How many of you here practice apnea

[Progen]

The reason why I thought that I was using up air too quickly was because I'm the guy who practices in the swimming pool at least 1 or 2 every week whereas the people I dove with only did so whenever there were sea trips (which weren't as regular as my pool trips) and yet they had more air than me when we came up.

I seem to breathe pretty fast even during pool sessions too so it has nothing to do with the environment and was wondering whether it was more of a mind thing rather than physical need. Thought that perhaps practicing apnea would somehow condition MY mind that it can get away with less puffs.

---------- Post added July 19th, 2013 at 07:17 AM ----------

Slowing/skipping breathing is a "supply" solution, but gas consumption is a "demand" problem. Here's my "to do" list for decreasing the amount of gas your body consumes.

• Dive more (Trying and still working on getting every possible bit of water time)
• Slow down (I've watched myself on quite a number of videos and compared myself to others (like the GUE ones) on YouTube, don't find a noticeable difference in speed of body movement)
• Get more comfortable in the water (Already very comfortable so much so that at every dive, I can't wait to get into the water and after I come up on land, I long for the next dive)
• Slow down
• Get your weighting dialed in (Weighting's fine. Not much to worry about when I don't use weights since my kit and I are already negatively buoyant)
• Slow down
• Get into horizontal trim (Trim's fine too as confirmed via videos)
• Slow down some more
• Stop paddling with your hands (Don't use them at all unless it's to grab some coral for sale. Just kidding. No hands, trust me)
• Slow down even more
• Adopt more efficient kicking style (Using frog kick most of the time and glide often enough)
• Did I mention slowing down?
• You're still moving too fast. Slow down just a bit more (Ok, I'll continue working on that)

Thanks RJP. Replies in red.

 

[Progen]

Went for 3 sea dives on Sunday. I noticed that I tended to breathe less in the sea. Probably because in the swimming pools, I needed to breathe more often because of the exertion during pool cleaning or skills practice so with all the practice that I'd done (and still am doing every few days), a lot of them become second nature in the sea and most of my concentration was only between the eyes and brain as I glided and finned about in slow motion enjoying nature.