Hi all,
I'm relatively new any formal apnea training and have been working at it now for about 3 months, doing workouts and conditioning, CO2 and O2 tables, etc.
One question I have is how quickly can one expect to progress in their breath-hold performance? I see claims on the internet about getting a 5min breath-hold time in 30 days or something, but that certainly isn't my experience.
Second, corollary question: How hard should one push himself in training tables (CO2 / O2 land training)? This question is really getting at how much discomfort I should be feeling during tables. I have a bit of old school mentality of "no pain no gain", but I'm sensing that this attitude isn't necessarily the best for freediving. I currently don't kill myself on my tables, but experience a bit of mild discomfort and I'm not even sure I know what a true contraction is.
If you have a breath-hold >= 5min, how long and hard did you train to get there?
I'm relatively new any formal apnea training and have been working at it now for about 3 months, doing workouts and conditioning, CO2 and O2 tables, etc.
One question I have is how quickly can one expect to progress in their breath-hold performance? I see claims on the internet about getting a 5min breath-hold time in 30 days or something, but that certainly isn't my experience.
Second, corollary question: How hard should one push himself in training tables (CO2 / O2 land training)? This question is really getting at how much discomfort I should be feeling during tables. I have a bit of old school mentality of "no pain no gain", but I'm sensing that this attitude isn't necessarily the best for freediving. I currently don't kill myself on my tables, but experience a bit of mild discomfort and I'm not even sure I know what a true contraction is.
If you have a breath-hold >= 5min, how long and hard did you train to get there?