ONline free dive training

[freedivernd]

True, True.. it's really not that bad.
(o.k. .. if you push it, it can be worse... I actually hate doing statics, but they are good to do in that when you're at minus whatever depth.. you can feel that urge to breath and not worry about it so much, but rather be aware that you have a lot of time to get to the surface) HAVE A BUDDY WITH YOU!

And - third and fourth breath holds in a series always seem to be my best...

And it really does make a difference as Jon states when the diving reflex comes into play... and it does make a difference, for me anyways, when I'm in the water. Contractions and urges to breath are much easier to deal, and are less frequent in the pleasant surround of water rather than the buzz of the computer fan.

and Jon's reference to the "full breath" is right on the mark.. maybe that should have been explained in Session 1, Phase 1.... it goes back, I've heard, to when we were babies we breathed with our stomach going in and out and then as we got older and thought we had to puff out our chests (in fact I think I remember in high school phys-ed that breathing with your chest was correct - wrong) we quit using the stomach muscles to help draw in that air. I might add that "inhale throat" is easier accomplished by raising both shoulders.

Freediving should be and is fun. And it is soooo easy. You'll see.
Fred