It's time... (A thread about inspiration)

[commonerg]

For some reason, my mind has kept me away from my beloved sport for a few months now. My GPA has benefited but my inner dolphin is fighting to manifest itself again. I miss cruising along the bottom of the pool. I miss late night apnea tables when I can't sleep. I miss apnea being a part of everything I do. It's about time I come back.

Competitive freediving is one of the most mentally demanding practices I've ever been involved in. When my mind is weak, so is my diving. I consider inspiration to be steroids for the mind. When my training falls by the wayside it's always a spark of inspiration that brings me back.

Sometimes the experiences of diving inspire me to continue. A good dose of recreational freediving often does the trick but living in Atlanta, that's not always easy to come by. Other peoples diving experiences sometimes inspire me- especially when accompanied by good music. Stig’s wonderful 166m DNF video, Lambis' new site, http://www.tripledepth.com/ (Check out the first page of pictures- Training Days... the pictures and music are wonderful).

Sometimes its non-freediving sources that inspire me- hearing of other individuals passions, movies, music, cute girls I meet at parties (it's no secret that freediving makes me feel much more confident and healthy in every aspect of life).

I want to know... what inspires you? Especially you competitive divers, but also recreational ones too. What injects you with mental steroids?

[superhornet59]

you know, im not sure. sometimes a good meaningfull song realy hits the spot.

i agree about late night tables, best thing to do fo insomnia. but your right, i jut got back to freediving a week or 2 ago, before that i took a 6 month or so break. i realy felt i was missing something, i felt like my dream girl had dumped me!

good to be back tho, its a wonderful sport that makes me realy feel like i have a purpose in life.

[XyseR]

music.. techno acutally .. lol.. i dunno i just get like in a trance and i forget about time.. that doesn't happen a lot but when it does it's fun! for me my mind is going crazy while i hold my breath.. i need something to like confuse it or whatever beacuse i think about i'm holding my breath too much i think..when i run/walk while holding my breath.. the whole "..i think i can.. i think i can.." thing steps in and makes me go much longer. i find this sport so overwhelming and awesome! someone i talk to can just close his eyes and his mind is blank when he holds his breath!

[BatRay]

I'm the most casual of divers, but my inspiration is simply looking at water. Rivers, lakes, pools...all of them make me want to suit up and see what's down there.

[superhornet59]

Originally Posted by XyseR

music.. techno acutally .. lol.. i dunno i just get like in a trance and i forget about time.. that doesn't happen a lot but when it does it's fun! for me my mind is going crazy while i hold my breath.. i need something to like confuse it or whatever beacuse i think about i'm holding my breath too much i think..when i run/walk while holding my breath.. the whole "..i think i can.. i think i can.." thing steps in and makes me go much longer. i find this sport so overwhelming and awesome! someone i talk to can just close his eyes and his mind is blank when he holds his breath!

WOW! thats JUST LIKE ME. Ive told people that i cant realy focus but i couldnt quite say it. you summed it up right there. thats the reason i need music, sorta a trance thing, that always works.

thanks, Matt