Stretching

[SanderP]

Hi!

I searched the forums and read many threads about stretching to increase your lung volume (?) and streching before the actual dive to relax more.

Some said that a larger ribcage can help in great depths and others say that streching can be rather detrimental (when done wrong perhaps?).

So I'm wondering is streching needed, does it really help or not? If yes, in what way? What are the most basic stretches that one should do? I did also read that some specific stretches can help to get better static times - which ones in particular?

If you have time, please answer.

Thank you!

 

[Julesm101]

A good book with plenty of breathing exercises is;

Manual of Freediving: Underwater on a Single Breath
by Unberto Pelizzari and Stefano Tovaglieri
ISBN 1928649270

also very interesting;

Homo Delphinus, The Dolphin Within Man
by Jacques Mayol
ISBN 1928649033

I did light half-assed yoga breathing exercises for a few weeks and added better then a minute to my breath hold time!

 

[SEDATE]

my idea is streching needed,

 

[nikho_mo]

I agree with Sedate.
Stretching can be very useful.
Give a look at this web page for training exercices:
http://www.divingfree.com/ask/ask01.htm

...Nico