legs vs arms co2 training

[rafacuatic]

Hello.
I have a question for training in the pool.My interest is in DYN with mono and CW but,is it the same to train co2 tolerance with arms or legs?I love to swimming..
Thanks
Rafa

 

[Polorutz]

yes, CO2 tolerance is improved with any excersice however anaerobe training should be a must on the muscle groups you're most likely to push...

for DWF and CW it would be good if you did some exercise on your legs however one of the most widely used CO2 drills is the CO2 hill which is mostly swimming

 

[Erman]

yes, CO2 tolerance is improved with any excersice however anaerobe training should be a must on the muscle groups you're most likely to push...

for DWF and CW it would be good if you did some exercise on your legs however one of the most widely used CO2 drills is the CO2 hill which is mostly swimming

polorutz,

By CO2 hill swimming, do you mean the following, if not could you pls explain further ?

300 m 5-to-1 breath freestyle
300 m 8-to-1 breath freestyle
300 m 10-to-1 breath freestyle
300 m 8-to-1 breath freestyle
300 m 5-to-1 breath freestyle

Thanx

E

 

[Polorutz]

exactly what I mean, for example I do 2 cycles then 1 breath 50 meters, 3 cycles then 1 breath 50... 4 cycles then 1 breath 50 then go back


yup that's exactly it

 

[Erman]

exactly what I mean, for example I do 2 cycles then 1 breath 50 meters, 3 cycles then 1 breath 50... 4 cycles then 1 breath 50 then go back

yup that's exactly it

Well, in order to increase the intensity what I do is use training gloves with weights inside, special swimming gloves. What do you think about that? And, is it better to do short distances and repeat (ur type), or long distances with increasing cycles (my type), any ideas? Honestly, 10-to-1 300m, is a killer for me. I did not yet try 12-to-1 which I probably cant finish the first 150m..

Thanx a lot for your help

E

 

[Polorutz]

hey man I train with a state freediving team and honestly I suck at that exercise.. I hate it, lol, if you can tolerate that then do as you wish, if you can handle using weights then do so.

The main aim of those exercises is keeping the CO2 rate high so I guess short recoveries are in order no matter what distance you run.

I dunno about most of the guys here but I get a high number of contractions when I do those drills.

 

[Erman]

Polorutz,

I envy you, u are training with the state team ! How much a typical tarining session lasts? And also, as u r so much experienced with CW, is there a correlation with DWF and CW depth ?

I know I ask a lot, but truly appreciate ur help and advice in freediving.

thnx

E

 

[Polorutz]

Polorutz,

I envy you, u are training with the state team ! How much a typical tarining session lasts? And also, as u r so much experienced with CW, is there a correlation with DWF and CW depth ?

I know I ask a lot, but truly appreciate ur help and advice in freediving.

thnx

E

Some people will say it holds no relation, I mean take a look in my "Dynamic Despair" thread, but I think that you can be able to do half the distance you do on DWF on CW...

my thought comes from the fact that if you can do 100m DWF you are kicking through the whole 100m and that means that you COULD theoretically be able to go down to 50m kicking down and up... but also, on CW you can just let yourself go and glide down.

However it's not that easy... compensation issues and all the things that can happen in the sea blur the line between DWF and CW even more so.


How much time does a session last?? any time between 1 hour and a half and 3 hours, sometimes we train harder, sometimes we train not so hard... when competition comes close we start doing all sorts of things i'd say a typical one lasts about 2 hours.