FREEDIVE

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Freediving is one of the fastest growing water sports

Not only is it easy to learn to freedive, you can dive all over the world. No matter where you go, you can always find a place to practice your freediving training. While you used to have to take weeks and weeks of classes and reading books to learn to freedive properly, you can now learn it here at Malapascua how to hold your breath, diaphragmatic breathing, and the very best freediving techniques direct in the beautiful Malapascua under water world.

The main tenant of freediving is breath holding. In order to access to lower depths, you must train your body to hold its breath for longer and longer stretches of time. This does not come naturally to the human body, and to be able to hold your breath for more than a minute takes training and constant maintenance. Learn how to hone your body and your mind for this intense experience.

Whether you are a novice looking to start this great sport, or an experienced freediver looking for a refresher on safety, techniques, and gear, there is no better place. Look no further for the very best in breathing techniques, freediving strategies, and safety tips. This sport is fun for all those who are willing to put the time and energy into learning the right methods and training their bodies.

If you are ready to start learning an exciting new sport of freediving at beautiful Malapascua Island, contact me .

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Skin Diving

A few tips to get the most from your skin diving(Free dive):

1. Breathe deep

It used to be skin divers were taught to hyperventilate prior to diving, to flush CO2 from their system. This is not recommended anymore, as hyperventilating can lead to too much CO2 being flushed.

When, while holding our breath, we feel the need to breathe, it is in most cases not from a lack of oxygen, but from an excess of CO2.

So lowering the body’s CO2 levels too much can cause the body to not give us sufficient warning that we need to breathe, causing divers to drown. Instead, breathe deep, real deep, all the way down from the bottom of your belly, two or three times. Then fill your lungs all the way up on a fourth breath just before diving.

If you happen to know someone who’s into yoga, try getting them to teach you a few breathing techniques.

2. Let your weight do the work

Once you’ve taken your breath and start your dive, it is important you use as little energy as possible, as energy equals oxygen, and will cut into your bottom time.

So instead of swimming down, let your weight push you down. Lie still in the surface. Then, bend 90 degrees in your hips, putting your torso perpendicular to the bottom, and raise up your legs until they are pointing straight up in the air.

Then simply let the weight of your legs push you down, and only start finning once your entire body is submerged, at which time you’ll notice that your descent will slow or stop.

3. Move slowly

Again, using energy burns oxygen, so swim slowly, keep your body as streamlined as possible, and relax.

The more you do this, the longer you can stay under water.

The breaststroke is the most useful stroke underwater if you are not warring fins. When you move your arms from the bottom position at the end of a stroke and back in front of you, make sure you keep them as close to your body as possible, so you don’t slow yourself down.

If you are swimming with fins there are several finning techniques that might work for you.

And try to elongate the glide phase of the stroke as much as possible. If there are features at your dive site you can safely touch, you can conserve even more energy by doing a pull and glide.

4. Watch for the signs

Most people can swim underwater for about thirty seconds to a minute before they need to return to the surface. With training and proper technique, you can extend this significantly.

But watch out for the signs that your body is oxygen starved. The clearest sign are the convulsions you’ll get in your diaphragm.

Once you get these, it’s a sign that you should start considering heading back to the surface. Try to learn to distinguish between the first few convulsions, which serve only as an initial warning, and the later ones that need to be taken seriously.

This part can best be trained in a shallow pool, lying face down, with a friend standing by in case you need help, and overextend yourself.

Source: DIVE.in

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