Statics - land vs pool

[Cat]

I am a beginner trying to get started in freediving, at the moment I don't have buddy so I am not doing any work in the pool but I am trying to do some O2 and CO2 tables on land to give myself a headstart when I finally get in the water. I have been doing them about 2 weeks and gone from under 2 mins to around 3.30 mins which I was quite pleased with. But, does anyone have any idea how much I can expect this to reduce by when I get in the water? I am generally quite comfortable in the water (do a lot of swimming and some scuba diving) but I assume that just having to float at the surface, being cooler etc will reduce my times.
Also, is there anything I can safely do as dynamic training (I do sneakily do some of my swim training breathing 1/7 or 1/9 instead of 1/3 when I'm doing crawl but that is all). I think my dynamics are likely to be a weakness.
Finally, does anyone know of a list of freediving clubs in the UK anywhere? I'm in Cardiff and the closest one I have heard of is in Bristol.
Thanks

 

[kiwi chick]

Hi, whether your statics times vary between wet (in-water) & dry really comes down to the individual - there is no correlating formula. Some people love dry statics and use them as a tool to help improve their wet statics but as a general rule you'll find most divers have a better 'wet' static than dry...I def come into this category. To give you an example...I have a 6min+ wet breath hold but can barely do 2 mins dry! So, comparing my dry times with yours means if you can do 3:30 dry you 'should' be able to do 9mins+ wet!! I guess you are one of those people that enjoy dry statics & seeing as you are comfortable in the water my guess is your wet & dry statics won't vary too much...Good luck...Suzy

 

[jome]

I think you'll be generally better at which ever type you train most. I mostly train dry, because I cannot access the pool enough, so my dry statics are always 30s-1min ahead of my wet ones. But it quickly evens out if you change focus to the other...

In water, I find in much more easy to relax and am more comfortable. Except for the very end, where I can push longer in dry vs. wet. But it's all psychological...

 

[Cat]

Thanks for your replies.

I finally got in the pool earlier this week (thanks Sam) and found that I am actually more comfortable in the water than on land. I managed just over 4 mins and am hoping that with a little more practice it will continue to creep up - not sure that I will ever make 6 minutes but never say never
Also pleased to find I can do 50m dynamic, not stunning but more respectable than I was expecting.

Now I just need to get into the pool more often (or start walking around the department holding my breath ).

It didn't take me long to get hooked on this...

Cat

 

[£íáµ]

I never did max wet static. But i think it is more relax than dry, because always if i pack it feels so ... so discomfort, especialy on my back, thats why i never pack. full lungs thats enough ...

 

[cdavis]

Cat, 4 minutes wet is great for starters; 6 minutes won't be too far away. Good luck!

I'm assuming you use a spotter when in the water. Any kind of apnea in the water needs a spotter, but wet statics are particularly dangerous.

Connor

 

[Cat]

Yes, the reason that I have only tried a wet static once is that it is a fair distance to train with the nearest freediving club and I haven't yet persauded any of my friends that they want to stand in a pool watching me hold my breath in their free time!
I live in Cardiff and have just done the pool part of the first AIDA course in Bristol with Saltfree which is where I did this first wet static. I will persist with dry statics and try and find some way of doing dry dynamics and see how I get on. Hopefully will get a chance to get back to Bristol fairly soon and then I might even manage to get to the quarry and try actually diving downwards!
I will be very happy if I can keep progressing beyond where I am now but I don't think I'm going to get too excited about the 6 minute mark just yet