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i tested myself today and i can swim 22m underwater which i was dead chuffed with.


although i doubt im going to have to do that when i join, so it doesnt really mean anything.

In life guarding we had to swim under water (30 metres) just incase somebody lost their wedding ring in the pool.

Stinky wrote:In life guarding we had to swim under water (30 metres) just incase somebody lost their wedding ring in the pool.

30 meters?

for a wedding ring?

mad crack!

Sorry, I got it wrong, it was 25 meters http://www.swimmersguide.com/query/Deta ... oolID=6384. I still think it was 30 meters though because I remember half of the pool being 15 meters but I must be wrong. If a ring was lost a few of us would have to line up in the pool and swim underwater from one side to the other. You shouldn't really come back up for air because you might miss the ring. The filters and the water tempuratures caused the water to move about alot. We never did it infront of people but we had to pratice it abit. We had a lifegaurd who could stay underwater for about 3 minutes and a hindu guy who could stay underwater for even longer (he only did it once so we didn't think of timing him), is this a form of medition or something?

Is that centre management's decision Stinky? None of the RLSS trainers I know have mentioned it...... and it's never been brought up in training or qualification/requalification exams

Yes it was a centre management's decision Eddie. I doubt it is in the RLSS qualiforcation but since somebody happened to lose their wedding ring once, it has always been stuck there every so often in staff training.

heres how to stay under for long:

1: take in deep breaths, about 10 in though nose out though mouth.(this gets O2 into lungs.

2: take one deep breath then "pack" short breaths using mouth to get max amount of O2 into lungs.

3: when you go under you must have a low heart rate, and dont think about the fact you are under water.

4: think of a story/book/conversation you had this wil pass time and forget your under water.

5: by the time you relise your under water you should have got a decent time+45 secs.

6: the hard bit is when the lower diafram, tries to force you to breath, this is a natual reaction, depending how fit you are you can fight it.

7: by the time you fight the diafram you should be on 1min-1min30 secs.

8: after this point its all upto you when you think you gana pass out go to surface, and remember to breathe out other wise you wil pass out due to CO2 lvls.

hope this helped, i can personaly do 2 mins but i never realy pushed meself to max sinse i have a tendancy to overload and would probaly stay under till i drowned lol.

the world record is 8:45 i belive so go beak it

^^^

Using techniques such as these are considered "Dangerous" and some people tend to pass out under water.

JCAP3 wrote:^^^

Using techniques such as these are considered "Dangerous" and some people tend to pass out under water.

not realy its just knowing your limits, i did my first min under water when i was 14,
know your limits and a bit of effort and 1:min 100% possible for anyone.

jarhead wrote:

JCAP3 wrote:^^^

Using techniques such as these are considered "Dangerous" and some people tend to pass out under water.

not realy its just knowing your limits, i did my first min under water when i was 14,
know your limits and a bit of effort and 1:min 100% possible for anyone.

I could hold my breath for nearly 2 mins when I was about 12. I used to swimming train for 1hour 30min - 2 hours, 3 times a week for several years.

^^ impressive.

say this sinse i never known any 12 years olds to have such huge lungs, you must been good.

did you do country swimming? i was part of enfield swimming club,