Skip Breathing

[scubadiverjunkie]

I agree 100% with you Netdoc. I just found myself naturally breathing this way after about 45 or 50 dives - and then I read some articles on this. I agree that it shouldn't be taught to new students because of the confusion it would probably cause. I guess if more experienced dives were still having some issues with consumption, they may find this as a helpful hint - I can only really speak for me and I definitely extended my bottom times with this form of breathing by gross amounts. Point taken Netdoc

 

[liberato]

... In the holding of breath, you do not want to hold it with the chest -- MOST IMPORTANT is to KEEP THE THROAT OPEN

and later

...IT IS SAFE however to hold your lung expansion with the chest muscles instead and keeping the throat open...

I don't know enough about respiration physiology to comment but the two statements seem to logically contradict each other (the part about the chest).

 

[lamont]

i use the same pause with my lungs full -- and on dives when i do i usually feel really good afterwards -- no post-dive mental exhaustion and no post-dive headache.

 

[scubadiverjunkie]

and laterI don't know enough about respiration physiology to comment but the two statements seem to logically contradict each other (the part about the chest).

Yes - excuse the typo. I did not catch that I had it typed as DO NOT - clearly my mistake and you are rewarded with a great big pat on the back for at least putting in your two cents to point out that I was wrong in typing that mistake - Thank-you !!

 

[fmw625]

The first time I used a regulator under water I seemed to not be able to get enough air. I felt that I was doing something wrong. I made a mouth piece with a hole in it about a quarter inch in diameter. I discovered that a slight pause on inhilation would let my lungs expand a little more. On my next confined water dive I tried this and ever since have not had the "not getting enough air " problem. Is this a form of skip breathing? If it is I need to figure out another way.

 

[DandyDon]

With the addition of a new "auto search" feature this past weekend, you'll now find 3 related threads among those listed below that containt the word "skip."

How cool is that?