I've been feeling pretty good lately. I think it's partly because I am on vacation and can train without worrying about work and other stuff. Partly I feel good because I am in pretty good shape for freediving. It will be interesting to get to the open waters and just have fun. Spring is here and summer is getting closer by the minute.
Last sunday I decided to do long dynamic. Last time was at the end of January where I surprised myself by hitting 130m mark. Unlike my last dnf attempt there was no pressure this time to perform. I did feel the normal restlessness after making the decision to do long dive on the previous night. My preparation for the dive is getting more and more routinely. I start to think about it on the previous day, stretch and visualize in the morning, eat properly and rest handles itself. This time the dive itself was pretty tight, not because of co2 and duration, but because of lactics. This time I really felt my muscles almost give up, but I still managed to hold it. There was still gas on the tank at the end. I surfaced after touching the wall on the 150m. Dive time was 1m50sec. Turns were okay, but not perfect. I still have to work on that.
Another thing I realized was that I have to work on my surface protocol. Normally I will try to find foothold and stand up. At the very near of max this is not a good idea and also the pool in the comps can be deeper. I should find the line buoy, turn my back against it and do sp. All this without too much strain.
Today I hit walking apneas again. I tried to measure my SpO2 with my oximeter during the walking apnea. The measurement doesn't work so well during the apnea and after the hold it takes some time to read the measurement correctly. On the second try I managed to end up with 86% SpO2 after 2:10 of brisk walk. On the last one I decided to do one "stressed" walking apnea. I raised my hr to 90bpm, put on some fast paced metal music and started to walk faster than usual. I figured that for the competition the environment will not be 100%. I will be more excited than usual, pool will be different and I might just feel "off". In this case I should be able to push to the max (of that day). I ended up the walk with tight 2:30, which is my pb for walking apnea. I ended when I started to feel really dizzy, but no other symptoms of hypoxia. This again gave me a real confidence booster: co2 and mental side is not so much of a issue anymore if I can push to the max without having the perfect conditions and perfect day.
Weight: -3,4kg
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