How do you feel after a session

[pyrazol]

[FONT=&quot]Hi everybody,

I am just wondering how people feel after a session in the pool or out in the water. Sometimes I feel slightly spaced out for some time and I wonder if this is a common feeling and if it is just actually a relaxed state that I am not necessarily used to or if it could be a sign that I am not taking sufficient recovery times in-between dives or breathholds? I am pretty new to freediving and any thoughts much appreciated....



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[deep thinker]

Nausea after 2 or 3 deep dives rofl Working on that problem though.
Seriously, extremely relaxed for the rest of the day and most of the following day if I went out in the ocean!
After a hard day or a u/w hockey game a bit shaky but you get used to it after a while and your recovery time decreases as the body gets used to what your putting it through.

 

[Waterysmile]

After a hard session in the water and then the pool I have felt bloody knackered.

 

[naiad]

I sometimes feel a bit spaced out after a max static or dynamic session. Hope that is meant to happen. rofl

Lucia

 

[Cornholio]

I usually feel really good after training, very chilled indeed. Not to mention immensely horny...

There's a bit of a paradox in that whilst it can be rather tiring, it's very energising too. Also, I usually feel very focused and in control after diving.

 

[jome]

After a max static, I will stay off the wheel for at least an hour or so...I pretty much feel like I'd had one or two beers

 

[deep thinker]

This thread mite show why were all so addicted to diving, could it possibly be that the lack of 02 etc gets us high??rofl rofl In a healthy way ofcoarse...

 

[pyrazol]

How long would/does it take for O2 partial pressure to return to normal after a hypoxic period (say after max statics) ? i would have thought that the time course of recovery was pretty quick , but maybe its hours?? which could explain the persistant high..

 

[island_sands]

[FONT=&quot]Hi everybody,

I am just wondering how people feel after a session in the pool or out in the water. Sometimes I feel slightly spaced out for some time and I wonder if this is a common feeling and if it is just actually a relaxed state that I am not necessarily used to or if it could be a sign that I am not taking sufficient recovery times in-between dives or breathholds? I am pretty new to freediving and any thoughts much appreciated....



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generally HORNY

I am on a high when i get out the water... later on I feel knackered

 

[naiad]

Once, after a dynamic with short intervals, I saw my reflection in a window and wondered why there was someone looking at me. I said 'Why is she staring at me?'.

They say that humans are one of very few animals that can recognise their own reflection, so maybe during and after long apnea I am reduced to the level of a goldfish.

This was a few seconds after surfacing, I would be worried if it had been some time later...

 

[podge]

I live about an hour or so from were I dive on a Sunday and on the trip to the beach it’s the hooligan in control, yet after a couple of hours in the sea the drive back is always a much more mellow affair. Other road users can cut me up or push in front at a roundabout with no problems at all. This mellow and chilled out feeling lasts well into the following week.

 

[Aquagenic]

About as relaxed as I can be. Especially after deep diving. It's a beatiful thing and about half the reason I dive. I always feel like I've just had a massage, could be the pressure differences. As for the horniness, totally. What's up with that?
~JMP

 

[penguinator]

How do I feel after a session? Well I feel like a smoke then falling asleep....

OH a FREEDIVING session...
Yeah really relaxed, but like I have also had a few to drink.

 

[samdive]

generally....

exhausted, emotional, cold and starving!!!

my ideal post dive afternoon involves putting on all the clothes I own and climbing under the duvet with a huge mug of hot chocolate.

My usal post dive afternoon involves washing a load of smelly kit, firing up the AIDA card machine and spending the afternoon processing certifications ......the joys of volunteering...............

 

[Fondueset]

After a good dive in 7C water with 4c air I am definitely ready for Global Conquest - but it just doesn't seem to matter

 

[pyrazol]

Interesting stuff, thanks for all the comments, they have sparked some more questions in my mind:

Do any of you find that this fatigue/relaxed hybrid feeling passes on into the next day or is it gone after a good nights sleep or does it stay if you don’t get a sufficient amount of rest?

Continuing with this theme of the emotional/cognitive effects of freediving does anyone know if any research has been done into cognitive abilities at various time periods post apnea, it would make an interesting study ... im sure there would be some level of impairment on aptitude tests for some time after diving.

I wonder if this is the case if it would be due to the fatigue/emotional effects, dive reflex or possibly the latent effects of hypoxia interfering with full neural function. In a blackout there are clear deficits in memory leading up to the BO so it seems logical that the nearer we take ourselves to that point the more suppressed neural function is and the greater the degree of impairment experienced despite not experiencing full BO or samba. Perhaps those of you who have pushed the limits can help out: In a samba is there a loss of memory/awareness also, and how does it compare with blackout and if you go close to a samba do you have any sense of impairment?

 

[naiad]

Do any of you find that this fatigue/relaxed hybrid feeling passes on into the next day or is it gone after a good nights sleep or does it stay if you don’t get a sufficient amount of rest?

Perhaps those of you who have pushed the limits can help out: In a samba is there a loss of memory/awareness also, and how does it compare with blackout and if you go close to a samba do you have any sense of impairment?

The feeling definitely goes by the next day.

If I push the limits but don't actually samba, there is a strong 'spaced out' feeling for a few seconds afterwards, and definitely my ability to react to things is impaired, but I am in control and remember everything. If there is any memory loss, I count it as a samba.

Sometimes there is a loss of memory/awareness during a samba, and sometimes there isn't.

If I blackout, immediately afterwards I don't remember about 2 minutes before it happened, but the next day I usually remember everything up to the point of blackout.

Lucia

 

[deep thinker]

If I blackout, immediately afterwards I don't remember about 2 minutes before it happened, but the next day I usually remember everything up to the point of blackout.

It almost sounds as if it happens to you regularly??

 

[naiad]

It has happened a few times, mostly dry. This is because I experiment with techniques and like to push the limits. Out of many hundreds or maybe thousands of dynamics and statics that I have done, only a very small percentage have ended in BO/samba.

It doesn't happen to me regularly, but it happens a few times when I push the limits or try something too difficult.

Lucia

 

[samdive]

there was a study into reaction times/IQ Tests and stuff like that done in Hawaii at the Pacific Cup in 2002 - we had to do some quick reaction test on a waterproof laptop immediately we got out of the water after a dive and did IQ tests before and after as well - the research was, I think, Australian, a lady from Sydney but I never saw any results. I did hear however that there was no significant evidence of any impairment, even after some fairly scary blackouts

Sam