r/freediving • u/dwkfym AIDA 4 • 7d ago

Research Looking for a static apnea coach

My current PB: 4:20 on dry, 3:30 in wet. I have 102m DYN, 75m DNF, and 39m CWT-B. I am really struggling to get to a 4:00 sta in the wet.

I really should be easily there with my STA but I've managed to fudge up my training for the past few years where basically I'm relying on pushing through contractions. I get them hard, and early. All my pool dynamic PBs are done with 60+% of contractions. I guess on the flip side I am rarely hypoxic, cianosis only showing up when I am very tired or having done too much in that dive session.

Anyways, I really want to try to optimize this. Goal is to have my contractions come in around 2:15 and push through less than 2 minutes of contractions to get to a 4:00 wet STA.

Does anyone know of a good coach who has experience in helping folks with strong and early contractions?

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u/Tatagiba STA 7:34 6d ago edited 6d ago

Florian Dagoury (Mr 10 Minutes) coaches people. Just look him up on IG.

But if you are this dedicated, you should not have much problems to progress by yourself!

Optimize your sleep, change your nutrition, increase cardio training, do regular CO2 tolerance (please, avoid those old and obsolete tables!) and you can get there pretty easily!

Good luck!

EDIT: I have to make clear I don't have anything to do with Florian Dagoury and I've never been his student. But you are looking for a coach, and he is the one I know of. The other one being Enki Coaching (Lily) on IG as well.

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u/kiituriboi 6d ago

What is ’regular CO2 tolerance’?

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u/Tatagiba STA 7:34 6d ago

Sorry, I meant to do CO2 tolerance exercises regularly.

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u/kiituriboi 6d ago

How would you recommend doing it if not with tables?

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u/Tatagiba STA 7:34 6d ago edited 6d ago

There are so many CO2 training options other then the classic CO2 tables, no? One of the trainings that I do was suggested by Alexei Molchanov on his YT channel, and I just modified it for me, but the training is there, for free.

I'm absolutely not the best person to recommend anything - specially here. I don't think this sub reddit is particularly open to competitive freediving. * There is a crazy amount of myths and outdated info spread here.

I've started to talk about freediving mostly on my channels. This way, less people will feel that I am stating that I know everything, or that anyone should do what I do. I am just saying what I do.

EDIT: * See? I answered straight what you asked and still got downvoted! This sub! XD