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What directions would take freediving development from now?

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I have read in many articles of the "lost secrets" of ancients free divers who could hold their breath for very long, without a specific breathing technique, to collect sponges, pearls or others. The same theory of possibly unknown factors of breath hold capacity exist about sea-gypsies.

In a way, I wouldn't be surprised that much progress and discoveries are ahead of us in freediving, the introduction of meditation by Jacques Mayol was a fantastic leap forward, there is potentially other leaps that will reveal our full capacity.

Thinking out of the box, what do you think could be the other directions we could explore, or do better, to radically expand our free diving abilities?
 
I'm not sure there are any "lost" secrets of freediving. Elite freedivers of today do in fact "hold their breath for a very long time"- world record is 11+ minutes. I'm sure todays freedivers could keep up with the "ancients" - probably teach them a thing or two.
 
Eric Fattah might have a good answer for this question. Goran Colak was using techniques he developed when he did his 12 minute 10 second national record (and unofficial clean world record). Eric has always been ahead of most of us in free thinking.
 
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