Besides the no warm-up approach of Tom Sietas, there are some other things he does in statics that are rather unorthodox, at least to current thought. The fact that he is slashing previous records though, is enough to make me rethink a few things!
I have only been able to see his demonstration static on the 2004 Worlds DVD and the clip of his 8:56 in the Rhein-Main Cup in Germany http://www.glennvenghaus.com/freedi....php?Location=2 , but one thing I noticed is he likes to hang on to the side of the pool. At the PFD clinic they taught letting the arms and shoulders go relax and falling down by the sides. This is also how it seems almost everyone else does their statics. At the 2004 Worlds Tom had both hands and arms on the poolside. At the Rhein-Main Cup he had one hand. Am I seeing this correct? Did he do this the whole statics?
One thing I dislike, especially when the spotter wants to stay out of the water, is how they don’t hold me straight and the proper distance for easily grabbing the poolside. It’s a big mental task, after being in the trans for a minutes, to have to figure out where I am in the pool and how, with the least effort possible, come to an upright position facing the pool edge. Its also an unwanted distraction to feel myself drifting away from what I think is the proper position, during the static. If holding on to the poolside the whole static doesn’t burn more O2 and hurt the time, than I think I will try it.
I did a simple test with spirometer. I compared how much air I could get in my lungs in the normal final breath position of arms down to having my arms above my head as if hanging on to the pool. Not that I want to take my last breath with my arms above my head, but I figured if the position restricted my lung capacity, than the position would create more pressure and thus increase hr and O2 consumption in a static. In the first few attempts my lung size was less, but by the third attempt I apparently became used to the position and the lung capacity was just as much.
What do you think?
don
I have only been able to see his demonstration static on the 2004 Worlds DVD and the clip of his 8:56 in the Rhein-Main Cup in Germany http://www.glennvenghaus.com/freedi....php?Location=2 , but one thing I noticed is he likes to hang on to the side of the pool. At the PFD clinic they taught letting the arms and shoulders go relax and falling down by the sides. This is also how it seems almost everyone else does their statics. At the 2004 Worlds Tom had both hands and arms on the poolside. At the Rhein-Main Cup he had one hand. Am I seeing this correct? Did he do this the whole statics?
One thing I dislike, especially when the spotter wants to stay out of the water, is how they don’t hold me straight and the proper distance for easily grabbing the poolside. It’s a big mental task, after being in the trans for a minutes, to have to figure out where I am in the pool and how, with the least effort possible, come to an upright position facing the pool edge. Its also an unwanted distraction to feel myself drifting away from what I think is the proper position, during the static. If holding on to the poolside the whole static doesn’t burn more O2 and hurt the time, than I think I will try it.
I did a simple test with spirometer. I compared how much air I could get in my lungs in the normal final breath position of arms down to having my arms above my head as if hanging on to the pool. Not that I want to take my last breath with my arms above my head, but I figured if the position restricted my lung capacity, than the position would create more pressure and thus increase hr and O2 consumption in a static. In the first few attempts my lung size was less, but by the third attempt I apparently became used to the position and the lung capacity was just as much.
What do you think?
don
