Anna von Boetticher, my good friend and fellow freediver, has set out to break all the german pool records. She and Martin (her full time coach for the attempt) has got started on a quite ambitious training program to get her in shape for the first weekend of May. The record attempt will take place in the pool of Elixia, which is sponsoring the event with free training for Anna and her coach.
As I travelled to Berlin on Wednesday 25th, I was hired as an extra monofin teacher for the long weekend to help Anna improve her technique in DYN. The biggest issue for Anna is to learn to swim with her whole body, not just kicking with the legs. We took videos both at the start and end of the trainings, and there's already a great improvement!
We went training practically every day, doing basic monofinning exercises, sprints and trying different monofins. We also did training for the other disciplins, STA and DNF, and fitness training at the gym. On Sunday we finished off with a 70 min cycle class, and of course with a little apnea in between. It was hard work, but a lot of fun! If Anna keeps her progress and Martin keeps pushing her, I'm very confindent she's gonna make it.
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