Good day to all of you.
I've joined deeper blue to learn more from the half man- half fish. Currently, my team and I are in a very intense pre-scuba training program that prepares us for combat dive school. The only air you get the first five weeks is the one you get from the air into your lungs. Most of our water confidence training is dynamic apnea (if you will). Some of the water con task's we have to do are:
1. An initial 50M underwater.
2. 25M Underwaters. Swim back as soon as possible and rest for 30 seconds. We'll do 6-8.
3. Drown proofing. It requires hands and feet tied and you have to bob, float, travel (up to 100M), conduct flips-forward and backwards, and mask recovery with teeth in a 12 ft pool (I hate it. It's so long and it's my worst event.)
4. 25 Mask and Snorkel recovery.
5. Buddy breathing with full harassment (this is really not fun at all).
6. Ditch and Dons of full equipment (deep end).
7. Knot tying (up to three in the deep end).
These are just a few of the events (if you want to read and see some videos of the mentioned events go to www.specialtactics.com).
I read how to prepare for a breath-hold and some tips to persevere the physical and psychological hurdles. I tried my first breath-hold. 3:31 was the result. I was so dizzy and I nearly pissed myself. The next day I started on the O2 and CO2 tables and threw in a little dynamic running apnea.
OK...that's all I got! Now I need to hear from the pro's--what are your recommendations that will help me increase my breath hold during these events. Remember, we get very little rest and we're usually tired. Thanks.
FN
I've joined deeper blue to learn more from the half man- half fish. Currently, my team and I are in a very intense pre-scuba training program that prepares us for combat dive school. The only air you get the first five weeks is the one you get from the air into your lungs. Most of our water confidence training is dynamic apnea (if you will). Some of the water con task's we have to do are:
1. An initial 50M underwater.
2. 25M Underwaters. Swim back as soon as possible and rest for 30 seconds. We'll do 6-8.
3. Drown proofing. It requires hands and feet tied and you have to bob, float, travel (up to 100M), conduct flips-forward and backwards, and mask recovery with teeth in a 12 ft pool (I hate it. It's so long and it's my worst event.)
4. 25 Mask and Snorkel recovery.
5. Buddy breathing with full harassment (this is really not fun at all).
6. Ditch and Dons of full equipment (deep end).
7. Knot tying (up to three in the deep end).
These are just a few of the events (if you want to read and see some videos of the mentioned events go to www.specialtactics.com).
I read how to prepare for a breath-hold and some tips to persevere the physical and psychological hurdles. I tried my first breath-hold. 3:31 was the result. I was so dizzy and I nearly pissed myself. The next day I started on the O2 and CO2 tables and threw in a little dynamic running apnea.
OK...that's all I got! Now I need to hear from the pro's--what are your recommendations that will help me increase my breath hold during these events. Remember, we get very little rest and we're usually tired. Thanks.
FN
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