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Phil C

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I recently participated in an event where participants carried out two 'max' attempts in different disciplines in one day (STA/DYN). The sessions were four or five hours apart which presumably is (plenty more than) sufficicent time for our gas exchange system to re-equilibrate, and I presume, for the 'dive response' to be 'reset'. However I would expect that the experienced competitors ion thast event understood intuitively that their performance in the afternoon session would be reduced as a consequance of the morning session.

By way of example, I personally pushed hard in the morning session, and found my capability in the afternon sesion reduced by 25+% when compared to PB attempt in preceding week under comp conditions at same time of day. Both attempts on the day were true maximal performances, the morning 99%, the afternoon 101%.

So this is something that is intuitively understood, but what is the mechanism?

Phil C
www.aucklandfreediving.co.nz
 
I think it is partly just simple fatigue. But I do think that if the intention is to set a PB or a record in one discipline at a competition where there are 2 in one day, only the 'main' one should get a 100% effort, the other either skipped or done to within an easy level. I don't see too many people doing this at competitions though.
 
perhaps it has something to do with the fact that we can only have one high point in the day. I train twice daily on most days, weightlifting and boxing. Firstly, both workouts need to be separated by a lot of time and at least one meal in between. And this is not only the nutritional thing, more like re-setting your brain from one strenous effort and prepares for another one. But still, if I do 100% in one workout, my CNS is already had it.
 
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