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LooL a particularly relaxed idiot 
Good breaststroke swimmer and bad one can both do a 25m per 2,5 strokes, but the bad one will use a lot more energy to do it.
The leg kick is best to do slow and relaxed for 99% of freedivers becouse to learn a proper leg kick and to be able to use it in a dive properly without wasting any energy you will need to swim 500km of breaststroke before you go anywhere near that level...
On the other hand, after I was forced to learn to swim properly by someone And after I done a lot of swimming in the last 6 months, I can honestly sad that my DNF technique improves dramatically... I am still at 3 strokes per 25m but I use 50% less energy then before while maintaining the same speed.
Good breaststroke swimmer and bad one can both do a 25m per 2,5 strokes, but the bad one will use a lot more energy to do it.
The leg kick is best to do slow and relaxed for 99% of freedivers becouse to learn a proper leg kick and to be able to use it in a dive properly without wasting any energy you will need to swim 500km of breaststroke before you go anywhere near that level...
On the other hand, after I was forced to learn to swim properly by someone
And after I done a lot of swimming in the last 6 months, I can honestly sad that my DNF technique improves dramatically... I am still at 3 strokes per 25m but I use 50% less energy then before while maintaining the same speed.
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When i'm particularly relaxed, i seem to become a banana type idiot:
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDMYFTST3RU]YouTube - Freediving: 100 meter in 8 strokes, training DNF technique[/ame]
inspired by Dave, i tried for 2 strokes per 25 and see how long i could maintain it. Must work on straightening my back by sucking in my gut after leg-stroke. Normally i swim DNF with an RS1 so my legs don't float up as much (this was done with a Sonar).
Cameraman Eric van Riet Paap (Mr Van) was inspired by Julie Gautier -hey, who isn't?
But wouldn't it be an interesting category to see how far we can get in 10 strokes? Theoretically, people/idiots like Dave can do 250 in a 25 meter pool in 10 strokes, but it'd take forever (even more forever than Dave's usual dives), so you'd have to start balancing maximum glide versus time spent underwater. I figure i could do 125 or a bit more in a 25 meter pool. Will try soon.
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDMYFTST3RU]YouTube - Freediving: 100 meter in 8 strokes, training DNF technique[/ame]
inspired by Dave, i tried for 2 strokes per 25 and see how long i could maintain it. Must work on straightening my back by sucking in my gut after leg-stroke. Normally i swim DNF with an RS1 so my legs don't float up as much (this was done with a Sonar).
Cameraman Eric van Riet Paap (Mr Van) was inspired by Julie Gautier -hey, who isn't?
But wouldn't it be an interesting category to see how far we can get in 10 strokes? Theoretically, people/idiots like Dave can do 250 in a 25 meter pool in 10 strokes, but it'd take forever (even more forever than Dave's usual dives), so you'd have to start balancing maximum glide versus time spent underwater. I figure i could do 125 or a bit more in a 25 meter pool. Will try soon.
Daan, you just need some lead on that big fat floating arse of yours!
My leg kick is nothing to write home about, but it eventually gets me places. virtually no freedivers have genuinely good breaststroke kicks (Will Winram being a notable exception), but most of us have found something that's good enough for what we do. Actually good technique is unfortunately a bit optional in most of freediving. You can get to 'good enough' pretty easily and a good wetsuit/speedsuit and good balanced weighting makes much more of a difference.
An example of crap technique + good weighting:
My leg kick is nothing to write home about, but it eventually gets me places. virtually no freedivers have genuinely good breaststroke kicks (Will Winram being a notable exception), but most of us have found something that's good enough for what we do. Actually good technique is unfortunately a bit optional in most of freediving. You can get to 'good enough' pretty easily and a good wetsuit/speedsuit and good balanced weighting makes much more of a difference.
An example of crap technique + good weighting:
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My technique is ok, but my legs are like lead, i can't let myself into a glide because i end up being almost vertical(?!) or, with shorter glide, my legs fall below as much that it in the next cycle leg kick brings me to a complete halt. Bouyant wetsuit(i use aquasphere aquaskin - 1mm neoprene) helps a little..i don't know what to use to balance myself out..more neoprene?
doing DNF without wetsuit is quite frustrating..i have to keep high kick frequency, with just small glide - using 4.5-5 kicks for 25m.
doing DNF without wetsuit is quite frustrating..i have to keep high kick frequency, with just small glide - using 4.5-5 kicks for 25m.
