Next beginner question here. I have not found answers to my problem on this forum or anywhere else. I would like to ask about quite strong stomach pain during the first experiments with apnea in the swimming pool. The pool is not deep (some 1.5 m), but after swimming the distance of some 30-35 m and just after the first exhale I get very strong pain in the area of stomach, just under where the breast bone ends. This pain is always there even in static. Could it be the diaphragm? Or maybe the blood flowing rapidly back to the stomach after breath-hold? Could the problem be that while surfacing I start exhaling already in the water?
I am definitely not hyperventilating by breath up, I do 3 strong inhale/exhale cycles while trying to prolong the exhale (to maybe 10-15 s). Just before the last inhale I exhale as much as possible almost to coughing. I am not packing.
And just by the way - how do you prevent swallowing air going to your stomach by breath up? In the pool it is not a big problem, but it can be a problem in depths.
I am very new to freediving. I only can do now about 2 min. dry and some 1:30 wet. I hope I can gradually improve, I have been practicing since 2 weeks only.
I am definitely not hyperventilating by breath up, I do 3 strong inhale/exhale cycles while trying to prolong the exhale (to maybe 10-15 s). Just before the last inhale I exhale as much as possible almost to coughing. I am not packing.
And just by the way - how do you prevent swallowing air going to your stomach by breath up? In the pool it is not a big problem, but it can be a problem in depths.
I am very new to freediving. I only can do now about 2 min. dry and some 1:30 wet. I hope I can gradually improve, I have been practicing since 2 weeks only.