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I've always been interesting in learning, but my dive times will probably drastically decrease from 2 minutes to who knows what. I'm also just getting back in the water a few month hiatus and it feels great to be back I just have to get my dive times back up there to 2+ minutes. My first day back was Friday and I was only doing 1:30-1:45. I expected that because I haven't dove in a while. How long did it take you to learn FRC? Have your dive times increased substantially? The only diver I know who uses FRC is cdavis and he seems to really enjoy the technique.For me the value of doing FRC is educational.
People do often not realise how much they can improve their dive's start. Most beginners have a poor 'breath-up', and a poor technique of getting to the glide phase. Due to this their bodies metabolism and stress are elevated, which will result in a (much) higher O2 consumption all the way through the dive. If you manage to take that Zen like low metabolism down with you, like you would on a static dive, you would save lots of energy and O2 getting down. Diving FRC eliminates the need for swimming down, and reduces the tension on the body of inhaling full and packing, this allows for a smooth, easy and low metabolism entry to the glide phase, which already starts from the surface.