Comfortable vs Familiar – A ramble I was just recently listening to a podcast; nothing to do with freediving, in fact it was about running, but many concepts resonate with my ideas of training in freediving. This one was about training plans for running, and the conversation touched on to different workout’s training intensity…
Which FIM start do you prefer? There are different ways to breathe-up before a dive, which will consequently influence your “starting” technique. The 3 main breathe-ups are: – Through a snorkel (which is not very common for deep diving mainly because it makes packing more difficult to do) – In a vertical position with your…
The importance of building habit. As in the RIGHT HABIT, not any stupid habit (as you will see). During last year world championship in Roatan, I missed a podium for my CNF dive because I missed the line when I surfaced. Here’s the details if you are interested in the technical stuff (and mistakes to…
Competition strategy for dummies Since I got back into competing 2 years ago I have had the same conversation many times over, so I’m making this little post so I can direct freedivers there next time I get asked! Many freedivers who are not so experienced and are quite new in the competition world, don’t…
Yes, you will suck at your first competition. And that’s totally ok. Preamble: If I could have 1 euro for every time I heard a first timer saying “I will only start competing when I can dive to X meters/break that record”, I would be equally poor but less triggered. I used to try talking…