Hello, I am somewhat new to freediving and this is my first time training through the cold months of a winter. I don' t live near any large bodies of water and don't have a pool near me with lifeguards that will allow me to do any dynamic apnea training, so I mainly train dry static apnea indoors most of the year. Over the past few months since it has gotten colder where I live (between 20-30 F most days) I have noticed that I struggle to fully recover after my training sessions and don't feel fully recovered before the next session. I hadn't changed anything in terms of the frequency or overall intensity of my sessions since this past summer/fall when it was warmer and I was making steady progress. So, I started wondering if living in a climate where the air is cold and dry for several months can affect my overall recovery between sessions and ability to fully relax?
I tried experimenting with altering my training frequency to see if that might help. Nothing I have tried so far has really worked. Even only training 1 day per week I still had that kind of sore feeling in my lungs when it was time the next weekly session. Sometimes when I have this feeling it will go away after some stretching and doing my warm up sets, but it usually hasn't so far this winter. I definitely feel more recovered taking the full week off between sessions, but I don't feel like I can make steady improvements training just once per week. Weirdly, to me anyway, I have noticed that I am still steadily improving with my RV holds. After completing a session doing only various RV holds/tables my recovery has been noticeably faster compared to any primarily full lung or passive exhale training sessions. However, I am not sure if only training static apnea on forced exhale for and extended period will have tremendous carry over to improving my max hold on full lungs.
I have gotten to the point where I might just start treating the rest of this winter as a sort of maintenance period where I stop trying to improve and just focus on not losing too much of my progress until it gets warmer again. So, I thought I would post on here to see if anyone has had a similar experience before, and maybe any tips or advice that might help me or someone else who is having similar problems.
I tried experimenting with altering my training frequency to see if that might help. Nothing I have tried so far has really worked. Even only training 1 day per week I still had that kind of sore feeling in my lungs when it was time the next weekly session. Sometimes when I have this feeling it will go away after some stretching and doing my warm up sets, but it usually hasn't so far this winter. I definitely feel more recovered taking the full week off between sessions, but I don't feel like I can make steady improvements training just once per week. Weirdly, to me anyway, I have noticed that I am still steadily improving with my RV holds. After completing a session doing only various RV holds/tables my recovery has been noticeably faster compared to any primarily full lung or passive exhale training sessions. However, I am not sure if only training static apnea on forced exhale for and extended period will have tremendous carry over to improving my max hold on full lungs.
I have gotten to the point where I might just start treating the rest of this winter as a sort of maintenance period where I stop trying to improve and just focus on not losing too much of my progress until it gets warmer again. So, I thought I would post on here to see if anyone has had a similar experience before, and maybe any tips or advice that might help me or someone else who is having similar problems.