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Learning to relax deeper into the hold

Road to 6 Minutes | Daily Apnea Journal
Munich • Starnberg

Today’s Hold

2:57

Sleep

7 h 05 m – 83%

Body Battery

82%

Today’s Focus

Relaxation table

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What I learned!

I didn’t only change the lenght of the table but also the announciations. Therefore the app told me every 1min how much time is left. To my surprise I learned today, that I don’t react well to being told the time during my hold. I will definitely not make any rash decisions based on one hold and try it again but today it didn’t work for me at all. During my last hold the 2 minutes left made me rethink what I’m doing here, which is generally something you don’t want. You don’t want to feel stressed or like you need to proof something as this creates an unsafe surrounding.

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About the Table

As I already said yesterday, I switched the table to a way shorter one today for the morning “attempt”. Now again it takes some adjusting to the changes until I will be completely fine with it. I have a relaxation of 3min before the first hold. The last hold is completely open to how I feel and just receives a time that would be a good push away.

What I liked!

  • the sun rising and sounds of nature from outside the window
  • that the table was shorter and I got my coffee earlier 🙂

What I found hard!

  • hearing 2 minutes to go when I was already struggling and tried to relax once more 🙂
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Tip of the DAY!

Hydration matters more than we might think. Water helps maintain healthy blood volume and circulation. While it won’t magically increase our breath hold, doing the training well hydrated can help us feel more comfortable and relaxed during our holds.

The goal for tomorrow!

  • Have a rest day to have energy for the pool training on Wednesday
  • I’ll be back with some stretching

My progression chart.

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Today’s Tasks

Start motivated into the new week
Answer lots of emails and plan events
Do a full body workout at the gym to raise my cardio

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