Freediving can be a very safe sport when safety guidelines are fully implemented and divers are well-trained and experienced in their disciplines. Freediving can be dangerous, especially for recreational divers, when guidelines are ignored. Common risk-taking behaviors associated with accidents and deaths during recreational freediving include diving alone, diving without proper preparation or training, diving …
Freedivers at all levels should undertake regular apnea training in order to stay safe below the water, maintain lung and wider health, and boost their depth and dive time performance. Dry static apnea is a good exercise and relatively easy to fit into everyday life but it is not a substitute for practicing apnea in …
Immediately before freediving you should take one full exhale followed by a complete inhale in order to fill your lungs with air. After this, you should not exhale until you return to the surface of the water. When freediving you should not normally exhale until you reach the surface after your ascent. Releasing your breath …
Freediving itself is not a typical cardio activity and cardio alone does not provide a sufficient training program for strong freediving performance. Cardio can, however, play an important role in building overall physical fitness and particularly strengthening the heart and lungs to endure the demands of freediving. Freedivers may choose to take up running, cycling, …
Freediving is good exercise for building overall fitness, boosting lung function, and burning plenty of calories. It makes your body use oxygen more efficiently and can also improve your focus, concentration and mental resilience. It’s not an obvious form of cardio exercise. If you’re specifically seeking to increase cardiovascular exercise levels, you might try walking, …
Flying after freediving should be considered carefully. You should plan a suitable waiting period before getting on a plane, depending on the length, depth and number of dives you’ve undertaken. A dive computer with freediving mode may help you to keep track of dissolved nitrogen levels in your bloodstream. Recommended waiting periods vary from 2-24 …
Freediving is great exercise for general physical and mental fitness. It burns high numbers of calories due to the energetic cost of maintaining body temperature in open water as well as the aerobic and anaerobic activities involved. Overweight but otherwise healthy individuals can freedive recreationally with the usual necessary training and preparation. Anyone with heart, …
Running can be good for freediving because of its broader physical and mental health benefits, especially in building a healthy cardiovascular system. Freedivers may choose to make running or other cardio activity part of a broader training program which also includes strength and breath exercises. Freediving involves both aerobic and anaerobic activity and can put …
If you’re healthy, well-trained and following good practice, freediving can be good for your lungs. There are a range of systematic techniques and training exercises aimed at enhancing lung function in freedivers. Those with pre-existing lung conditions should consult a doctor if they’re thinking of taking up freediving. With good training and proper practice, freediving …
Freediving can be both aerobic and anaerobic at different points, and in different parts of the body. Attempting to classify freediving as completely aerobic or anaerobic is not a useful exercise either for freedivers wanting to boost performance or for scientists wanting to study it. Exploring the different physiological changes and impacts of freediving or …
