Diet with Results

I've been finding Co2 a problem at the moment, what freediver doesn't? So I've looked internally and looked closer at my diet.

Without going into war and peace i have found a diet that worked miracles in just 3 days. Placebo? I don't care, it worked?

I stuck to it but my body was craving for the normal luxury's and this was hard, i don't usually eat rubbish as a rule but going "ultra" healthy was difficult for me but the rewards last night in the pool was worth the effort.

Static and Dynamic sessions went really well, i spent an hour on each discipline working on tolerance, contraction control and technique. I done some no warm up dynamics and did 125mtrs straight off which felt easy. My technique training was defiantly paying off as my glide was the best it's ever been, i was only kicking 3 times to each 25mtrs my lowest yet.

Contractions in static felt much more manageable and controlled.

Happy chappy, so happy i went to a burger outlet "you know the one" and it tasted soooo good!

A Good starting Point...

After three weeks rest i have just finished my first 2wks of tables and done a nice 5min static tonight. 23 contractions is all. I could of gone on further but 5mins was the target so happy with that!

I'll go back to 2min 45sec Co2 tables again tomorrow and Wednesday try another 5min static wet then carry on for the rest of the week with the tables.

Holds went something like this.....

2min slow breath up 2min 15sec hold (1st contraction)

2min slow breath up 2min 30sec hold (1st contraction)

2min 2/4/2 breath up 3min hold (1st contraction)

2min 2/4/2 breath up 5min hold (1st contraction kicked in just after 3mins)

I was expecting the 1st kick to come in at 3min 15sec on the 4th hold but this shows i still need lots of work on my tolerance to Co2, i used to use 2/4/2 breath up's for everything, now only using for performance holds. This allows my body to adjust better to Co2 and wont have negative effects as before as i wont be using them long term. All in all happy chappy tonight!

World Team Selection

The list of applicants came through on e mail from the BFA for the UK Team which will go to Japan yesterday and i was in the mix. 3 males and 3 female places up for grabs. I was placed in third. A little un-sure of being in front of Sam Still (ex world champion in STA) and still current NR holder in static with an amazing 8min 19sec.

The World Championships are a team event and the UK has to send it's very best to Japan, Sam is also a much deeper freediver than i but has not been ranked since 2005. The applicants still have a number of competitions before the worlds and i will be competing in Dahab in march and then in Liverpool also in March. This will give me exposure to all three disciplines required for Japan.

The team will be officially selected on May 01st.

The BFA have set up a forum thread on the BFA site so we can all start to talk to each other which is a great idea.

This weeks training...well just still going with the Co2 tables and i finally got myself down to the pool last night. Statics were not great and i cut myself well short at 4mins as i didn't want to come out disappointed or negative in any way. I then done a nice 125mtr dynamic which felt hard but rewarding. Lactic acid was high in my legs and the recovery took some time when i surfaced. It was good to get wet again.

Tonight i just carried on with my 2min 45sec Co2 tables, seemed a little harder tonight? Tired!

Tables...

As promised i moved my Co2 tables up to 2min 45sec tonight, felt absolutely fine, I'll carry on with them this week and next week bring them up to 3min holds. Taking the contractions felt fine, nice and slow, nice and comfortable, really feel I'm getting used to them now. They feel different than before, manageable, I'm no longer impressed with them (as my friend Eric once said)

Here is a example of the Co2 table i'm using this week.

Table example :

2min rest

2min 45sec hold

1min 30sec rest

2min 45sec hold

1min rest

2min 45sec hold

30sec rest

2min 45sec hold

recovery breath x3 then hold again for 2min 45sec