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Training in local pools

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jaymz

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Hi fellas. Just been to my local pool to do try some different equalising methods i read about, also a few breath holds. Whilst doing a hold, a lifeguard taps me on the shoulder... ruining a 2:00+ hold and tells me his boss has asked me to stop. Pretty peed off but the lifeguard is only following orders. We got chatting and he was quizzing me about what im doing and what freediving is etc. Turns out he was cluess to what SWB's were and sambas. Youd think being lifeguards thed have had the training to know all about these things. Can only blame the system. Lucky i stopped because if something had gone wrong id have beeb screwed. These guys are my unnoficial dive buddys haha
 

Turns out you are clueless about freediving safety and training basic principles , can only blame yourself. Luckily the clueless lifeguard stopped you, that guy was your unofficial safety, no haha here.
 
Reactions: Broseidon
Please dont be patronising and say train with a buddy when most people here spearfish on theirown
 
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If you want to risk your life in the open sea, it is more or less your problem and the problem of your family. But if you are training in a public pool, you endanger the access to pools potentially to all freedivers national-wide. There were pool accidents of experienced freedivers (who believed having their safety well under control) in many countries, and each time it had hard consequences on organized freediving and led to increased restrictions, and it becomes to such clubs harder and harder to find the access to local pools. So please stop reacting inadequately to critics, and better find a real buddy or avoid public pools.
 
Critical advice I welcome in any thread I post. But criticism... Is something different. What in any way did Thomas say was helpfull?


I'll request this thread be deleted by an admin please. Theres a whole forum for freediving safety, when I want to read about it ill look there.
 
Chill out dude. Seriously. Which part of holding your breath underwater in a public pool seemed like a good idea?

I've been to the public pool in Swansea, from memory, it had awesome slides and a kick-ass wave machine. Go and play with those and stop trying to drown yourself
 
They closed it down due to asbestos in the vents.

The pool i went to was a local small pool insidea school. Bit harsh, bur policy is policy unfortunatley
 
You are kidding me?!?! :waterwork

Some of my fondest childhood memories are of that pool!

If you want to practice breath-holds, I found that the best thing to try is 'walking apneas', where you hold your breath and walk for set periods of time with a stop watch.

I really felt they helped my dive times.
 
asbestos is the silent killer. May not even affect you for 40 years down the line

Thanks ill give that a go. Relaxing is my biggest problem.
 
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