A fixed 2-minute breathe-up, then you hold exactly until the first urge to breathe – no target time, no fighting.
Your benefit: You learn to read your urge-to-breathe signal precisely and train pure relaxation – the tap measures each round by itself.
How the exercise works
- 1.2 minutes of calm breathe-up before each round
- 2.Hold with no target time – only until the first urge to breathe
- 3.Tap at the first urge – that ends the round
- 4.8 rounds; you see your times only in the summary
Adopted from GESI/SSI training: because every round ends at the first urge to breathe, there is nothing to force – the exercise rewards relaxation only. Your held times appear only in the summary and feed into your history as "time to first contraction". Ideal for easy training days and an honest gauge of your relaxation: if the rounds get longer over weeks without feeling harder, your nervous system is genuinely calming down.
Practise breath-hold exercises on dry land only, never alone in the water, no hyperventilation. Stop immediately if you feel unwell.
