Dry techniques / training at home

[Job.Romijn]

As I don't like swimming pools, and find once-a-week training a little too little, I was thinking about training at home:

What kind of dry techniques do you use?
Or what can I do out-of-the-water to improve my freediving skills?

I can think of:
-dry static
-yoga
-walking/jogging with breath-hold
-equalisation techniques (e.g. Frenzel)
-fitness / condition training
-logging of results (with circumstances)
-eating healthy / according to specific diet
-learning of theory by reading
-learning from other freedivers' experience (via forum)

How, and how often do you use these (or other) techniques, and does it really help?

I tried some dry static in the morning while still on my bed. Worked really well, especially with some nice music playing.
I also tried playing a computer game while holding my breath. By trying to set a new highscore everyday you train without thinking too much about the static itself.

Job

 

[pyro]

Ftiness and eating healthy as well as good sleeping is essential for a good living, so you must do at least these if you want to be good at a sport. Now I'v heard that hatha yoga specialises in breathing techniques but I'v never done any kins of yoga. Doing statics should help, you can push yourself without the risk of drowning in the pool so I guess it's good
Holding while walking is also good, granted you dont use as much energy as you would in swimming or dynamic, it should still help.

Just my 2p.

 

[naiad]

I did a poll on what kind of training everyone does, other than freediving itself.
[ame="http://forums.deeperblue.net/showthread.php?t=65059"]What kind of training do you do?[/ame]

I do fitness training and dry statics and tables.

 

[cp1204]

2 pyro: Breathing yoga is pranayama, not hatha, AFAIK.

 

[Job.Romijn]

That was a very interesting poll, Lucia. Thanks for that!
(I'm still puzzled why I didn't find it using the search function of deeperblue!?)

I'm afraid I haven't really started my dry training yet.
But after reading the apnea running training described in Umberto Pelizzari's manual of freediving I really feel like starting with it!

Sounds very practical and simple. Just count the paces and keep to the guidelines he gives.
Anyone got interesting results doing this?

Groet,

Job

 

[Boomstick]

The 'benefits' of large quantities of beer and crisps seem to have been over looked here???
It can improve your ballast and make you suit even tighter to restrict the passage of water through it, whilst giving a more whale like appearance to underwater wildlife , in turn, helping you to look less threatening

 

[jome]

IMO apnea walks are more useful than apnea running. But I'm not saying it could not work, but personally I didn't get much benefit compared to the discomfort.

But dry statics and apnea walks are both great ways to train dry. Especially if you combine it with experimenting with different warmup/preparation strategies (how you eat, how you warm up etc).

For dry statics, try to do them in sets of 3-4 days in a row, you should find some interesting things. But remember to rest too, IMO more than that per week is too much.

Other than that, keeping generally fit, stretching, and keeping your spirits up by reading and learning everything you can about apnea And yes, why not, every now and then some beer and crisps while you watch motivational freediving videos from a large screen in good company