| The 145 Club |
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The 145 Club was started as a way for some of the longer term freedivers of Sydney to have nights at the local pool without heaps of newbies. To train on certain nights you had to be at the level of 145.
To qualify for the 145 Club the following criteria have to be met:
100m Dynamic Apnea (distance underwater in a pool)
40m Constant Weight (Depth diving with no change of weights) 5min Static Apnea (Breath hold face down in a pool) The idea was: To train on these nights you had to be part of the "big boys" with the above under your belt. This worked for the duration of their training for an overseas comp at the time. After that, there was just too much interest in freedive training and shortly we welcomed all with the proviso that new people come on the Monday night when we make time to instruct on the pool safety protocol.  The three requirements above are not "walk in the park" Each one requires some serious work to achieve and the work is different for each. Master one of the above and it assists the others. After putting some people through it is apparent that Static Apnea 5 mins is the toughest. It is the one where the person is most uncomfortable for the longest time and having fresh sweet air only a few inches away messes with your head. Dynamic Apnea is probably the easier but that is because it is fun to train. It get the basics of your finning technique down and streamlining and this gives you distance. The 145Club culminates in the Constant Weight. 40m is just enough depth to test your ability to clear your ears with that much pressure. It is enough that it is a little intimidating for the first time.
Many of the Sydney Freedivers membership have one or two of the above done and are currently working on the rest. The 145Club requirements are great goals and major steps in any freedivers learning and abilities. |
| Last Updated ( Saturday, 04 April 2009 17:31 ) |