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04-28-2015, 12:46 PM | #1 |
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Prone float
I'm a pretty big guy being 6'6 230lbs with 12% BF I got a decent amount of muscle it makes it hard to float. Anybody have some tips ?
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04-28-2015, 03:28 PM | #2 |
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Relax, take deep breaths and stay still. When you need to breath use your arms a bit to stay afloat, then take another deep breath and stay still and calm.
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04-28-2015, 04:25 PM | #3 |
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Thankyou ! Do you know how strict they are ? Like if I sink a little bit immediately get back to a float do they fail me ? Does it have to be a perfect float for 5 mins straight ?
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04-28-2015, 04:44 PM | #4 |
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They aren't super strict about form for the prone float. Mostly it's only people who are afraid and either refuse to put their face in the water or grab for the wall before the 5 minutes are up that fail.
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04-28-2015, 05:19 PM | #5 |
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as I understand it, if you flail too much trying to stay oriented they might speak sternly to you, but other than that it will be pretty obvious you are muscle-heavy therefore denser than some of us...less-well-in-shape individuals. And unfortunately physics says you are just going to sink, nothing you can do about it except eat Twinkies.
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04-28-2015, 05:33 PM | #6 |
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Thank you both for all the info !!! Unfortunately the way the navy measures body fat is inaccurate and really says I'm obese so I can't gain any fat. If j could I would make myself into a big flotation device
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