Static in motion

This morning I did some 'statics in motion' swims of 50m. My times were 1.15, 1.30, 1.55, 2.15, 2.45. I'll see if I can extend these to 4 minutes.

Static Blackout

My first comp static resulted in a BO. I focused on 'staying down' thinking I'd have trouble pushing myself. Really didn't have an exit plan and this clip shows what happens when you don't. An example of a good safety team - they timed the rescue perfectly!

Sydney Freedivers Comp static - 6.33

A video of a 6.33 PB static I did at a comp in sydney in June. Had problems breathing upon surfacing and couldn't get enough O2, had a samba and eventually finished the surface protocol with 1 second to spare!

6 minute no-warm-ups static

After a CO2 tragedy on wednesday (5:02) I hyperventilated this morning and surfaced after a 6:10 static, mentally very clear but apparently with a slight tinge of blue (which is something new for me). I didn't do any facial immersion, but persisted with the 60sec FRC. Overall, it felt okay! I used about 8 packs for the dive.

New wetsuit

I've just purchased a wetsuit for dynamics - mainly for no fins as it's very bouyant! I'm just not in the position to buy a $1000 monofin, and pretty much don't want to go forward with standard dynamics without one at this stage.

So, I'm going to go for no fins - at the moment I've been doing drills after static training to prepare my legs in particular. Anyway, the wetsuit is this one:

http://www.trisports.com/synergy-endorphin-triathlon-wetsuit.html

With the added ballast due to the bouyancy of the suit, I'm planning on working hard on push offs and turns, once I find some balance and neutral bouyancy.

STA

Yesterday I built on my first no-warm-ups effort from tuesday. After 5 mins facial immersion and a 55 sec mildly forced exhale (less than FRC), I produced a very tough 5:31. An improvement. Consistency will be the key for long term improvement.

Static training

I started no-warm-up training for static apnea today. Did some facial immersion beforehand and a 30 sec exhale static (okay, so not technically no warm up). I think 5:05 was a good start.

Dynamic No Fins PB

Here's the video of my PB DNF. It's a bit old and not particularly good - I plan on doing a much bigger one later this year!

Freediving

I do some freediving in the pool. I’ve been at it for about a year, but haven’t been very consistent with my training : ) I’d like to become more dedicated at some stage!
My PBs at this stage are:
Static apnea: 6:33 (competition, June 2010)
Dynamic apnea 133m (training, January 2010)
Dynamic without fins 112m (competition, August 2009)