Hi all
I started with freediving last year and now i have some questions. I did the SSI Level 1 course and liked it a lot,but had problems with the "deeper" dives. I couldn’t equalize my right ear and always had to stop at around 7m, so i will repeat this class this summer. I cant tell where the problems with the equalization came from, never had it before while scuba-diving or snorkeling. It just didn’t work on that day.
During my holidays I did a couple of dives, 8-12m without any problems, the sea wasn’t deeper there so i couldn’t try deeper dives.
To prepare for the coming summer I started with dry static training and now i have some questions.
What I understand is:
For a longer breath hold I need to concentrate on co2 tables, since the co2 level in the body "triggers" the need to breathe again.
So i started with co2 tables, but i found different informations and im not sure whats right or wrong.
My maximum dry breath hold is between 1:40 and 2:10, depends a little bit on the day and how relaxed I am etc. I always read that the breath hold time in co2 tables should not exceed 50% of your PB. So I started with a standard table.
2:00 prep --> 50 sec hold
1:45 prep --> 50 sec hold
1:30 prep --> 50 sec hold and so on
8 “rounds”
Did this 3 days in a row, but it was easy and it didn’t feel special. Thanks to the internet I found an App called STAmina, where you can customize tables and there is a table called Wonka. Reading about this type of tables was interesting and it seems to makes much sense, so I tried it yesterday.
2min prep à 50 sec hold
1 exhale, 1 inhale --> 50 sec hold
1 exhale, 1 inhale --> 50 sec hold
1 exhale, 1 inhale --> 50 sec hold
And so on
8 “rounds”
Didn’t feel special, so now I don’t know what to do and I have a couple questions
I always read about contractions, I know what it is and why it happens, but I don’t have them or don’t feel them. I know they can be different form person to person but im not sure now if I am doing something wrong and my training doesn’t makes sense and I am just wasting time?
What I can tell is, that im 100% sure that don’t hyperventilate.
So what can I do now? What should I change?
Longer holds or more rounds? What would be more effective?
Why shouldn’t the breath holds exceed 50% of your personal best?
Is there a limit of how often you should do co2 tables? I have seen plans with one table a week to plans with 2 tables every day.
A lot of questions
I will try to do some pool training before summer, but I would like to know what I can do until then.
Greetings from Switzerland
I started with freediving last year and now i have some questions. I did the SSI Level 1 course and liked it a lot,but had problems with the "deeper" dives. I couldn’t equalize my right ear and always had to stop at around 7m, so i will repeat this class this summer. I cant tell where the problems with the equalization came from, never had it before while scuba-diving or snorkeling. It just didn’t work on that day.
During my holidays I did a couple of dives, 8-12m without any problems, the sea wasn’t deeper there so i couldn’t try deeper dives.
To prepare for the coming summer I started with dry static training and now i have some questions.
What I understand is:
For a longer breath hold I need to concentrate on co2 tables, since the co2 level in the body "triggers" the need to breathe again.
So i started with co2 tables, but i found different informations and im not sure whats right or wrong.
My maximum dry breath hold is between 1:40 and 2:10, depends a little bit on the day and how relaxed I am etc. I always read that the breath hold time in co2 tables should not exceed 50% of your PB. So I started with a standard table.
2:00 prep --> 50 sec hold
1:45 prep --> 50 sec hold
1:30 prep --> 50 sec hold and so on
8 “rounds”
Did this 3 days in a row, but it was easy and it didn’t feel special. Thanks to the internet I found an App called STAmina, where you can customize tables and there is a table called Wonka. Reading about this type of tables was interesting and it seems to makes much sense, so I tried it yesterday.
2min prep à 50 sec hold
1 exhale, 1 inhale --> 50 sec hold
1 exhale, 1 inhale --> 50 sec hold
1 exhale, 1 inhale --> 50 sec hold
And so on
8 “rounds”
Didn’t feel special, so now I don’t know what to do and I have a couple questions
I always read about contractions, I know what it is and why it happens, but I don’t have them or don’t feel them. I know they can be different form person to person but im not sure now if I am doing something wrong and my training doesn’t makes sense and I am just wasting time?
What I can tell is, that im 100% sure that don’t hyperventilate.
So what can I do now? What should I change?
Longer holds or more rounds? What would be more effective?
Why shouldn’t the breath holds exceed 50% of your personal best?
Is there a limit of how often you should do co2 tables? I have seen plans with one table a week to plans with 2 tables every day.
A lot of questions
I will try to do some pool training before summer, but I would like to know what I can do until then.
Greetings from Switzerland