Good question Joe,
I have made some progress in the last 5 months that I contribute in large part to dynamic walking. In answer to your question about does a 2:00 min dynamic walk equal to a 2:00 min dynamic dive? I would have to say no. But for me, the more I can make my walk like my dive, the more comfortable my dive is. For instance I do my walk with my arms in the dive position (holding them over my head) and use ankle weights to increase the muscle fatigue and CO2 build up.
Dynamic walking is mostly about CO2 tolerance, which is probably the biggest factor in dynamic diving. I do my walking indoors so I don’t have to deal with people. I only track the time, because steps or lengths are just too complicated (mental activity) for me. I have done a 2:45 and a 2:40. I did two 75-meter dives and felt like I easily had 100 in me, but then I had a surgery, which dropped my ability (hopefully just temporary). My dives were 57 seconds each.
The CO2 tolerance has been very useful in static as well. My pb static went to 6:00 after a few months of dynamic walking. Static contractions are more manageable now after learning to cope with dynamic walking contractions, which are much stronger.
I like to do static in the morning and dynamic walking in the afternoon Monday to Friday, but this is very taxing on the body. I only do one warm up for just over a minute and then go for max.
Hope this helps,
don
