of your instructor training. I recall you were doing quite a bit of swimming to get in shape.
NetDoc whats the status....
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GO! GO! GO! I will be training with one of the Board of Directors of NAUI this May. I am still doing a TON of swimming as well as other endurance improving exercizes. My toe is cooperating, And I hope to not hurt me between now and then!!!
OP
I'm hoping to have my assistant instructor course going full steam in May. I was making progress with the swimming last fall but then got too busy to continue. I should have started the swim conditioning yesterday but had too much to do and now it has turned cold and unmotivating. Hopefully it will warm up in a day or two. May I inquire about yout times in the 450 & 900 yard swims?
450 free swim... 11:20
900 Snorkle Swim 16:30
900 Snorkle Swim 16:30
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Looks like you are pretty close to having it down. I've got a long ways to go. Are you swimming in a pool or out in open water? I'm hoping to do the swimming test in open water.
RDV Sportsplex here in Orlando. It's where the Magic train, though I believe that they have their own "private" area in the back. Cool place though, and I do love having my water @ 76 degrees when I plop in. The 25 meter length keeps down on the laps too! I do circuit training M, W, & F. Swimming takes place on T, Th, and Sat.
OP
Sounds really nice. I get to "train" or is that suffer in 48*F water that you can't see through so I have to follow a compass or swim in wandering circles or lift my head out of the water enough to see if I'm on course--does wonders for the drag factor. The only good thing is I don't have to do lots of turnarounds
JBD, are you wearing some sort of thermal protection? Isn't there a pool at a YMCA or university near you? BRRRR! More power to you!
NetDoc, BRRRR to you too! 76 degrees? I'm assuming you're in a swim suit only. Sounds like your times are really getting there though! Do you have to swim fast to stay warm?
I've been working on getting my swimming back up to par for my ITC, I'm at 10:32 for the 450, haven't tried the 900 yet. I've got an injury prone rotator cuff and I have to work into the swimming thing slowly. I tried to swim a second day last week and the shoulder is STILL sore, now I have to wait until the pain goes away. BTW, the water at the new YMCA in our town is 84-86 degrees--YEAH! I prefer the 86 because I don't swim so hard at the beginning of my laps to get warm.
Happy training!
Ber
NetDoc, BRRRR to you too! 76 degrees? I'm assuming you're in a swim suit only. Sounds like your times are really getting there though! Do you have to swim fast to stay warm?
I've been working on getting my swimming back up to par for my ITC, I'm at 10:32 for the 450, haven't tried the 900 yet. I've got an injury prone rotator cuff and I have to work into the swimming thing slowly. I tried to swim a second day last week and the shoulder is STILL sore, now I have to wait until the pain goes away. BTW, the water at the new YMCA in our town is 84-86 degrees--YEAH! I prefer the 86 because I don't swim so hard at the beginning of my laps to get warm.
Happy training!
Ber
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ber rabbit--when I do get in the water it will definitely be in the wetsuit, boots, gloves and hood for the snorkle swim. My wetsuit is too restrictive for freestyle swimming. I'm hoping to get a new shorty wetsuit this week. I'm hoping that will allow for more range of motion for the 450. All of the pools that are indoor and heated are way too many miles away.
My biggest problem when I started working on the swimming last fall was being to judge distance. Am I really going 900 or 450 yards? I really don't know. Lotsa hunters around here but none that use range finders that I could find. The 75 foot UW swim was easy to mark off and I finally got that one done. My big fear is that I'll train for too short of a distance and then not pss the test when the time comes.
Also having problems with the skin diving ditch and recovery. I may be big as a whale but certainly lack the grace and breath holding capacity. The lake I can use to train in has such poor viz that I won't take my stuff off for fear of losing it for good. The quarry where I will probably do the tests at is a touch over 100 miles away.
NetDoc sure has a neat place to get in shape and it sounds like you do to. Go easy with your shoulder.
My biggest problem when I started working on the swimming last fall was being to judge distance. Am I really going 900 or 450 yards? I really don't know. Lotsa hunters around here but none that use range finders that I could find. The 75 foot UW swim was easy to mark off and I finally got that one done. My big fear is that I'll train for too short of a distance and then not pss the test when the time comes.
Also having problems with the skin diving ditch and recovery. I may be big as a whale but certainly lack the grace and breath holding capacity. The lake I can use to train in has such poor viz that I won't take my stuff off for fear of losing it for good. The quarry where I will probably do the tests at is a touch over 100 miles away.
NetDoc sure has a neat place to get in shape and it sounds like you do to. Go easy with your shoulder.
Skin diving ditch and recovery is a skill that most candidates have a problem. It is really not that difficult but most make a mistake in how much breath hold they need to complete the skill and they over inhale. If you think about it, how long does it take to put on two fins and a mask on? Not long. Ten seconds maybe. That is all the breathhold you need to complete the skill. It does not take a full, full breath. That much air in the lungs will make you very buoyant causing you to fight to stay down and therefore shortening breath hold time. The more relaxed you are the longer you will be stay down. Try this.
Go to the bottom of the pool. Do nothing, just sit and mentally run through the skill. Find out how much do you need to inhale to complete the skill, how much air do you actually need. I am sure not a full lung. First try removing fins and mask. Place them neatly together. If you have floating fins, place a weight on top, it?s allowable. Surface and relax. Go back down, one fin on, then another. Put on the mask LAST and clear. Do the actual exhalation just like clearing a mask. The reason why the mask last is by the time you put the mask on, by clearing it you will exhale some CO2 which will give you few more moments of breath hold time. Practice this mental exercise until your are comfortable with time. Do not push, do not extend yourself till you fell hunger to breathe. Only when you can run through the skill mentally, then start practicing the actual skill.
I hope it helps. Works every time.
Go to the bottom of the pool. Do nothing, just sit and mentally run through the skill. Find out how much do you need to inhale to complete the skill, how much air do you actually need. I am sure not a full lung. First try removing fins and mask. Place them neatly together. If you have floating fins, place a weight on top, it?s allowable. Surface and relax. Go back down, one fin on, then another. Put on the mask LAST and clear. Do the actual exhalation just like clearing a mask. The reason why the mask last is by the time you put the mask on, by clearing it you will exhale some CO2 which will give you few more moments of breath hold time. Practice this mental exercise until your are comfortable with time. Do not push, do not extend yourself till you fell hunger to breathe. Only when you can run through the skill mentally, then start practicing the actual skill.
I hope it helps. Works every time.
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