Hi everyone!
I wondered if you could advise me... I'm not freediving, but really enjoy doing laps at my local swimming pool underwater. I read some posts on here that concerned me about the risk of shallow water blackout.
I'm doing one 25m lap every 2 minutes for up to 50 minutes at a time. If I go fast, I'm 30s underwater, if slow and relaxed, 50s underwater. I've done this a few times with no problems.
Is this within safe limits, or am I in danger of shallow water blackout? Should I stop altogether?
I'm not trying to push any farther than that point and just plan to swim lengths because I like being underwater.
I wondered if you could advise me... I'm not freediving, but really enjoy doing laps at my local swimming pool underwater. I read some posts on here that concerned me about the risk of shallow water blackout.
I'm doing one 25m lap every 2 minutes for up to 50 minutes at a time. If I go fast, I'm 30s underwater, if slow and relaxed, 50s underwater. I've done this a few times with no problems.
Is this within safe limits, or am I in danger of shallow water blackout? Should I stop altogether?
I'm not trying to push any farther than that point and just plan to swim lengths because I like being underwater.