Review my training routine, please.

[ShallowGuy]

Family and work constrains consume most of my time but I try to do at least something towards my freediving.

So here is my training plan, I'm very limited with my time & money resources, but please let me know what should I change.

STATIC APNEA

I start each session with body stretching (limited as it's in workplace) - this include ribs cage stretching and few diaphragm exercises.

- 3 dry CO2 tables a week (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday - during lunch time break at work)
- 1 dry O2 table a week (Friday - during lunch time break)

I'm quite happy with the way I'm progressing, at least in dry attempts.

DYNAMIC APNEA

Here there is a lot to improve. How can I maximize my efforts?

DRY TRAINING

- one run a week, with progressing breath holds (8 steps, breathe for 16 steps, 16 steps, breathe for 16 steps, 24 steps breath hold, 16 breathe, 32 hold - then the pyramid goes down to 8 steps of breath hold), during that run I do some sprint on breath hold, I also do the run in certain rhythm as in Pelizzari's book

- equalizing practice, jaw muscles exercises

WET TRAINING

- swimming pool twice a week, around 40 lengths breaststroke, then some play in deep end (3m) - I try to equalize underwater (Frenzel), practice duck dives and diving without breath in

- swimming underwater (usually 25m or 50m), few times

Also I do some weight, I stretch on Fridays

Any suggestions how can I make my training more beneficial?

 

[monkeyhatfork]

if u have someone to train with I personally would put a much bigger emphasis on the dyn swims why not do the 40 lengths underwater or some max attempts, finish off the workout with some surface swimming to break up some of the lactic. If the goal is diving i don't know that a few (1-2) dyn laps are doing u much good quantity wise i wouldn't think even enough for simple technique work.

 

[esom]

Hi,

no comment on your description, sorry. just in general: "beneficial" is everything you will ever get in training. Where are you not pleased with the way your ability is changing?
...any furter answer would feel to me like i was telling you what freediving is - much more than it was a tip how to get there.