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Originally Posted by paddyc23
For me personally, ive only been spearfishing 9 months, but i find, dont go spearfishing, go diving without spearguns,use wet suit,weight belt etc, then go out to about 5-7m near rocks, then dive down and hold yourself onto a rock at the bottom, and learn to relax, i personally sometimes close my eyes so i relax even more, i use to only be able to hold my breath for 20secs, after doing this for a wk every 2nd day i can now hold my breath for 1min-1.30 if i totally relax myself, its all about relaxing
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That's one of the most fool advices ever posted here, and I hope nobody will listen to it. Training static apnea ("relaxing") in depth and alone is one of the worst ideas ever - each year several freedivers doing exactly that, die in pools and in the sea. Check out the archive - you'll find many such cases documented here.
If you want to learn relaxing in apnea, either sign with a local freediving club and train static (and dynamic) apnea in secure environment with buddies who will supervise you and teach you the proper technique. Or do it dry on your bed. Never try pushing the limits under water alone.
