Sometimes it is hard to fit in breath hold exercises on a day to day basis. Waking up early to head to an office job and then back in the evening is time and energy consuming on its own. You …
The best exercises are those that don’t feel like exercises. If you don’t enjoy doing static or dynamic sessions, there are still ways you can train. You simply need to find some fun things to do underwater. Here are some …
You did the perfect duckdive, had the most relaxed descent you have ever had, and turn with a tag in your hand. Or perhaps you waited at the bottom, speared a good fish, and start swimming back up.
And your …
I did not start this website to make money (but I sure wouldn’t mind if I stopped losing it). Freedive Wire has been in existence since 2015 and started as a community website, and gradually changed in what you see …
How should we train? Is strength training for freediving a good idea? Are bigger muscles better or worse? Should we hit up the gym in the off season?
I have alluded to some of these questions in previous posts and …
The Canadian Pacific Northwest is a stunning place for scuba diving, freediving or snorkeling. It offers some of the cleanest waters in the world, fantastic underwater landscapes and unbelievable marine wildlife.
The only issue for many people that wish to …
Rome wasn’t built in one day, you won’t be able to do the split tomorrow and you are not going to increase your breath hold by 3 minutes overnight.
You might have some freediving goals for yourself in 2018. Perhaps …
So you want to increase lung volume? There are several ways to do this, but you should probably start with becoming a better breather. That means, you should be able to fill up the entire volume of your lungs with …
This post goes with a webinar that I gave on data collected with the Moxy Muscle oxygen monitor. In the webinar I test some specific exercises and try to speculate on myoglobin desaturation and training to increase myoglobin stores.
I …
Is freediving an equal opportunity sport? Is participation different for men and women? What about the way freediving women are perceived on social media, or how they are represented?
We wondered about these questions, but cannot answer them from our …
