Freediving - Personal Training Record

This page contains my freediving training progress over time since I started:

Other Sections:

• Freediving - Return back to the main page
• Training Journal / Blog - My regularly updated progress and thoughts on the sport
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Competitions:

Current Competitor Info Sheet on CAFA Website

• Western Regional Competition - February 2005. Read my journal entries.
• Western Regional Competition - May 2004. Read my journal entries.

Goals:

Constant Ballast	46m (150ft) depth
Dynamic Apnea with Fins	120m (393ft) distance
Dynamic Apnea without Fins	75m (246ft) distance
Static Apnea (Dry)	6 minutes 30 seconds
Static Apnea (Wet)	5 minutes 45 seconds

 

Static Apnea (breath-hold)

Breath-holds since I first started.

Date:	Time: [m:ss]	Wet / Dry:	Condition:	Contraction Start:	Notes:
02/25/2005	4:48	Wet	LOMC	~4:00	Bad final ventilation caused too much hypocapnia even before purging. Breath-up: 5:00 Fac, 2:00 V, 2:30 H, 3:30 V, 3:00 H, 5:00 V, 4:00 H, 7:00 V
02/22/2005	5:19	Wet	LOMC	3:50	Too much purging causing hypocapnia. Breath-up: 5:00 Fac, 2:00 V, 2:30 H, 3:30 V, 3:00 H, 5:00 V, 4:00 H, 7:00 V
02/13/2005	4:54	Wet		2:45	First static in 8 months... didn't do full breathe-up. Breath-up: 5:00 Fac, 2:00 V, 2:30 H, 3:00 V, 3:00 H, 5:00 V
05/17/2004					PACKING INJURY
05/07/2004	5:16	Wet		4:00	Breath-up: 5:00 Fac, 2:00 V, 2:30 H, 3:30 V, 3:00 H, 5:00 V, 4:00 H, 7:00 V
05/04/2004	5:45	Wet	LOMC		Breath-up: 5:00 Fac, 2:00 V, 2:30 H, 3:30 V, 3:00 H, 4:00 V, 4:00 H, 7:00 V
04/28/2004	5:02	Wet		3:15	Breath-up: 5:00 Fac, 2:00 V, 2:30 H, 3:30 V, 3:00 H, 4:00 V, 4:00 H, 7:00 V
04/22/2004	5:45	Wet	LOMC	3:45
04/13/2004	6:01	Dry		4:15	Did right after O2 Table #10.
03/04/2004	5:00	Wet		2:30
03/01/2004	5:43	Dry			Lab experiment. 3:00 hyperventilation.
02/29/2004	5:02	Dry		2:33
02/27/2004	4:20	Dry		2:20
02/26/2004	3:30	Wet		2:00
02/23/2004	3:30	Dry
02/18/2004	3:10	Dry
Previous Best	3:00	Dry			Personal best prior to start of course.

 

Constant Ballast:

Date:	Location:	Dive Type:	Depth:	Time:	Notes:
06/13/2004	Ansel Place, BC	Constant Ballast	92 ft		First shallow CB dive after chest injury. Successful mouthfill technique at 50ft.
05/17/2004					PACKING INJURY
04/24/2004	Ansel Place, BC	Constant Ballast	136 ft	~1:17	Limited by equalization air shortage. Need mouthfill.
04/17/2004	Ansel Place, BC	Constant Ballast	133 ft	1:16	Limited by equalization air shortage.
04/10/2004	Ansel Place, BC	Constant Ballast	129 ft	1:15
04/10/2004	Ansel Place, BC	Free Immersion	69 ft
04/03/2004	Ansel Place, BC	Constant Ballast	99 ft	0:55
03/28/2004	Ansel Place, BC	Constant Ballast	54 ft	0:37
03/28/2004	Ansel Place, BC	Free Immersion	49 ft
Previous Best	n/a	Constant Ballast	20 ft

 

Dynamic Apnea with Fins:

Date:	Location:	Distance:	Time:	Notes:
02/27/2005	UBC, BC (25m pool)	113 m	2:13	Tired as it was right after dynamic no-fins attempt, and still probably too much breathe-up (6 purges). Air violation and LOMC. Dry static warmup.
02/26/2005	UBC, BC (25m pool)	114 m	2:08	Probably too much breathe-up (14 purges), so felt near limit at end. Dry static warmup.
02/15/2005	UBC, BC (25y pool)	102 m		First time tried dry static for warmup, no wetsuit, shivering before start of dynamic, but still managed to get a reasonable distance!
02/13/2005	UBC, BC (25y pool)	75 m		Cold, after static session, so didn't expect much.
06/14/2004	UBC, BC (25y pool)	75 m		Monofin 1st time.
05/17/2004				PACKING INJURY
05/09/2004	UBC, BC (55y pool)	100.6 m	2:00
04/09/2004	SFU, BC (25m pool)	87.5 m
04/01/2004	SFU, BC (25m pool)	75 m
03/25/2004	SFU, BC (25m pool)	62 m
03/18/2004	SFU, BC (25m pool)	50 m
03/11/2004	SFU, BC (25m pool)	25 m

 

Dynamic Apnea without Fins:

Date:	Location:	Distance:	Time:	Notes:
02/27/2005	UBC, BC (25m pool)	61 m	1:23	First time doing no-fins. Clean performance. Dry static warmup