Wet Statics

[DiveDeep3r99]

hey, ive been told to go static dry and or wet. but im just wondering what a good wet exercise is for my beginer level. i also wanna get used to doing at about a 10 ft depth, any sugestions? also, does anybody wanna share what they think about to calm themselves and get heart rate down? really need ideas...thanx


-Mike

[alexrom1207]

you'll probably get better results doing a wet static because the mammalian dive reflex will kick in and your heart rate will drop. A simple static at the surface is probably the safest/best way to do that (but keep a spotter nearby in case of a samba or blackout). Dynamics are also a good exercise. Again a safety diver is very important...don't do any wet exercise without one. As for relaxation techniques. Go one youtube and look at some yoga meditations or chakra meditations and paranayama and other yoga breathing techniques...they'll be helpful to teach you to relax. As for my personal approach, it is not something anyone has taught me or anything I've seen recommended anywhere, but it works fine for me. I visualize myself floating on the surface from a position about 10' or so above the water...then I
keep that image in my mind and slowly move further and further away until I'm imagining looking down from a position 100 or more feet above the water. Basically it just creates a peaceful image and helps me to image my position in nature, which calms me down.

Good luck and welcome to DB,
Alex

[DiveDeep3r99]

thanks ill try those out.

-mike

[narcd]

I have a neat trick that's quite hard to describe. I think of the color black, I know that may sound crazy, but basically focus on black. I do this with my eyes closed. When the pain starts to come from the co2 or lack of oxygen, whatever is the case, I go somewhere else in my mind and concentrate on black. When the panic comes back, I do the same thing, basically just focusing on black. I hope this makes some kind of sense to ya. It's kind of like flying through space in my head if that helps. If you go really deep into the black you can seriously zone out.

re-reading that makes me sound like i'm on drugs, lol

I started 3 days ago, at 1:30 and tonight I hit 2:30 dry static. I feel I can do 3

[bite ya]

Hey welcome to DB, i only started last year and train once a week, i imagine evry part of my body starting from the underneath of my toes and working up my body naming each and every body muscle as i go and after naming each part i say in my head "nice and relaxed"I imagine that someone is giving each part a massage, all the was up my legs then onto my back, neck arms etc. Once i've finished that i move onto the front i.e tips of my toes, legs, stomach, chest ect. When i have finished going through this cycle i usually get my first contraction. After a few warm ups and going thorugh all this is my mind i start to go through again and the i know my contractions are coming later and later.

Also try three negative breath hold first before the warm up, let all the air out of your lungs and place your head underwater, this is hard and adjusts your mind to being underwater very quickly. Contractions will start almost straight away.

Make sure as the other guys explained, you have someone watching you who knows what to do if you blackout! Its so important as it can happen without warning and often does.

Hope this helps and good luck!
Chris

[wet-kiwi]

i did my 1st proper static with fran in a kids heated pool with a 2 piece 7m on and got 4min 18 sec. Now im not 100% fit but ill tell ya what we did up to this.

1,
we did yoga breathing in a group, it was breath in for 6 seconds, hold for 24 seconds and breath out for 12 seconds, i think it was 12 reps of that,
2,
We floated in the pool on our belly with our mask and snorkel completely 100% relaxed thanks to our wetsuit bouyency. Did that for 5 minutes.
3,
Then we did our first breath hold using the same technique as above with some1 standing next to you making sure you dont float into people, timing you and getting you to move your finger every minute.
3.1,
We did our breath holds gradualy, say start with 1 minute, then 1.30, then 2, with a 2 minute breather inbetween each hold. Rember to breathe all your co2 out quick when you come up. But the name of the game is to be relaxed, dont talk inbetween breaths, move as little as you can before breath holds and when you are doing it dont move a mussle just float and think of what pub your going to go to on the weekend and what fish you want to target next etc.

hope that helps