Breath Hold Training: The Silent Killer Of Swimmers
It is caused by:
- Hyperventilating
- Ignoring the urge to breath: for example in breath hold training or games
Here is a neat little inforgraphic to help you understand what happens.
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Breath Holding At Its Most Dangerous - click For Larger image |
Here you'll find more in-depth information about Shallow Water Blackout
Not only does this article give the technical details about this phenomenon but give some very timely warnings for swimmers playing at underwater breath-holding; coaches and military trainers who teach hypoxic training and breath-holding and Lifeguards under the heading: “THE PROBLEM OF BREATH-HOLDING ACCEPTANCE IN OUR CULTURE”
It also gives a very useful outline as to: “WHO IS AT RISK”.
Basically You Are at risk if you practice any of the above causes.
Be safe and
Enjoy
Richard
Richard
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