This reflects the current progress to week 8 of the 13 schedule. Jorg set out a sequence of exercises over 2 weeks time as a transitional part, but as last night’s training showed; I was already able to perform the exercises planned at the end of the transitional part. Looking out of the water after the last test-exercise, I saw two amazed eyes staring at me and re-evaluating the things they’d just seen…

I also tested my new Heart Rate monitor, the Polar RS400. I think it’s a good thing Jorg told me to buy one. Only problem until now is; it does not do the job it’s supposed to do. I wanted to put the HR-monitor to use whilst doing my cardio and freediving specific exercises, both types are done swimming at the surface. But as soon as I hit the water, the watch doesn’t receive a signal anymore… This RS400 HR-monitor was chosen because of the swimming capabilities, so now I’ll have to figure out what and how I will be able to use it whilst swimming at the pool surface. But I will find a way to get it working !

Weekly drywalks sessions are improving steadily, the way I execute them now is slightly different then before. First off I’ll start with a 2 minute breathe-up, then 1 minute static from which I start my drywalk. The 2nd drywalk for this week I got to the point were I did a 2 minute drywalk again, so a total of 3 minutes breath-hold. At the end of the dry-walk my heart-rate had dropped to 49 bpm, although the end feels like my heart should be pounding like hell

Furthermore the fitness sessions do bring a lot to the rest of my training. Overall body fitness and certain specific fitness exercises make it possible for me to do the specific freediving training in a good manner.

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