How To Do A 50 Meter Giant Stride Entry Underwater In A 25 Meter Pool.

[DodgeCity111]

This quite frankly is going beyond the limits of most swimmers. I salute you.!!!

[trigger5332]

What a stud

[saoirse395]

i can do this just kicking. no pulling.

[liteal]

nice mask :)))

[mdtacor]

Awesome! I never tried a 50 with a giant stride...gotta try it sometime but it's definitely a challenge.

[mdtacor]

Awesome!

[Spikesoldat]

So im confused. You doing this training for Pararescue or SEALs?

[BBKWrithe]

@Spikesoldat hes at lackland, PJ

[MarkLauren2]

Technique and relaxation. Even when your body curses you for not breathing. You have to relax and resist stroking like a mad banshee. It'll be over soon.

[GarethMuggins]

I don't see what the hypes about today I did two lengths of a 20 metre pool hungover and having never attempted or trained anything similar. If I trained surely the last 10 metres would be too gruelling?

[bluejay52431]

Was showing off against other people in front of some girls at a pool. Someone one-upped my 25 meters underwater, so I went for 50 meters, and nailed it. It was weird since at about 30-35 meters, the uncomfortable feeling suddenly went away, and I felt like I could go another 25 meters. I'm pretty sure I was about to suffocate since I was breathing really hard but didn't have the urge. Needless to say I felt awesome, and its a pretty neat accomplishment everyone can do.

[WillSnipe4Tacos]

During swim season I can do this no problem.

[steve03260]

Great Job!

[onetthome]

My dad was molested in that pool

[panfrick]

@onetthome 0_o ?

[dfargraygththsrthsth]

creazy dude! i have to do this if i wanna be a SEAL

[spikespeigel]

i can do this :)

[wererandom101]

i do synchronized swimming, and we had to do a 75 underwater just to make team 1. its really not that diffucult. you just need to relax, do breaststroke underwater, count the lines, and distract yourself.

[aleksandrhall]

@wererandom101 I'd love to see a video of you swimming 75 meters under water.

[BBKWrithe]

@wererandom101 dude, 50 meters is after a 6 mile run, Carrying a 450 lb rail, carrying a 70 rucksack all day, at least 500 pushups, weight training, cardio training, and extensive book work. This is SUPERMAN school, youre in PUSSY school.

[SanJoseMA]

I like how so many people commenting on this find this "easy" and can do 500meters underwater...:rolleyes:

[deltaecho1]

wow, I tried doing a 20 meter underwater, I only got to 10. I think it was my technique.

[ILLogicalScripts1]

Jump in and do a front flip, right? The flip always gets me for a few seconds.

[A1CMargulis]

When I do a flip underwater I try to tuck in my knees to my chest and then put my arms straight out and make "arm circles" until I complete a rotation. It's probably the fastest and most efficient way to do a flip underwater before an underwater.

[lukesimianer]

why do you do a flip before the 50 is just for the indoc or shits and giggles

[thedcase]

lol thats easy

[stefanmckinley]

I dont see what's so hard about 50 meters! I can do that and I dont train at all. The one I find impressive is the guy who holds his breath at one end for 1:30 and then swims the 50 meter! Now that's lung capacity!

[SanJoseMA]

I hope you understand that this is a 50 meter UNDERWATER swim..not surface swim, you do understand that correct? It takes alot of mental power to stay relaxed while swimming for 50 meters and not breathing. Can it be done? Yes, everyone can do it...but it's the BALLS and mental APTITUDE to do it that makes it hard.

[stefanmckinley]

@SanJoseMA It's not hard. 50 meters is just there and back.

[SanJoseMA]

I now what 50 meters is, I've done 50 meters.

[MrSexyfirefighter]

50 meter isn't a big deal i think?! I do 90 meter after 3 weeks of training

[SanJoseMA]

ITS UNDERWATER. You are full of shit. 90 meters my ass.

[MrSexyfirefighter]

jalous asshole? how old are you 13 years? omg... tu ma quistè issè poparè

[SanJoseMA]

Yes, I am 13 with no experience in the water. I just like to talk non-sense on the internet about things I know nothing about!!! =) Good day.

[tgwood1]

i can do over 75m, amost 100m, though i've been training for 10 years.

[Attackgoat2]

Well done bro

[tmax1014]

nice man! Ironlungs!!! lol

[A1CAlfred]

Correction the INDOC record for longest underwater is actually 122 M not 120 M it still stands today. Set by some LT.

[DUDEplayer69]

Easy. Ive done that in a 50m pool which is even harder because there is no wall to push off of halfway. But then again I have been swimming competitively for 11 years so of course its going to be easy for me.

