I love snorkelling and free diving as much as I do scuba diving. I practice breath-holding using various exercises, static and dynamic and have done for some time. I know several and have seen more people who use a weight belt while free-diving.
However, I had never done it myself until the other day. Mainly because I am naturally negatively buoyant and I am lucky enough that I work in a place where it is rare to need a wetsuit.
I didn't like it.
I always feel like I am expending half my 'breath' on a descent and that when I turn to head for the surface I know that I will get there. However, when wearing weights (2kg) I felt like I had to expend more than 'half my breath' on the ascent and that I had to be much more conscious of the fact that my descent had been made unnaturally easy.
I guess I have 2 questions:
Is this common and something you become accustomed to?
Do you feel like you are increasing the risk that you are undertaking by doing so?
However, I had never done it myself until the other day. Mainly because I am naturally negatively buoyant and I am lucky enough that I work in a place where it is rare to need a wetsuit.
I didn't like it.
I always feel like I am expending half my 'breath' on a descent and that when I turn to head for the surface I know that I will get there. However, when wearing weights (2kg) I felt like I had to expend more than 'half my breath' on the ascent and that I had to be much more conscious of the fact that my descent had been made unnaturally easy.
I guess I have 2 questions:
Is this common and something you become accustomed to?
Do you feel like you are increasing the risk that you are undertaking by doing so?