Rest between tables

[Chimo]

I've asked these questions in the beginners forum but thought it might be overlooked so I'll ask here as well. My questions concern the resting periods between static tables. That is how many times a day/week can I do the tables without overtraining etc. There seem to be little or no mention of this in any descriptions of the excercises I've read. How long should the resting periods be between the tables? And why? Which muscels are in need of the rest? I never feel tired after the tables neither right after or the day after.
I've also heard that you can only do 5 effective holds and after that any further is pointless since performance will be severely decreased. Is this so? And if so why are all the tables I find (including the static trainer) consisting of 8 holds?
I really want to maximize my gain from these excercises but feel like I'm doing them blindfolded whereby I have no clue to how my body reacts to them.
Any help in clarifying these questions will be hugely appriciated!

 

[fcallagy]

Hi Chimo,
Some one else may come in with a better answer but any way the rest is usually 24 hours or do a co table today and an o2 tomorrow. Why I,m guessing adaptation of the body and this takes time. Also rest is a crucial part of any training to allow the body repair etc. Don,t know about the 5/8 holds sorry.

 

[naiad]

I wouldn't ever do O2 tables or max statics every day. Even every other day is a lot. O2 training is very taxing and it takes a while to recover. A CO2 table today and O2 tomorrow is what I normally do, and it has been good so far. I don't do this all the time, often taking a day off training. If I do a lot of training it is more CO2 than O2.

 

[Chimo]

I wouldn't ever do O2 tables or max statics every day. Even every other day is a lot. O2 training is very taxing and it takes a while to recover. A CO2 table today and O2 tomorrow is what I normally do, and it has been good so far. I don't do this all the time, often taking a day off training. If I do a lot of training it is more CO2 than O2.

I see. I suppose recovery time is different from person to person? Is there a way to know when you're fully rested?
Why would you focus on CO2 instead of O2?

Thanx for your replies!

 

[fcallagy]

May focus on CO2 mainly as your bodys sensors pick up on it quicker than lower O2. Even after a prolonged hold if you measured the amount of O2 in your breath it would still be relitivly high I think, correspondingly the CO2 levels in your body would be a lot higher than normal and this is what your body reacts to high co2 not low o2 as far as I know.

 

[matrixed82]

I also mainly focus on CO2 for the reasons mentioned above and I don't have the patience for O2 tables. I heard that if you often come up from dives feeling dizzy then you should work on O2 tolerance. If you come up clean but the dives are a struggle, working on CO2 tolerance might help.

 

[Chimo]

Thnx for all your replies. Makes things alot clearer.
I thought the whole thing was to be able to hold your breath as long as possible WITHOUT fainting. It seems to me that if you focus on CO2 tables you'll be alot better at "knocking yourself out" since you're getting very capable of using the limited amount of O2 you have. Does this make sense Shouldn't the focus be on enhancing lung capacity?
Would 3 tables a week with 1 or 2 days of rest between be too much or too little?
I'm a runner and would like the days of rest to really be days of rest, that is, I'd prefer running and doing tables at the same day. Is this bad? And if I do this will there be any space for apnea walks at all?
I know these questions probably sound quite noobish but I always take any training or excercise very seriously and want to maximise gain. This one seems like a hard nut to crack though..