by David Miner Free diving, like many sports, requires a certain amount of mental and physical fitness. Free diving requires athletic fitness so that you can power yourself through the water efficiently. Moving through a liquid environment requires strength and good cardiovascular fitness. Free diving also requires good mental fitness. Descending below the surface, holding [...]

The animals that live and feed underwater have developed a method to conserve oxygen and defend against hypoxia when diving under the water. This ability is termed the diving response or mammalian diving reflex (MDR), which controls the constriction of blood vessels in certain parts of the body (vascular constriction) and decreases heartbeat (bradycardia). This [...]

Intermediate Free Diving Training with Performance Freediving by David Miner Ever dream of diving down to 60, 70, 80, 100+ feet on a single breath? Ever think you could hold your breath for 3 to 4+ minutes? We didn’t either until we joined Performance Freediving and their record-holding instructors in Miami, Florida for their Intermediate [...]

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