Just staying under the water a bit longer?

[trux]

Siku did not tell you must not chill, he wrote you do not necessarily need to. Tables are already a selective exercise, an abstraction, serving for training either specifically hypercapnia, or hypoxia - that's their main training focus. Their purpose is not simulating a real dive, but rather helping you separating individual effects of a breath-hold, and learning to cope with them. So of course, you can chill out before the table, but the effect will be that the first hold(s) will then feel easy, and it will get harder and harder as the chilling effect vansihes. And that's not really very helpful, because it then messes up the system - making the beginning too easy, and the end too hard.

There are also exercises for training the "chilling" separately from others - making repeated holds until the first contraction, trying to prolonge the comfort phase. And if you want to train all aspects combined together, you simply make max holds. No need for tables then.

 

[Siku]

Thanks Trux. That said...

Why not Siku? If you try to relax that also means that you are training this aspect.

Yes I like to do a bit of meditation in sukhasana and then do a table. That way I'm training getting into a chilled space and doing some meditation. I never seem to get round to meditation otherwise, but I do make time for tables.

Run - yoga - meditation - table

If the table is too easy I would rather increase the time. Or am I missing something?

Seems I'm always short on time.. *sigh*

 

[Siku]

Well Maybe the name of the preparation is a weak choice.

"Breath-up" , just think about it, doesn't it induce thoughts of hyperventilation in your mind?

Are there better alternatives?
Let's see what you people can come up with, something that is simple and describes advanced freedive preparation better.

Let the words roll people!

I think the new word for "breathe-up" shouldn't even mention breathing. I think that if our awareness is turned to breathing it's very likely we will hyperventilate, especially for beginners in breath work. Far better to turn the attention to other parts of the body/mind.

How about

"Meditation" - good, but it sounds advanced/esoteric/difficult and is a huge intimidating field all of its own.

"Reflection" - empahasises planning/visualisation. Quieting the mind leads to relaxation anyway.

"Relaxation" - emphasises breaking down residual tension. Focussing on the physical body leads us away from planning, left-brain beta brain patterns. Being asked to relax encourages us to listen to our bodies before the dive and that sets us up to listen to our bodies during the dive. Relaxation implies leisure, and this encourages enjoyment rather than work, i.e. less endgaming and obsessing about numbers, which in turn also promotes safety.

Can't think of any other new terms but I definitely agree I no longer use the term "breathe-up".

 

[Kars]

Since the English dictionary has over an million words, I think we can warrant making up a new word to describe the freedive preparation.
In my view it's a more than just "relaxation". To me it's also a preparation to a journey into another world. Preparing for a Constant WeighT (CWT) dive also encompasses visualising the dive in addition to relaxing the body, calming the mind, slowing the mind, focussing the mind, engaging the dive reflex, lowering of the heart rate, slowing of the breath.

I have to say the Meditation, reflection, relaxation terms do not cover the activity much at all.

Why not try to invent a fitting term?
I think Freediving is worthy of it

Maybe something like aquadapting? aquatuning? aquainting? (LOL becoming an acquaintance with water ) aquarelaxation, apnealaxation, apnearelaxation?

 

[pingshui]

Prelaxation

 

[Siku]

aquainting (LOL becoming an acquaintance with water )

Aquainting

genius Kars