500 mtr warm up
500 mtr u/w swim (no fins, 25 mtr intervals)
25 mtr farmers carry
1-1-1-1-1
lung busters
25 mtr freestyle sprints (no breathing)
start at 1min rest between intervals
reduce each rest interval by 10 sec until intolerable
watch this video of peter pedersen
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HOLY FUCK!!!! Anyone that has ever done REAL water-con training both voluntarily or involuntarily knows just how much of a test on your mind and body not being able to breath and still push forward is. Lifting heavy weights is cool, running fast is cool, but there is no pain quit like not being able to breath, especially when air is just a twist of the head away. There used to be a saying at pararescue indoc: "everything is easy as long as we get to breath." 200m is insane!
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You're right Bill. O2 or lack thereof changes the game. O2 is one of the most formidable addictions we can challenge. Functioning without air requires precision efficiency and the most undisturbed focus. I would like to know when he started getting contractions. Anyone who has done this type of training knows how far they can push themselves while their diaphragm contracts making one more vulnerable to opening the mouth and sucking water into the lungs. The more one panics to fight the contractions the closer he gets to using too much energy and blacking out. Once I get the logistics ironed out I'm going to incorporate more water wods. It's tough to do something so contrary to self-preservation and not get thrown out of the facility.
ReplyDeleteTraining underwater has nothing to do with helping your physique or creating "pretty boy" muscles, there is no hard core music to get you in the mood, and you cant hurry the work or you will burn too much too fast. It is only a game to test your metal and to see what REAL level of stress will make you quit or come asking for more. I believe everyone needs to see just how hard it is to try and ignore every caveman level synapse in your body and push your self past what you think you are able to do. many people would be surprised to how far they can go once they aren't the ones setting the goals for them self (ie. "i will make it 50m then come up")
ReplyDeleteBeing thrown out of the facility like you discussed was and continues to be a problem with using civilian, collegiate, and most military pools. Even with a couple spotters in the water, the local pool lifeguards wont let you perform underwater training.
I tried training some of the lifeguards that wanted to see what i was talking about at some of the pools in jacksonville. The end was the same, we were told to quit or leave the pool. Many military gyms, with the right forewarning to the lifeguards of the training you will perform, given a spotter, seems to be the only way to do this.
-bill
Well stated. Everyone has the mammalian reflex. It just needs to be awakened from its dormant state. You're right about the pay off. Its only form, less winning a competition, is personal satisfaction. I've never seen someone on the street who looks like a good breath hold diver. It's internal/mental fitness.
ReplyDeleteI'm also sure his lungs started to bronchospasm, trying to recirculate the only bit of Oxygen in his lungs. Depending on the level of your breath holding tolerance will be the deciding factor of the time your body will start to bronchospasm. Mine started at 3:45 in a 4:30 static hold, and it fucking hurts the entire time. I couldn't imagine pushing through a 200 M while bronchospasming. Bill I have been meaning to post on this video, but just thought about it at work. Sherry told me about the site.
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