Here I am, at the mid-range of my potential. I have tables that help, I have different training techniques (from this board), I have a wealth of knowledge(these forums) to pry from. I have some CO2 tolerance tables because this is the thing I hate training for the most. My buddy Marcel and I do 25m swims with less and less breaths each two to three laps. Recently, I just can't do them. I feel like I have such a oxygen debt after the first 3 to 6 laps! When I started this, I could do 30sec breathing/ 30 sec dynamic for at least 10 to 15 laps. Now, I can't seem to do anything close to that.
Back to my story...
So I am in the mid-range of my abilities and im on the tread mill, running. I think to myself, "hey, what if I do negative pressure running?" So I slow the machine down to 4.0 mph, then decide that I might want to slow it down to 3.8. I walk at 3.8 for 2 or 3 minutes while repleneshing my lowered oxygen supply. I tell you, I must have been a sight, stretching, breathing extremely deep, packing, and exhaling loudly while running. Then I do it.
I exhale completely and start counting steps, just as an experiment...sure...right. I get to 8 and have to inhale quickly. "its a fluke...i've got to be able to do more than eight." I tell myself. So I do a quick breathe up, increase speed to 4.0 mph, and hold....as I get to 10 steps, my mind goes fuzzy, my legs feel wobbly, I feel like im about to fall over and it feels like my lungs are being sucked inside out. I have enough sense to quickly put my feet on the sides of the treadmill and inhale, because brothers, it feels like im going out for the count.
HYPOXIA is what im thinking at this point, so screw it, I do it again. I breathe for a few minutes and then I do 14 steps @ 4.0mph. I get a similar feeling this time, but im not close to passing out like I was earlier. My lungs feel like they're hooked up to a vacuum, I get kind of fuzzy but not as bad. I start breathing again. A little later, I was able to do 17 steps, but the feeling hit me as bad as the first time.
This feels dangerous. Im debating whether or not to do this anymore. Any opinions will be appreciated.
Understatement of the year: "this feels dangerous..."
T.McKee
:naughty
Back to my story...
So I am in the mid-range of my abilities and im on the tread mill, running. I think to myself, "hey, what if I do negative pressure running?" So I slow the machine down to 4.0 mph, then decide that I might want to slow it down to 3.8. I walk at 3.8 for 2 or 3 minutes while repleneshing my lowered oxygen supply. I tell you, I must have been a sight, stretching, breathing extremely deep, packing, and exhaling loudly while running. Then I do it.
I exhale completely and start counting steps, just as an experiment...sure...right. I get to 8 and have to inhale quickly. "its a fluke...i've got to be able to do more than eight." I tell myself. So I do a quick breathe up, increase speed to 4.0 mph, and hold....as I get to 10 steps, my mind goes fuzzy, my legs feel wobbly, I feel like im about to fall over and it feels like my lungs are being sucked inside out. I have enough sense to quickly put my feet on the sides of the treadmill and inhale, because brothers, it feels like im going out for the count.
HYPOXIA is what im thinking at this point, so screw it, I do it again. I breathe for a few minutes and then I do 14 steps @ 4.0mph. I get a similar feeling this time, but im not close to passing out like I was earlier. My lungs feel like they're hooked up to a vacuum, I get kind of fuzzy but not as bad. I start breathing again. A little later, I was able to do 17 steps, but the feeling hit me as bad as the first time.
This feels dangerous. Im debating whether or not to do this anymore. Any opinions will be appreciated.
Understatement of the year: "this feels dangerous..."
T.McKee
:naughty
Last edited: