Thanks for all the good wishes .
Simos and Kars, thanks for your lovely long messages, I've tried to take on board all of your advice when thinking about planning my training. I particularly like the part where you both encourage me to take a freediving holiday! I *wish* I could take myself off to Egypt but I'm saving for further study so I'm stuck in Blighty for now.
Kars, I'll certainly practice the elements you suggest (equalisation, duckdive) before my first depth session. I've been watching some videos already, it's fascinating to try and break down all of the elements of the techniques used.
We'll be doing CWT CNF and FIM on the course this weekend. Your vision of hanging in the water, eyes closed, listening to your heartbeat sounds incredible; hopefully I'll get to do that soon.
I doubt I'll be able to do depth training more than 2 times/month, so I might have to come back and ask you guys about these exhale dives at a later stage when I have a bit more experience.
Simos, I'm having so much fun! But you're right, it's easy to focus on the numbers and I need to give myself a rest before any more max statics. I've upped the breath-hold time on my CO2 table to 2'10, which is pretty challenging so I'm going to stick with this for now.
I've been recommended a book of yoga specifically for freedivers, but if you have any other suggestions as to where to look for the right kind of stretching *preferably with pictures!) that would be amazing.
It probably is impossible to plan for the next 6 months, so I'm going to plan for the next 8 weeks or so instead and take notes after each training session, as suggested. Your advice has been really helpful, so thank you!
I'll make sure I post some Chepstow photos for you both although they might only be topside, since I haven't managed to get an underwater camera sorted yet. I've managed to line up 2 pool sessions before this weekend, so plenty to keep me occupied!
Grace
Simos and Kars, thanks for your lovely long messages, I've tried to take on board all of your advice when thinking about planning my training. I particularly like the part where you both encourage me to take a freediving holiday! I *wish* I could take myself off to Egypt but I'm saving for further study so I'm stuck in Blighty for now.
Kars, I'll certainly practice the elements you suggest (equalisation, duckdive) before my first depth session. I've been watching some videos already, it's fascinating to try and break down all of the elements of the techniques used.
We'll be doing CWT CNF and FIM on the course this weekend. Your vision of hanging in the water, eyes closed, listening to your heartbeat sounds incredible; hopefully I'll get to do that soon.
I doubt I'll be able to do depth training more than 2 times/month, so I might have to come back and ask you guys about these exhale dives at a later stage when I have a bit more experience.
Simos, I'm having so much fun! But you're right, it's easy to focus on the numbers and I need to give myself a rest before any more max statics. I've upped the breath-hold time on my CO2 table to 2'10, which is pretty challenging so I'm going to stick with this for now.
I've been recommended a book of yoga specifically for freedivers, but if you have any other suggestions as to where to look for the right kind of stretching *preferably with pictures!) that would be amazing.
It probably is impossible to plan for the next 6 months, so I'm going to plan for the next 8 weeks or so instead and take notes after each training session, as suggested. Your advice has been really helpful, so thank you!
I'll make sure I post some Chepstow photos for you both although they might only be topside, since I haven't managed to get an underwater camera sorted yet. I've managed to line up 2 pool sessions before this weekend, so plenty to keep me occupied!
Grace
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