An introduction to the incredible discipline of freediving, join me as we spend a month working on our breath holds and diving ability. Grab a copy of the training schedule here: drive.google.com/file/d/0B8E8... LETS DO THIS.
I've been freediving/spearfishing for years and this video was excellent! Extremely accurate and informative. I couldn't have explained this discipline any better. I love freediving for all the reasons you listed but might I add that although on land I am a social butterfly being underwater let's me escape the busy overpopulated world. It forces me to stop talking. It humbles me down. It makes me forget about the complicated and stressful world of humans. I can go on and on explaining why I love it. It's my passion to be underwater. Cheers!
Thanks everyone for the comments! I was suprised to read them and hear such positive feedback I really appreciate all of you. I actually really didn't like the production quality of my videos and decided to put off this channel until I was in a better position to make videos; but as an update, I ended up getting over four minutes static apnea after a month of serious training. I'll have to revisit freediving in the future. I hope to remake this video with better production quality, as well as actual interviews/instruction from professional freedivers. In the mean time I'm going to try to build my channel and get back in shape with more generic topics. My newer videos are better quality I hope you can enjoy them as well.
hey thanks. I was always good at holding my breath as a kid but am now 38 and have only just decided to try this. also have just given up smoking do this will give me a reason to remain smoke free. expect it will take me a while to repair my lungs but oh well. here goes. cheers from the UK.
Very impressive and informative video on learning how to freedive. I have been a freediver for years but I am going to train for this month too and follow your schedule the best I can. Thanks for putting this together.
+freedivinmike Wow, thanks Mike. I was worried it was too much for one video, or not clear enough. But again although I've researched this nothing beats experience and I welcome advice and criticisms from you and other freedivers.
+Functional Fitness What impressed me the most was how clear you were and the level of research you must have done. I think it is good the video was this long as too many instructional videos rush through everything much too quickly trying to cover it all in less than 5 minutes. Two topics I hope you cover are handling contractions and equalization as these two things are almost always the l predominate issues that come up with newbies I am training. Many simply can't progress because of these issues. I also love how you throw a lot of humor out there too :)
14:52 - guys, do yourself a favor and take the snorkel out of your mouth when you dive, this is ridicolous. Then you can actally BREATHE when you come out, instead of having to clear the damn thing, and if you happen to blackout like in the video, you will not swollow the water from the snorkel... Having a funnel in your mouth filled with water when blacking out doesn't sound like a lot of fun to me...
I prefer the snorkel in my mouth ... i hat the feeling of drag with it flopping at the side of my head. Plus, the need to breath is C02 release based, not 02 need based, so you get the feeling of relief on the exhale, not the inhale, so I have never felt the need to spit the snorkel. Also I always feel like I get to breath soon, as I am clearing my snorkel right before I hit surface and am breathing before my head is even all the way out of the water.
Taking the snorkel out could save your life. The body's natural reflex without it in is not to breathe on blackout. This could save you from drowning. With the snorkel in your mouth it interferes with this reflex, it increases the risk of breathing in water on blackout.
It's true, you MUST TAKE OUT the snorkel when you dive! The reason for this is when we black out in the water, our body enters in "survival mode" and, amongst other things, locks our jaw and throat muscles to prevent water to come in. If you have a tube in you mouth, you will not be "sealed" properly. In summary, taking out your snorkel CAN SAVE your life. Please, stay alive! Dive safe & never alone, stay on your comfort zone when in water.
Very nice video very good information I have been Freediving for almost thirty years I was spearfishing commercially for over fifteen years We can talk for endless years for all this the thing that everyone should understand and do never press your self above 65 to 70% Safe dives and SAFE resurfacing
Jesus Christ! !!!!!! I just checked out the Static Apnea world record. 24 minutes and 3 seconds!!! Unbelievable....incredible. Imagine that. Holding your breath for nearing half an hour! Have to say though, for those who perhaps do not know what Static Apnea is. That's when you are laying perfectly still in a pool, face down, holding your breath. Those who compete in that discipline use various techniques to lower the burning of oxygen in their bodies. They do yoga, they know how to switch into meditative states where the heart slows down etc.
"it's cheap... Just like you." so true, pretty much why I took it up, at least the training. Though can be very expensive. I did a 3 minute breath hold at home without any contractions!! All about learning to relax. I've been committing a half hour a day for a bout 2 weeks. I've also added daily cold showers so I don't need a wetsuit. Again because I'm cheap.
Yes, I first got into wim Hoff then was finding it hard to maintain the practice due to lazyness so wanted something else as a reason to keep it up. That transitioned into mainly just breath hold training. I watched a few Adam sterner videos (he's a bit annoying but reasonable info, aussie record holder he claims did a 101meter dive or something from memory) I did 8x4 minute rounds and I got to 3.40 on the fifth round then backed off the next 2 then pushed to a four minute hold on the last and almost passed out and I had to rush to the toilet as my bowels almost let go as well haha. Got to 4 minutes!! Heaps of contractions and mental battles, felt my preferal vision disappear the last ten seconds or so. After that I was hooked I think after meeting that milestone first try. I'm currently unemployed and a major couch potato so didn't think I could do it without a strong cardio base. I have noticed though if I try to do apnea walks I can barely last a minute. So far I'm too prideful to take that knock to my ego and I've just been using it as an exercise to get general anxiety under control, my thinking was if could deal with the panic of no air I should be able to deal with other emotions easier too. Thanks for the opportunity to share that.
Short answer yes. I'm in sunny Brisbane Australia so the water doesnt get that cold, I would like a way to conviently do the cold water part but I'm still trying to sort that out. Current thinking is find a gym or a sports team club house with an ice bath and somehow convince them to let me use it a few times a week when I'm not otherwise part of the club. Added motivator was I read the book about Wim Hoff where a journalist committed to daily practice for six months, he visited a sports performance lab before and after and the scientist said the results were like he'd added 3 hours cardio training a week. Great results from 15 minutes breathing exercises and a cold 2 minute shower. The plus wim Hoff claims all these other amazing benefits which I'm open to bit they are a bit too vague for me. I'd have more sourced details to say but I haven't been consistent with the training and only just on day 5 of doing it regular since this rime last year. Last year I used an ice water bucket daily, at first I could only do 15 seconds, after a week I could tolerate 10 minutes and started getting addicted to the cold. I was concerned I was doing nerve damage which was why I was able to tolerate the cold but thats just a bit of paranoia I hope.
Hey thanks bro! I honestly thought it was pretty poorly made as one of my first videos which is part of why I didn't follow up the video with the results. I'm going to revisit freediving in the future with better production quality and pro freedivers.
Cypress Springs, FL. I just went back on vacation so I'll be uploading some more footage soon. You have to kayak in to get to the spring, I highly recommend this beauty.
Not really a need to do 02 tables unless your breath hold is touching 6 minutes. Anything below that is going to be C02 tolerance, so I'd personally just focus on C02
