I'm looking for freedivers experienced in pool training, who are themselves capable of routinely surpassing 100 meters in the pool to comment on this thread.
I'm pool training so that I can become a better freediver. Typically my freediving is accompanied by spearfishing. I'm not trying to go after any dynamic records.
Currently I'm in the pool doing 8 sets of 75 meters once or twice a week (depending on whether we freedive in the ocean on weekends). My eighth set is generally easier than my first. I start getting the urge to breathe at about 60 meters. At that point I say to myself "good, this is where I want to be; by training like this, until I feel this need to breathe, until my lungs start burning, I am installing a safety margin into my body for when I'm out spearfishing"
Telling myself that helps me push through. Just before I hit 75 meters I get my first real contraction.
Sometimes I'll turn at 75 meters and head toward 100. I never make it past 90 meters. The anxiety is too great. I have no understanding of how to push through the way I'm feeling and take it out to 100 meters. Perhaps I need some thought tool, such as the one I described above, to get me out to 100 meters.
I'd really like to be doing at least two sets of 100 in addition to my 8 sets of 75.
I have been reading Umberto Pellazari's book and it has made a huge difference in terms of the efficiency of my finstroke. I keep my head down and relax my arms and shoulders during the training. My speed and stroke amplitude do not change throughout the whole period. I keep my mind occupied with the feeling of the water rippling over my fingers or I think soothing thoughts.
My breathing is generally tidal or a series characterized by quick inhales followed by slow and smooth exhales (I'm starting to prefer the simple tidal breathing). I breathe through my snorkel the whole time because I want to imitate hunting conditions. Sometimes I will do a couple of shallow packs with snorkel in mouth (using tongue).
Can anyone offer any specific advice on how to move out to and beyond 100 meters?
I'm pool training so that I can become a better freediver. Typically my freediving is accompanied by spearfishing. I'm not trying to go after any dynamic records.
Currently I'm in the pool doing 8 sets of 75 meters once or twice a week (depending on whether we freedive in the ocean on weekends). My eighth set is generally easier than my first. I start getting the urge to breathe at about 60 meters. At that point I say to myself "good, this is where I want to be; by training like this, until I feel this need to breathe, until my lungs start burning, I am installing a safety margin into my body for when I'm out spearfishing"
Telling myself that helps me push through. Just before I hit 75 meters I get my first real contraction.
Sometimes I'll turn at 75 meters and head toward 100. I never make it past 90 meters. The anxiety is too great. I have no understanding of how to push through the way I'm feeling and take it out to 100 meters. Perhaps I need some thought tool, such as the one I described above, to get me out to 100 meters.
I'd really like to be doing at least two sets of 100 in addition to my 8 sets of 75.
I have been reading Umberto Pellazari's book and it has made a huge difference in terms of the efficiency of my finstroke. I keep my head down and relax my arms and shoulders during the training. My speed and stroke amplitude do not change throughout the whole period. I keep my mind occupied with the feeling of the water rippling over my fingers or I think soothing thoughts.
My breathing is generally tidal or a series characterized by quick inhales followed by slow and smooth exhales (I'm starting to prefer the simple tidal breathing). I breathe through my snorkel the whole time because I want to imitate hunting conditions. Sometimes I will do a couple of shallow packs with snorkel in mouth (using tongue).
Can anyone offer any specific advice on how to move out to and beyond 100 meters?
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