[Esjar207]

haha Just dive.. dive during a whole week and in3 or 4 weeks u ll b able to do this haha xD but its not easier with that scooba mask? well idk but nice vid :D I can do this.. ive been training for abour a year xD

[TheReapersScythe1]

jeez man, im in my 4th week and 30m underwaters are killing me, let alone 50's :o..

[jayshay84]

Do you plan on doing a new version of this clip, where we can see you better and the video quality is better?

[voshond]

Good job man, hah those last meters are really darn difficult, I finally pulled off my 50 M this morning so happy:D

[jayshay84]

Do you plan to do a new version of the 50 meter underwater swim with better video quality?

[danielwa2]

i hope i can do this at BUDs. nice job. how did u train for that? hypoxic swimming, breathholding?? running?

[stefanmckinley]

Are you back yet?

[crash5133]

true, 2 x 25m 3 mins in between, but (and don't think I'm talking down to anyone) with enough training both in and out of the water honestly, anyone can do it. Our boy here looks like he may have seen the wizard but who cares, he made it, ha, I love this shit.

[Equanox214]

alwys been curious as to why they called it that

[joeywatson15]

you only have to do 25 meters at once for the PAST test

[SpeedPastYou]

nuts

[pistolheat1]

< training for rescue swimmer school

how do you do that? how long does it take?

[kennycalif]

Nice swim man, im traing for PJ's too..can only handle around 35 meters at the moment. Better camera quality would help a lot!

[jollygreenBryan]

im training for pjs to what state do you live in

[amBullseye]

Great success (borat style)

[jayshay84]

Thought you mentioned in a previous post you were going to do this again, only with a better camera and a clearer video. Looking forward to it, whenever it happens. Maybe you don't have the lungs to do 50 uw anymore, so I'm not pushing you.

[A1CMargulis]

Yes, I am practicing deep breathing while here in Iraq. When I get back I will try to round up a 2 or 3 guys to help video, spot, etc. It will probably be around November, so staye tuned for more action to come!

[Equanox214]

stay safe while your over there man, and thanks

[djSeebass1]

A 50 underwater is cool, but imagine a 75 or a 100, now that would be badass, you should train for that dude but congrats on the 50 tho.

[goldenboj]

Well, the camera quality was'nt so "Glorious"

[noimnot1]

the first time i did that i was 14

[noimnot1]

the first time i did that i was 14

[Solikos85]

I'm just now getting back in shape to become a CRO (PJ). Luckily I've still got over a year before I plan on joining the USAF. I tried this swim last week and made it 25 meters. I live at 2600 meters altitude which will hopefully help me out. Now I just need to learn the form; I'm currently just thrashing around underwater.

Hopefully within a year I'll have 50 meters easily under my belt at this altitude.

Thanks for the video. :)

[spraymachine]

This is the reason I am learning how to free dive before I go to PJ indoc. I can swim 50m underwater already with just about 6 sessions of free diving practice at the pool and I'll get in about 15 more before I go to MEPS.

[ihatekelsers]

Just for the record the BUDS qualification swim is a 50 meter underwater swim. Candidates will enter into the water, execute a forward flip and complete 1 full lap up and back. Pretty much the same as depicted here. Do NOT ATTEMPT THIS without qualified individuals on hand as shallow water blackout is fatal! Congrats. If you are looking for fun, maybe give underwater football a try. It can be a blast, and is great for building stamina.

[A1CMargulis]

That flip has to be brutal to the mind.  That's an extra 5-8 seconds!

[cam0030]

if ur closer to the bottom it makes it easier i can do 75 but im in buds keep up the good stuff

[babumba25]

cam0030 wat class are you in?

[Philofsuffolk]

Try that in the Chap.

[Vayner11]

nice job man, swimming is easily close to or is the hardest sport. i can go like 38 meters b4 caving

[Equanox214]

thats crazy i wish the quality was better

[EngineOfChange]

im on a swim team i did 50 yards swimming on top of the water with no bretheing what you did is harder but i noe what tht feels like

[stefanmckinley]

Good job man! I know that's hard! especialy at the end! But you did it!

[breathholdchamp]

that was a great swim bro

[A1CMargulis]

Thank you! I actually plan on making it an annual event. So this May 13th, I plan on trying it again. Hopefully I will have a better camera this time (we used a guys phone camera last time) and I'll put it up on YouTube.

[stjohnwayne]

do you mean you're going back to indoc again? good luck man!

[Bransonaffair]

Thats one of the hardest fucking things a person will ever have to do. PROPS.

[wr10cr7united]

@Bransonaffair HAHA. If your talking about a 50 m underwater swim, then your a retard!

[fhrki]

wait a second is tummysticks talking about buying the beret fuck you the pj's earn those berets and sacrafice there lives for others if you just buy one and call your self a pj u desrved to get sevearly beat up

[pence342]

06-002 brings back good memories

[tummysticks1]

you can just buy one, it's really easy actually, and from what i've heard you can call your self a pararescueman once you have it. That's what i did and things have been great!! getting the respect i deserve!

