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Fun training exercises?

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sergeys

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Hi. I am a member of a small group having weekly freediving training in a pool. We do usual stuff: CO2, static, dynamic, DNF. Doing the same over and over again gets boring. The pool is 2.8 meter deep. Are there any fun exercise we can do to bring some variety into our training?
 
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There are lots, some described in the manual of freediving so good to try those for starters. You can always make up your own too :)
 
I like the 'push your buddy dynamic race'. X amount of teams, consisting of two divers, pushing each other under water for x lanes, alternating every 25 or 50m (at the wall).
Streamlining, technique, strength endurance are keys to success.

Other game is picking up objects, as many as you can on 1 breath.

Another game is riding the dolphin/monofinner.

Bubble ring blowing. Laying next to eachother the rings can combine in even more exiting shapes.

With static, doing some Watsu stuff, dragging the breathholder gently through the water, him trying relax and be like a loose towel.

Dynamic chase, doing 25m or 50m laps. Diver 1 has to start his dynamic when diver nr 2 arrives and vice versa. If you swim fast or start early the other has less time to recover.

Surely other people have more idea's! - hear hear!
 
Bubble rings is a good practice. No weights, dive in a deepest part of a pool with partial exhale and start blowing bubbles. You won't have enough air for too many, so soon you will have to start doing negative packs.

Again, partial exhale static dive, followed by swimming after one minute of bottom time.

I also practice dolphin kicks without fins, try and see if you can do 25 m

Picking coins off the bottom of the pool is my son't favorite. He also likes throwing his mask out and letting it sink, then he dives, finds the mask, puts it on and purge in one dive. I shown him this once and he is now doing it just for a fun of it.
 
-Put your fins on the bottom, swim down and put them on at the bottom
-Frog flow! (use search function)
-1 min static followed by 25m dymnamic
-tandem dynamic throwing something between you (we have a little rubber torpedo).
 
Underwater hockey!!!!! NOTHING ELSE EVEN COMES CLOSE TO THE LEVEL OF INTENSITY OF ANAEROBIC TRAINING, TRY IT. I GUARANTEE IT WILL KICK YOUR ASS AND YOU WON'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING ELSE.
 
Underwater rugby. Need I say more?

Check it out:

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Te4Vqat2HQ]UW-Rugby WC03 - Sweden vs Norway - mens final pt1 - YouTube[/ame]
 
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