Hi
First post here. I'm new to freediving, did my beginner course recently and looking to improve my breath hold times when diving, e.g my 50% max time.
During the course doing static apnea we only went as far as the first contraction and were advised to practice static tables to that first contraction.
Reading many posts on training talks about mentally managing contractions to increase max time. I can understand this if you want to max your breathold time in static apnea.
But if, like me, you only want to increase the time before contractions come - eg. the ability to comfortably dive longer durations, is there any benefit practicing holds through multiple contractions (and the associated stress and discomfort)?
Or will my "comfortable" breathold time still increase if I "only" practice holds to first contraction?
At the moment I practice breathing, relaxation, static CO2 tables to first contraction 3-4 times/wk and dynamic apnea walking where I hold my breath during a walk until first contraction or extreme need to breathe before (don't want to pass out or go dizzy. ..) , recover breathe and repeat 4-5 times. So just wondering if this is enough for improvement or only to maintain status quo (I'm too new to have measurable results yet)?
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First post here. I'm new to freediving, did my beginner course recently and looking to improve my breath hold times when diving, e.g my 50% max time.
During the course doing static apnea we only went as far as the first contraction and were advised to practice static tables to that first contraction.
Reading many posts on training talks about mentally managing contractions to increase max time. I can understand this if you want to max your breathold time in static apnea.
But if, like me, you only want to increase the time before contractions come - eg. the ability to comfortably dive longer durations, is there any benefit practicing holds through multiple contractions (and the associated stress and discomfort)?
Or will my "comfortable" breathold time still increase if I "only" practice holds to first contraction?
At the moment I practice breathing, relaxation, static CO2 tables to first contraction 3-4 times/wk and dynamic apnea walking where I hold my breath during a walk until first contraction or extreme need to breathe before (don't want to pass out or go dizzy. ..) , recover breathe and repeat 4-5 times. So just wondering if this is enough for improvement or only to maintain status quo (I'm too new to have measurable results yet)?
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