Static question

[Retrion]

AH HA! finally i have a snowday! Considering I have a snow day you can assume it is cold where i am. Does cold weather affect your performance. In other words, Is there a benefit to breathing warmer or colder air before you dive? I would think colder because the air is more dense so wouldn't you possibly be able to hold more air in your lungs? Then again what would cold air do to your lungs after 5 minutes?

-Ret

 

[dfriedman]

I read that most of the best performances are in colder weathers (I'm not making any personal claims--just chiming in).

I posted this in "underwater confidence training". Since this had to do with more "static" than "dynamic" I thought I should drop in and get everybody's 2-cents.

I've been doing O2 and CO2 tables for a week. The last tables were as follows.

First, I was static for 1:30 and breath-up for 30 sec's X 10.

Then I held my breath for (static)...

1:00, 1:15, 1:30, 1:45, 2:00, 2:15, 2:30, 2:45, 3:00 with a 2:00 breth-up in between.

Then I went for a PB for a breath-hold...the result 4:57! I jumped from 3:31.

1) What are your thoughts on the tables?

2) Do you think doing the tables before hand prevented me to have a better breath-hold???

3) Lastly, SEDATE wrote "what ever you do never fill your lung fully , inhale 3/4 or less totally close your eyes while atempt any max hold or A/B tables"

I've heard different...How much do you fill your lungs?

FN

 

[Retrion]

I have been doing the tables for a week as well. I will be going for my PB tomorrow in hopes that the tables made some improvement. My current PB is 4:10 so we'll see what happens. So far I like the tables. I'll tell you after tomorrow if they worked for me.

dfreidman... did you do the table right before your new PB breath hold? in that case I would definately say that it helped you. Did you do both before?

These are the tables I use:::
CO² Table:
1. ventilate 2:30 static 1:30
2. ventilate 2:15 static 1:30
3. ventilate 2:00 static 1:30
4. ventilate 1:45 static 1:30
5. ventilate 1:30 static 1:30
6. ventilate 1:15 static 1:30
7. ventilate 1:00 static 1:30
8. ventilate 1:00 static 1:30
total duration 25:15

O² Table:
1.ventilate 2:00 static 1:00
2.ventilate 2:00 static 1:15
3.ventilate 2:00 static 1:30
4.ventilate 2:00 static 1:45
5.ventilate 2:00 static 2:00
6.ventilate 2:00 static 2:15
7.ventilate 2:00 static 2:30
8.ventilate 2:00 static 2:30
total duration 30:45

In terms of filling lungs i take about 95% deep breath. but it is obvious that filling your lungs more can be beneficial to your time as long as you know how to do it and can hold it in.

-Ret

 

[dfriedman]

RET,

When I went for my first PB I had not done anything at all. I just concentrated on how much your mind plays a role. It helped me a lot reading about some guys experience (5:30) on Impulseadventure and taking a few tips to just stay calm. He wrote down the thoughts he had every 30 sec's.

The second time I went for my PB (4:57) I had done all my tables. I noticed when I hit 3:00 on my O2 table it was so easy. So I layed on the ground and went for it (I usually do my tables while I do my homework).

As for the tables you provided--those are the ones I did last week. I tweeked them just a little to simulate some of my training (30 sec rest).

I do lots of cardio training--I think that's why I have been able to hit 4:57 so quickly (I think).

As for filling my lungs...I try 100%...I'm still wondering why SEDATE recommended 75%. I'm hoping EFATTAH or TRUX or one of the pro's can tell me what they do. Maybe it's different for static than it is dynamic???

Do you know what it means to purge? Is that different from blowing all your air out (CO2) quickly right before you do your breath hold?

FN

 

[naiad]

I fill my lungs to 100% (no packing) for dry static. I have found this to work best so far. Maybe someone can explain why they do less?

Lucia

 

[trux]

While Eric Fattah is indeed a Pro and a former world record holder, I am definitely not. I am an average freediver who just happens to read the DB forum carefully, and uses the forum search function and Google when in doubts or curious about something. Only few questions were never asked here, so if you do in the same way, you usually find the answer fast.

Preparation for a maximum performance was discussed in many excellent threads here on DB too, with great participations from Jome, Eric Fattah, Laminar and others. I highly recommend searching them in the archive and reading through. There is also another recent thread about statics with no warm-up, so you will certainly find interesting information there too.

And yes, purge is what you describe.