Still have unanswered questions on oxygen depletion:
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Sorry, this has been debated before. I've been all over the Net, all over books and haven't been able to get a short answer, an understandable answer in plain English. The question is in two parts:
When swimming all out, a hundred yards or meters in a short or long course, what gives out? What slows you down?
When doing flip turns with or without dolphin kicks, what makes you gasp for air if you stay too long under, and what makes you maybe go for open turn instead of flip turn when doing long distance, such as a 400 or 800. What part of your body will gain experience or endurance if you do the Tennessee Turns? Why is it that if you hold your breath instead of blowing out air to keep air out of nose, you will last more in your kick-off? Is this all related to C02 retention or is it an oxygen problem or is it a metabolic problem, going even deeper into the lactic acid buildup? Thanks again for your answers....billy fanstone
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So allen, after so many seconds we go aerobic, but that fact doesn't mean we need more oxygen on the intake end, but we will use the oxygen already available and what slows us down is purely at cellular level, right? So the terms oxygen debt, or oxygen depletion which sometimes are assumed to be at the intake level are actually at the metabolic level. Maybe the Tennesse Turns (hold breath from flag on, turn, only breathe when past flag on the way out) will make your mitochondria more efficient? Or maybe it will make your mind used to having your C02 higher? I believe what we have here is a lack of communication! (Cool Hand Luke {circa 1967}) We use the terms "oxygen hunger", or "lack of oxygen" trying to explain something in the respiratory end of the equation, but truly the problem is in the metabolic end and we haven't that much control of it. Is this a question of physiology or semantics? Thanks, so far, let's get more input. billy fanstone
So allen, after so many seconds we go aerobic, but that fact doesn't mean we need more oxygen on the intake end, but we will use the oxygen already available and what slows us down is purely at cellular level, right? So the terms oxygen debt, or oxygen depletion which sometimes are assumed to be at the intake level are actually at the metabolic level. Maybe the Tennesse Turns (hold breath from flag on, turn, only breathe when past flag on the way out) will make your mitochondria more efficient? Or maybe it will make your mind used to having your C02 higher? I believe what we have here is a lack of communication! (Cool Hand Luke {circa 1967}) We use the terms "oxygen hunger", or "lack of oxygen" trying to explain something in the respiratory end of the equation, but truly the problem is in the metabolic end and we haven't that much control of it. Is this a question of physiology or semantics? Thanks, so far, let's get more input. billy fanstone
