Hey everyone,
I'm basically completely new to freediving. I started trying it out for fun this summer for the first time, in the muddy waters of Sweden/the Baltic sea. At this point i hadn't worked on my technique or breath holding ability and i've yet to used fins. So far i've only been down to around 4 meters. Now during the winter and autumn i haven't been able to keep up and practice, i've watched lots of Youtube videos for inspiration and for learning and i've started to do CO2 tables and work on my breath holding. Regarding equalization, i guess i've done pretty good, i haven't really practiced it, it rather came naturally to me from the first time i tried to dive those few meters and i can do it without having to pinch my nose.
At the point of this summer when i started to free dive a little bit, i couldn't hold my breath for more than around 1 min 30 secs, on dry practice. And i probably couldn't stay under the surface for any longer than 30 secs (approximately). Now after some CO2 training, my best result is 4:05 mins on dry practice, which i guess is decent? I'm so tempted to see how long i would be able to stay under water now with my new breath holding technique, but i have no opportunity to train during the winter. But is it possible to draw any conclusions form these results, just to get an idea of how long i should be able to stay down now? I understand that this is highly individual and depends on numerous things, so is it even possible or meaningful to try to calculate on it? 1:30 mins dry breath hold corresponded to ≈30 secs under water, 4:05 mins dry breath hold should correspond to what time under water...?
However, more generally, i also wonder if 4:05 would be considered a good result for a beginner? And how to continue from here? It feels like i've reached somewhat of a plateau with the CO2 tables. Is it necessary to keep pushing the limit and how would the practice scheme for that look? Of course i want to be able to stay under the surface for as long as possible, exploring all the things down there.
I'm basically completely new to freediving. I started trying it out for fun this summer for the first time, in the muddy waters of Sweden/the Baltic sea. At this point i hadn't worked on my technique or breath holding ability and i've yet to used fins. So far i've only been down to around 4 meters. Now during the winter and autumn i haven't been able to keep up and practice, i've watched lots of Youtube videos for inspiration and for learning and i've started to do CO2 tables and work on my breath holding. Regarding equalization, i guess i've done pretty good, i haven't really practiced it, it rather came naturally to me from the first time i tried to dive those few meters and i can do it without having to pinch my nose.
At the point of this summer when i started to free dive a little bit, i couldn't hold my breath for more than around 1 min 30 secs, on dry practice. And i probably couldn't stay under the surface for any longer than 30 secs (approximately). Now after some CO2 training, my best result is 4:05 mins on dry practice, which i guess is decent? I'm so tempted to see how long i would be able to stay under water now with my new breath holding technique, but i have no opportunity to train during the winter. But is it possible to draw any conclusions form these results, just to get an idea of how long i should be able to stay down now? I understand that this is highly individual and depends on numerous things, so is it even possible or meaningful to try to calculate on it? 1:30 mins dry breath hold corresponded to ≈30 secs under water, 4:05 mins dry breath hold should correspond to what time under water...?
However, more generally, i also wonder if 4:05 would be considered a good result for a beginner? And how to continue from here? It feels like i've reached somewhat of a plateau with the CO2 tables. Is it necessary to keep pushing the limit and how would the practice scheme for that look? Of course i want to be able to stay under the surface for as long as possible, exploring all the things down there.