How much energy do we really expend during a dive? This was a question posed by Connor, after our last post on muscle metabolism (Part 1, Part 2). This article is the result of that question. Perfect …
This post was submitted by Luca Malaguti.
In Training and Performance Sara guides you through a series of hands-on and practical exercises that apply to all facets of freedive training. I really like that Sara starts off the program by …
This is part two of the ‘muscle metabolism’ article series. In part one (link) we have analysed human muscle metabolism, how muscles are supplied with oxygen, and how they store fuel. …
This article is the first in a 3-part series on muscle composition, performance, and failure during breath holding. This article is long and fairly technical. In a rush? Just read everything in bold.
Muscle …
This post was submitted by Vid Ogris.
Bled lake is a fresh water lake.
Max dept: 31m
Visibility: 5m on surface, 2m at 20m
Tempereture in summer: surface 24 C, 13 C on 20m
Snorkling places around the island, and …
This post was submitted by Dave Forcucci, a freediver based in Washington State. Dave decided to buy an underwater speedometer and to test freedive fin efficiency. You can read the results of his extensive testing here.
It is difficult to …
This dive site was submitted by Connor Davis.
23 degrees 56′ 16.31″N 74 degrees 33’46.62″ W. This is one spot on a long wall, bottomless, not quite vertical, extends.5 miles west and lots of miles east.
This one is world …
This dive site was submitted by Connor Davis.
Approx 23 degrees 48′ 38.29″ N, 75 degrees 07′ 13.15″ W
The top of the wall is at 60 ft with big coral heads topping out at 40 ft, and extending down …
This dive site was submitted by Connor Davis.
The northwest section of Little Cayman is a flat shelf 100-200 yrds wide, 20 ft deep or less, leading to a bottomless vertical wall. This spot is famous among scuba divers but …
If you have not heard of Eric Fattah but are interested in the history of competitive freediving, now is the time. In 1998 Eric invented fluid goggles, not realizing that Roland Specker had invented similar goggles in France …