Example for DYNAMIC co2 tables

[Kars]

Having a better general condition is helpful. It helps a lot in having a faster recovery times, returning to your resting heart-rate, lowering the resting heart-rate. On the other hand for competitions a good condition is enough, but having a high metabolism is contra productive.
But since you're aiming for many 20m dives, a better condition is helpful.

I'm now 38, and have been a dry fish for a while until last year I got a new buddy. I noticed that I needed to relearn to relax past contractions. I also noticed how my VC has reduced. Training static, and using pack stretches is very helpful for me to get back to my former skill levels.

 

[Andrew Fogarty]

Giday Kars and thank you so much for the response. I have read many of your informative posts. Today I found the thread on FRC which is of particular interest to me so I will study wealth of information there. Its unbelievable the variation in techniques that have been applied to this sport. I have found comfort in the diversity of concepts, many of which mirror the way I dive, like not overfilling on inhale. I just need to get up to speed on the abbreviations used so I can gain full value from others knowledge. So good luck with your return to training.

 

[Kars]

Well, in about 21 hour's I'll be doing my first DNF comp in a long time. We will see how much luck I get/need
Since my muscles are pretty well supplied by blood by my cardio vascular system, I need to prepare and dive in such way to keep my circulation as low as I can. Swimming normal power strokes raises my circulation, leading to late / little / no vascular constriction, which means a high O2 use by my muscles throughout the dive. In such dives I come up ok, but I have no lactic build up..
So tomorrow's dive is going to be very slow. When I get surprised by the wall I know that my mind is in flow. My dive's focus is on keeping the circulation low, and body relaxed.

Yes Deeperblue is a treasure of knowledge, it just needs some decoding from time to time