Tom rehauled his website and also announced new dynamic record attempts for the opening of the Deutscher Ring Aquatics event in August
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Tom Sietas: new website / new record attempts
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Re: Tom Sietas' new website
Also, in June he prepares a new Guiness show in a Spain TV
I guess it will be another O2 record, but hope it will be without chains
Also, in June he prepares a new Guiness show in a Spain TV
I guess it will be another O2 record, but hope it will be without chains
He surely is remarkable. I would really like to know his progress from when he started. How long did it take for him to reach his first 6, 7, 8 mins. The same goes for dynamic. Did he hit 100+ almost at once or did it take some weeks of training? What about 150m?
Someone doing the results he does must be putting in a lot of training, but still it would be interesting to know the rate of his progress.
Someone doing the results he does must be putting in a lot of training, but still it would be interesting to know the rate of his progress.
There is some information on his website, including record history, but there are also many interviews available online where he explains much more. I remember quite a detailed and long one, (that unfortunately I cannot find right now), where he explained his beginnings, the way he trains (daily), the story with the false positive doping test and much more. When looking for it right now, I found just couple of short interviews. This one is in German an although it does not contain too much facts, it is interesting too. I like the answer for the question "Does the respiratory technique help you in daily life?", Tom answers: "Besides that I do not need to breath in public toilets..."perow1 said:
I remember to have seen an interview of this kind aswell. I do not remember much of it though. I remember something similar to what you wrote as well. The record history on his website is not exactly what I was talking about. I am more curious about his first years as a diver. That interest goes for many of the top divers.
Thank you for the link! I will translate it and read it. Hopefully someone knows about that other article you talked about and i have in mind aswell.
As for not breathing in public toilets this is a great advantage of apnea. But since much of apnea is about relaxing my times tend to be shorter in the stressful environemt of a public toilet. rofl
Thank you for the link! I will translate it and read it. Hopefully someone knows about that other article you talked about and i have in mind aswell.
As for not breathing in public toilets this is a great advantage of apnea. But since much of apnea is about relaxing my times tend to be shorter in the stressful environemt of a public toilet. rofl
I do not remember much either, but I think he told he begun with freediving once he was in holidays and surprised his snorkelling instructor when he dove below 20m on his very first snorkelling dives to explored the riff there. She brought him then to the idea to start with freediving more seriously.perow1 said:
trux said:
Yeah, he has not impressed as much in the depth disciplines (YET) though. It is more his PB-curve in his world record holding disciplines I am interested in. To become great you have to have talent and determination. I wonder on wich level he (and many other top divers) stared. Hopefully someone knows something about the article we are speaking about too.
Great website by the way. It is easier to search now and I enjoy the clips, especially the clip from his 180m DNF record in japanese. Somehow japanese can sound very exciting.
I think it is because he messed up his lung residual volume by extreme packing and gets easily squeezed in depth. Wouldn't he have the squeeze problems, he would certainly do very nice depths with the time he can use. Personally, I am not a depth addict, and would prefere being able to stay 5+ minutes in 20m enjoying the environment, than rushing 200m down and up.perow1 said:
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That's one useful application of apnea in everyday life. rofltrux said:I like the answer for the question "Does the respiratory technique help you in daily life?", Tom answers: "Besides that I do not need to breath in public toilets..."
Some others...
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Tom's dynamic distances are huge! I can't even imagine doing 100m, let alone 200+.
Check out this old site:
http://www1.hansenet.de/~apnoist/apnoisten.htm
Here you will be able to find some older results from Tom.
http://www1.hansenet.de/~apnoist/apnoisten.htm
Here you will be able to find some older results from Tom.
It is VERY comforting to know, that Tom has had sambas at 125m...Gives the rest of us a little more hope
I'm being serious. Sometimes we see guys doing performances that we think are impossible and we thing they were somehow born that way or something. But so far I've heard of no one reaching 200m in their first dive! But I've seen a lot of guys go to that 150+ club from having sambas at 100+ with dedicated training and a lot of hard work, some of them quite quickly...
I'm being serious. Sometimes we see guys doing performances that we think are impossible and we thing they were somehow born that way or something. But so far I've heard of no one reaching 200m in their first dive! But I've seen a lot of guys go to that 150+ club from having sambas at 100+ with dedicated training and a lot of hard work, some of them quite quickly...
Interesting he went from 6:09 (22.02.2003) to 7:48 (21.02.2004) that's a very big jump in one year specially for static. Usually static gets harder to progress in a few years of training. Until Tom I've never heard of anyone increasing 2 minutes in static in one year of training. If you look at Martin he was actually good at static from the very start. He certainly must have found a very effective way of training.
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If we're talking competition records, not training records, it does not strike me as odd...Competition is a very different ball game, and especially in the beginning, before you have the experience and routine, for some they are a total unachievement.
For example, I was doing close to those times (6:20's) in competition, when I could routinely hit 7 in training and my pb was almost 7:30, and in last year's nationals I crapped out at 6:22 or something, having just set my then dry pb of 8:00 .
I think one of the biggest things Tom has done is that he's doing tons and tons of competitions and gathering the confidence and routine to perform well in those conditions. Most of us only do 1 or 2 comps per season! He's doing them by the dozen.
Progress get's harder the closer to your limit you are, but for someone with the right body type etc, I don't think a jump from 6-7 is that dramatic. Of course it is for someone, who's ultimate limit is closer to 7 than 10 But for someone "gifted", like Tom obviously is, that would equal the milestone some have at 5-6, I guess.
For example, I was doing close to those times (6:20's) in competition, when I could routinely hit 7 in training and my pb was almost 7:30, and in last year's nationals I crapped out at 6:22 or something, having just set my then dry pb of 8:00 .
I think one of the biggest things Tom has done is that he's doing tons and tons of competitions and gathering the confidence and routine to perform well in those conditions. Most of us only do 1 or 2 comps per season! He's doing them by the dozen.
Progress get's harder the closer to your limit you are, but for someone with the right body type etc, I don't think a jump from 6-7 is that dramatic. Of course it is for someone, who's ultimate limit is closer to 7 than 10
But for someone "gifted", like Tom obviously is, that would equal the milestone some have at 5-6, I guess.Hi,
I've just discovered this one... thanks for the compliments for the site. Please let me know any kind of feedback...
For the progress thing: The first years I did not do training as regularly and as often as today. The biggest jump and the first serious training for several weeks was in September 03 when I trained for the German Championships in deepdiving. My PB in statics went from 7'02 till 8'06'' within three weeks. The result in this comp. was 6'53''... In February my PB was 8'58'' and the result 7'48'' I was very disappointed. But later I got closer to my training results...
Hope this information is useful...
Kind regards, Tom
I've just discovered this one... thanks for the compliments for the site. Please let me know any kind of feedback...
For the progress thing: The first years I did not do training as regularly and as often as today. The biggest jump and the first serious training for several weeks was in September 03 when I trained for the German Championships in deepdiving. My PB in statics went from 7'02 till 8'06'' within three weeks. The result in this comp. was 6'53''... In February my PB was 8'58'' and the result 7'48'' I was very disappointed. But later I got closer to my training results...
Hope this information is useful...
Kind regards, Tom