[greywolf890]

you are a complete idiot tummysticks. why don't you do something hardcore like navy seals, army rangers, or coast guard rescue swimmer. Instead you want some red french hat.

[mikefuentesfuturepj]

pararescue is more hardcore than anything in the world stupid. You must be retarded

[IanJamesMullins]

lol I hope your kidding. I hope tummysticks is too (i am pretty sure he is joking around). I heard that Seals have a 400 meter underwater swim and they have to do backflips when they do their pushups too! Have fun debating not training. =[

[marksn24]

dude you herd way wrong seals do 50 meters too i think theres very few people in the world if any that can swim 400 meters under wate do the math if we was under water for about 1 minite to swim 50 meters thats 8 minites to swim 400 not to mentions you wodint keep that fast of a pace

[IanJamesMullins]

haha... it was a damn joke man. No one can swim 400. Not even close.

[marksn24]

ook lol oops i wasent sure when i reading it cuz i wondered that after i got done typeing it but yah

[tummysticks1]

yes I do 400 meter underwaters all the time, it ain't no thing. Something I like to call child's play.

[reeder150]

400 meters under water!?! there is no way

[goldlion2]

free divers could do it for a long ways

[fhrki]

hey pararescue is more hardcore than a coast gaurd rescue swimmer have u ever herd of rescus pj's pull off obviously not because they risk there lives all the time not to kill but to save and not because some political asshole said to do so

[sgtstupidfreak]

fhrki, you cant really compare the two, pj's are sent in to rescue people from a combat situation, as the rescue swimmer isnt being dropped into a combat envrionment. i bet a rescue swimmer could out swim a pj, but i bet a pj could outrun a swimmer. they are both good at what they do.

[lukesimianer]

you are RETARDED ther is only one force in ALL of the branches and that is CSAR (combat search and rescue) which anre also called PJ's they have to pass the swim test and swim quite a bit they also do airborne training and yes they are dropped into active combat zones "so that others may live" dont talk about things you dont know, your name prettty much fits you

[ownage1894]

i would have to disagree with you. One of the missions that PJs perform is as a rescue swimmer. The PJs of the 103rd rescue squadron based in NY perform sea rescues exactly like the Coast Guard does. The CG helicopters have a limited range to fly out, but the AF helis can air refuel and can go out farther and the Coast Guard calls them when a rescue is needed far out, or if a rescue is needed at all (also watch "a perfect storm" those rescuers are air force, not CG)

[BrasilianShadow]

lmaoo wow

[aquanaut9]

how long does it take to work up to that if one has an average lung capacity/tolerance?

[A1CMargulis]

I'd say about 4 weeks if you do 10 minutes of deep breathing every night. It took me 4 weeks to go from 1:01 to 2:15.

[tummysticks1]

Do all "PJ's" Have to do these? Or just some? I heard it was an optional thing, and if you want you can choose to not do the pool sessions? Is this true?? I have a buddy that was telling me about it, he was a pj for a week until he got medically eliminated or something. Oh well.

[A1CMargulis]

To answer your question you do whatever cadre tell you. Everything is mandatory. YOu have to do this underwater as part of graduating indoc.

[mikefuentesfuturepj]

I could barely do 25 meters. I'm going to start trying to do 100 meters next week. Indoc will be easy because I'll be like a fish.

[jseydel1985]

everybody knows that lifeguards are some of the most hardcore mofos around.

[calebpj97]

To all of the bad ass lifeguards: the record at PJ indoc for the longest distance on an underwater swim with one breath is 120 meters. You can not pass out or blackout to keep this record and you must graduate the entire 10 week course. Those students have to do these easy 50's before they begin several hours of underwater "confidence" training every day. That's my two cents...

[rolo928]

Great Job!!!

[wrx2surf]

I'm a lifeguard at a YMCA and a couple of the other guards and I do these underwater no-breather 50's all the time, and we start in the water instead of jumping in. It's not that difficult. I have even seen one old guy do about a no-breather 65 yards.

[A1CMargulis]

65 yards is roughly 59 meters....a giant stride is harder than a push off the wall.....I had to go up an extra 10 feet to break the surface so its 53 meters....i did this for training....and your point is?

[sublimizzal]

a pool lifeguard scoffing at indoc... wow

[stjohnwayne]

I've been told the 50m swim has to be done with the mask full of water. Is that true? Great job by the way.

[A1CMargulis]

Hehe. Its CAN be done with a mask full of water......That is if you forget to hold it tight enough when you jump in the water. Otherwise, no.

[jayysaloner]

amazing man.

[franco57]

Watch out, Mark Spitz!

[pritcgh]

snaaapppppp!! that's awesome!