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Originally Posted by atapene  yeeeeeeah.... contractions?
if you are training for hockey and you're getting contractions can i suggest that might be cross training that could be better spent working on aerobic fitness, rather than doing something that will make your body forcefully and painfully alert you to the fact that you are in fact losing brain cells.
after all, in this sport 10 seconds on the bottom in a hard game is a long time and 25 seconds is a LONG LONG time. someone who can hold their breath for only 1.5 mins max is easily capable when fit to sit on the bottom for 25 seconds when static in a game or 15 seconds when working hard... personally i think training to hold your breath longer is pointless.
i met a turkish freediver a few months ago. great guy, he won the jump bleu comp in bari with a world record of some sort.
friend of mine used to train with him and is good mates with him, told me that often if you ask the guy a question, he won't respond, but then 10 mins later will turn around and answer you. his mates all agree the amount of training and time he has spent with nix oxygen has affected him dramatically.
careful with that training! |
Please, if you have any medical reason to believe that holding your breath is damaging in some way, let us know. Otherwise, kindly don't perpetuate myths that have no basis (other than 'I heard of this freediver that's apparently real slow').
It's hard enough dealing with this sort of comment from the general public, but when it comes from somebody that should know better and has a respected opinion, it causes extreme harm. I have my own perspective on where freediving training helps hockey and where it doesn't (and in fact hurts it in some ways), but I think its more important to deal with this first.