Comments on: Week 5: Static http://www.shark-bait.com/blog/2007/05/02/week-5-static/ Everything you want to know about Team Sharkbait, from training, technique and exercises to background stories, articles and reports from participated events. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:59:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Team Sharkbait News » Blog Archive » Week 6: Dynamic With Fins http://www.shark-bait.com/blog/2007/05/02/week-5-static/#comment-165 Team Sharkbait News » Blog Archive » Week 6: Dynamic With Fins Mon, 14 May 2007 11:29:12 +0000 http://www.shark-bait.com/blog/2007/05/02/week-5-static/#comment-165 [...] Last time I wrote about the results of Sanne during the AAAC 2007 competition I analyzed his static performance and things to look for. Now it’s time to look at his dynamic with fins performance of that competition. [...] [...] Last time I wrote about the results of Sanne during the AAAC 2007 competition I analyzed his static performance and things to look for. Now it’s time to look at his dynamic with fins performance of that competition. [...]

]]> By: Sanne http://www.shark-bait.com/blog/2007/05/02/week-5-static/#comment-159 Sanne Tue, 08 May 2007 07:58:49 +0000 http://www.shark-bait.com/blog/2007/05/02/week-5-static/#comment-159 When holding breath with static, a freediver tries to use the available oxygen efficiently. Never the less oxygen levels will drop, causing the carbondioxide levels to increase. The body responds to these signals by making the diaphragm (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thoracic_diaphragm) contract. This is a natural body response to the lack of oxygen and urges a human to breathe. A freediver will ignore these signals by letting the contractions occur in an efficient way and with that postponing the time to inhale fresh air. Ofcourse you'll have to be trained and in a controlled environment when practicing freediving, safety is top priority when doing statics or other disciplines of freediving. When holding breath with static, a freediver tries to use the available oxygen efficiently. Never the less oxygen levels will drop, causing the carbondioxide levels to increase. The body responds to these signals by making the diaphragm (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thoracic_diaphragm) contract. This is a natural body response to the lack of oxygen and urges a human to breathe. A freediver will ignore these signals by letting the contractions occur in an efficient way and with that postponing the time to inhale fresh air. Ofcourse you’ll have to be trained and in a controlled environment when practicing freediving, safety is top priority when doing statics or other disciplines of freediving.

]]> By: Elly http://www.shark-bait.com/blog/2007/05/02/week-5-static/#comment-146 Elly Fri, 04 May 2007 09:41:32 +0000 http://www.shark-bait.com/blog/2007/05/02/week-5-static/#comment-146 Hi Sanne and Jorg, Nice story, for an outsider it is hard to understand that it is fun to keep your breath for such a long time! And I would like to know what these contractions are... Hi Sanne and Jorg,

Nice story, for an outsider it is hard to understand that it is fun to keep your breath for such a long time! And I would like to know what these contractions are…

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