, because it is only during these past few days that I have begun speculating about it.
