Alright, im new to this site, Im not a usual swimmer but i recently got in the pool and feel in love. I quickly made friends at the local pool on-base. Im a United States Marine with hopes and dreams in Becoming a Reconnaissaince Marine. In other words Marines with Gills. They are like the SEAL's from the Navy and Pararescue from the Air Force. The guys at the pool quickly tought me how to swim "the right way" cross-over and *** stroke as well as the Side-stroke and other technics. i go to the pool everyday. My biggest problem is dealing with the underwater 25 meter swim. To become a Recon Marine i have to accomplish the following....
1) 500 meter swim with out touching the floor in under 17min.
2) 30 min. tread
3) Deep end Rifle retreaval and then treading water for 5 sec.
4) 5 min. water float by using trousers as floating devise
5) 25 Meter underwater swim (my problem)
I have no problem with any of the others but the 25 meter kills me only because i feel like my lungs are going to explode. is there any tips of any kind out there that can prepare me for my "indoc" or evaluation to see if im sea worthy and serve as a Recon Marine. Thanks for hearing me out. :banana:
Good tip
I disagree. This is actually a dangerous tip. Taking deep quick breaths will cause the CO2 level in your blood to drop, so it will trick your brain into thinking it doesn't need air (the urge to breathe is triggered by increases in CO2, not O2 debt). This will allow you to stay underwater longer, but you could also pass out. I think a safer strategy is to relax and take a few deep but slow breaths before starting.
For more info on this read this article in Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/.../Shallow_water_blackout
Good tip
I disagree. This is actually a dangerous tip. Taking deep quick breaths will cause the CO2 level in your blood to drop, so it will trick your brain into thinking it doesn't need air (the urge to breathe is triggered by increases in CO2, not O2 debt). This will allow you to stay underwater longer, but you could also pass out. I think a safer strategy is to relax and take a few deep but slow breaths before starting.
For more info on this read this article in Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/.../Shallow_water_blackout
