From the bottom up, Fitness, Diet, Technique?

Hi keriboi!

I'm sure that if you do a search on DB you will find lots of info in all the old threads on all the topics you are interested in. Trux's site - apnea.cz is a mine of info, though to access some of the more advanced features you do need to answer some questions, which may (or may not) require a bit more knowledge than you have now.

I would definitely recommend Umberto Pelizarri's book 'The Manual of Freediving' as an excellent resource that I'm sure you will come back to again and again. At the end is a section on training for the year.

To train the first consideration must be safety and so please never train in the water alone. I would recommend going on a 2* AIDA course as this will give you all the grounding in theory, pool and open water.

Not that this is my strong point, but apparently a good cardio base is an excellent gounding for freediving.

At the end of the day the best training for freediving is freediving. Getting together with other freedivers is one of the best ways of learning.

Good luck!

technique

since it sounds you never gave the freediving much thought i would recommend a complete re-evaluation of what you are actually doing. after 5 years you have certainly established routines which may or may not be efficient. if you don't give your technique much thought chances are great that there is a lot you can do to refine and improve on. your goal is to become more efficient, meaning consuming less o2.

look at the individual stages of your dive from breath-up to recovery and figure out what you are actually doing. then figure out whether there is anything you could improve. a difficult aspect is to have a better alternative to what one is doing already in mind to aim for. videos help in this respect massively as does input from an experienced diver. be as critical as you can about your own performance and don't bullshit yourself.

so working on meticulously improving your technique will improve your diving in many respects, relaxation, awareness, movement efficiency, etc. especially as a solo freediver awareness is strongly coupled with safety. not being aware of limitations will lead to bad decisions and an increased risk of bo or injury.

try to get into a pool for technique practise (no max dives!) and do dry statics up to maximum (dry requires no safety diver). gym and running is nice for general fitness and health, of course, but are not too specific to diving.

my 2c

roland

happy new year:friday

Luckily for you some of the worlds best free divers live on thatmagic island nation of New Zealand.many of them are on here and the freedibvng clubs are quite strong in new zealand too.i think the best tack for you is to contact one of these clubs and start training with them, cluibnds generally tend to fostewr greater improvements in a shorter period of time while also being ALOT safer in general.Umberto's book is also pretty much the bible for alot of us and although its not the cheapest option i still find myself refering to it regularly for stretches training workouts and just general knowledge.good luck with the training... i'm just about to kick start mine more seriously again after a couple of months of "resting"... (slack)happy New years DivingDane

Ah, keriboi from fishing.net.nz spearo corner!

No Bubbles do their courses (which I'm sure you know about) and also run trainings mon-tues-wed (for different things, I believe) out in Panmure Pool from memory. Give Fran a call about it.

If you can make it to Taupo in the first week of Jan, join us for Dive Camp. You'll be able to ask questions of some pretty good freedivers there. At some stage I'll write up my treatise on the subject, but it won't be today I'm afraid.

Training makes a men perfect.You should set a goal and should start working on it that will defiantly help you.Just appropriate food is necessary.
Eat clean and healthy food.

Stuart said:

Hi keriboi!

I'm sure that if you do a search on DB you will find lots of info in all the old threads on all the topics you are interested in. Trux's site - apnea.cz is a mine of info, though to access some of the more advanced features you do need to answer some questions, which may (or may not) require a bit more knowledge than you have now.

I would definitely recommend Umberto Pelizarri's book 'The Manual of Freediving' as an excellent resource that I'm sure you will come back to again and again. At the end is a section on training for the year.

To train the first consideration must be safety and so please never train in the water alone. I would recommend going on a 2* AIDA course as this will give you all the grounding in theory, pool and open water.

Not that this is my strong point, but apparently a good cardio base is an excellent gounding for freediving.

At the end of the day the best training for freediving is freediving. Getting together with other freedivers is one of the best ways of learning.

Good luck!

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thums up for The Manual of Freediving i got a copy the other week and although its quite a challenging read its full of great stuff including self analysis