Breath-holding exercises killed one, another critical
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Tragic news link
Lifeguard in critical, swimmer drowned in breath-holding exercise gone wrong at Staten Island pool
Quote:
"Joseph Lyons Pool is closed for the day after two men were found floating face down Wednesday.
One man training to be a Navy SEAL was dead and a city lifeguard was in grave condition yesterday after they tried doing breath-holding exercises in a public pool in Staten Island.
Bohdan Vitenko and Jonathan Proce, both 21, were found facedown in 3 feet of water in the Lyons Pool in Tompkinsville, where they were practicing techniques similar to those used in military training, authorities said."
"the pool is 3 1/2 feet across the entire surface. An adult can easily stand in it with their head above water," " (see this report)
Wonder if it is also dangerous to swim a 25m lap or as long as you can without breathing?
I've seen many videos and articles about the "dangers" of hypoxic training in swimming. From what I've read though, it's really only dangerous if you have certain heart conditions, which you won't know about unless you go get checked specifically for them, or you have an accident. Personally, it's not enough to get me to stop. Hypoxic training is too beneficial.
There is a difference between breath holding practice or seeing how far you can swim underwater and hypoxic training.We have had debates on the forum on the value of hypoxic training,but even no breath 25s are not going to usually be pushing the boundaries of danger.Breath holding as long as possible is a whole different and potentially lethal problem.
I've seen many videos and articles about the "dangers" of hypoxic training in swimming. From what I've read though, it's really only dangerous if you have certain heart conditions, which you won't know about unless you go get checked specifically for them, or you have an accident. Personally, it's not enough to get me to stop. Hypoxic training is too beneficial.
There is a difference between breath holding practice or seeing how far you can swim underwater and hypoxic training.We have had debates on the forum on the value of hypoxic training,but even no breath 25s are not going to usually be pushing the boundaries of danger.Breath holding as long as possible is a whole different and potentially lethal problem.
