Hello all, this blog is written in anger. I have just read another post claiming that any breath manipulation is hyperventilation. The conspiracy goes all t...

A comparison of STA and depth diving with regards to CO2 build up/urge to breathe Deep diving is my passion. The vast majority of my time and energy is spen...

A little while ago, I gave up teaching courses and focused on individual coaching. The reason was not because I don't enjoy teaching beginners but because I...

Following is my own personal opinion on the essence of freediving competition, how it effects the rest of the community and the athletes themselves. I am no...

It has almost become a cliche to say freediving is (insert the percentage) mental. But that doesn't make it less true. A beginner may not notice this because...

Freediving can be a sport in which an athlete descends below the surface of the water and back again on a single breath. Progress is measured in Meters, the...

I was lead to KAATSU by a simple problem, I was no longer able to sustainably train lactate in the pool due to my technique and strength being at a level tha...

Jaap and I made contact just over a week ago, after some conversation and a little internet stalking I began to see that he was quite an interesting guy, he ...

The book puts forward a method to increase health, well-being and performance through manipulation of the breath and therefore the blood gas ratios. The Oxyg...

O2 training has long been a staple of freediving training, so much so that it is taught during the 2nd level of most freediving education systems. The purpos...

We all got taught in our first freediving courses that warm ups are good. They will help us to put our mind into the right place, allow us to check that equ...

Your comfort zone could be described as the depth you are 100% certain you can do. There will be no nerves before the dive, you could do it with a short bre...

Hello and welcome to our newest freediving blog, although this one is 1/2 blog, 1/2 rant. As I am sure you have deduced from the title, the topic of this we...

As discussed in think small part 1, it is important to keep your upper body and especially your chest area as small as possible to allow you to equalize and ...

Today's blog is about the effect our body position has on our failure depth (the point you can no longer bring air up to equalise). Of course our body posit...

Welcome to the first Blog from Freedive Passion, this week we will be discussing exhaling before surfacing and why you should do it when freediving. In your ...