I am really loving the training and the exercises in freediving. However sometimes I feel that I’m just not spending enough time in the water. My dives usually last about 1:00 – 1:30 comfortably but I would really like to be able to do 2min + dives to the same level of comfort.

Right now in my pool training I start of with a nice relaxing long dive after breathing warmups. I have been moving (up and down depending on the day) between 2:00 – 3:00 minutes but getting beyond 2:20 means im starting to have to push it. It’s slowly getting easier and easier to relax and I just need to capture those moments when im really relaxed in the water and try to get into that state at will as I think this should really help prolong the dives.

In the video above I do a 3min dive in shallow water at the pools. Im just timing these dives to be exactly the interval I want without trying to do a PB at every attempt, that way I can have a goal for the session and see how much further I can push it the week or day after.

Also today, the water was also really cold, it was about 16.5 degrees Celsius and the air temperature was about 14 degrees though thankfully the sun was out so I could dry up under the warm sun instead of getting blasted by wind and rain (which is what would be expected as it is winter here in sydney right now)

When I get more comfortable getting right in between 2 – 3 minutes I will probably go to clovelly or gordon’s bay and try to do some longer dives in 8 – 13 meter waters.