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Tomorrow I'll freedive to -50 meters bi-fins at 1:10pm in the Dahab Apnea Championship
Why bi-fins and not free-immersion you may ask? Good question... sometimes I think no-matter how much passion you have for something if you feel like you're a bit stuck in a rut better to walk away and try something different for a little while, new perspectives and challenges, so good to mix it up every so often :)
I will come back to free-immersion soon :) and hoping that training the legs to better tolerate lactic, CO2, etc will help FIM performance, let's see! After-all it's all one interconnected mind & body! :)
Photo by AM SEA Imaging
Cocoa Elite, Cetma Composites, USA Freediving, Elios, PADI Pros - Middle East
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Freediving around at the saddle in Dahab’s Blue Hole with AM SEA Imaging
Fins: Cetma Composites
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Dream. Love Strong. Live Simple. ✨💕 Photo by Raphael Freediver
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Stretching for freediving to increase total lung capacity 😊
Photo by Raphael Freediver
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Beginner Freediving Course
IN DAHAB, EGYPT
April 29, 30 & May 1, 2019
This open water beginner / intermediate freediving course is designed to prepare a freediver to train in the dynamic open ocean conditions. It is aimed at providing the freediver with the fundamental skills that will enable him / her to freedive safely and effectively. This is a comprehensive course where freedivers are taught in the classroom, confined water and open water.
After completing the course you will be able to plan and execute safe freedives in the sea as one half of a responsible and competent buddy team. This course is the most important first steps in getting a solid foundation for open-water freediving.
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
- Learn the fundamentals about apnea; the physiology, physics and techniques
- Learn how to equalize in the proper way
- Have a clear understanding of the dangers associated with freediving (blackout & loss of motor control) how to avoid these dangers and how to assist & rescue your buddy if an accident occurs
- Complete set of proper freediving skills that will allow you to execute open water freedives safely and effectively
- Learn about the different freediving equipment, how to maintain it and use it effectively
Practical application: A considerable amount of time is spent poolside, beach, stretching, breathing, briefings, diving etc.
WHO IS THIS COURSE FOR?
- Anyone who wants to learn how to freedive!!
- Self taught freedivers who want to learn the proper freediving techniques (duck-dive, finning, breathe-up), safety skills and understand better what they are doing
- Spearfishermen who want to improve their finning technique, hydrodynamics, depth and breath-hold time
- Pool freedivers who want to learn how to freedive safely, comfortably and efficiently in the sea, also how to perform rescue skills
- Anyone who is curious about freediving and wants to learn more about it and try it out
INSTRUCTOR:
Course will be taught by Renee Blundon, USA CMAS national record holder in free-immersion (see website & more info at www.reneeblundon.com and www.freediving.life)
LANGUAGE:
English. (Most of the course is piratical so perfect English is not required)
SCHEDULE AND DURATION:
DAY 1
PREPARING FOR APNEA, BREATHING & RELAXATION
- Introduction & Paperwork
- Lecture: Freediving Disciplines & Equipment
- Lecture / Practical: Breathing and Relaxation for freediving
- Confined Water Session - Static Apnea & Relaxation
- Theory / Practical: Physics & Equalization. How to equalize in the proper way
DAY 2
FREEDIVING & TECHNIQUES
- Stretching for Freediving
- Open-water Session 1 - Free-Immersion (& some Constant Weight Freediving)
- Theory: Physiology & Dangers of Hyperventilation
- Confined Water Session - Dynamic Apnea & Finning Technique
- Theory: Freediving Techniques
DAY 3
FREEDIVING PRACTICE & RESCUE TRAINING
- Stretching / Relaxation for Freediving
- Open-water Session 2 - Freediving Practice (FIM & CWT)
- Theory: Safety in Freediving
- Open-water Session 3 - Freediving & Rescue Practice
- AIDA 2* Test
Schedule is subject to change.
ADDRESS & LOCATION:
Lighthouse, Dahab
Egypt
PRICING:
220 euros
Pricing includes AIDA 2* certification upon completion, equipment rental, electronic PDF manual and swimming pool rental (if needed).
Also included!! High-res photos of your dives and high-res videos of your dives
A deposit paid before the start date secures your position in the course. The balance is payable on the first day of the course.
EQUIPMENT:
Equipment rental is included.
PREREQUISITES:
- Minimum age of 12 years old
- Must be able to swim
- Have complete the medical forms
- Have completed and signed the liability release forms
MEDICAL
While I recommend that you have a full diving medical examination, which is good practice, it is not essential to participate in the course. You will, however, be required to fill in a medical questionnaire on the first day of the course.
Beginner Freediving Course
IN DAHAB, EGYPT
April 1, 2 & 3, 2019
This open water beginner / intermediate freediving course is designed to prepare a freediver to train in the dynamic open ocean conditions. It is aimed at providing the freediver with the fundamental skills that will enable him / her to freedive safely and effectively. This is a comprehensive course where freedivers are taught in the classroom, confined water and open water.
After completing the course you will be able to plan and execute safe freedives in the sea as one half of a responsible and competent buddy team. This course is the most important first steps in getting a solid foundation for open-water freediving.
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
- Learn the fundamentals about apnea; the physiology, physics and techniques
- Learn how to equalize in the proper way
- Have a clear understanding of the dangers associated with freediving (blackout & loss of motor control) how to avoid these dangers and how to assist & rescue your buddy if an accident occurs
- Complete set of proper freediving skills that will allow you to execute open water freedives safely and effectively
- Learn about the different freediving equipment, how to maintain it and use it effectively
Practical application: A considerable amount of time is spent poolside, beach, stretching, breathing, briefings, diving etc.
WHO IS THIS COURSE FOR?
- Anyone who wants to learn how to freedive!!
- Self taught freedivers who want to learn the proper freediving techniques (duck-dive, finning, breathe-up), safety skills and understand better what they are doing
- Spearfishermen who want to improve their finning technique, hydrodynamics, depth and breath-hold time
- Pool freedivers who want to learn how to freedive safely, comfortably and efficiently in the sea, also how to perform rescue skills
- Anyone who is curious about freediving and wants to learn more about it and try it out
INSTRUCTOR:
Course will be taught by Renee Blundon, USA CMAS national record holder in free-immersion (see website & more info at www.reneeblundon.com and www.freediving.life)
LANGUAGE:
English. (Most of the course is piratical so perfect English is not required)
SCHEDULE AND DURATION:
DAY 1
PREPARING FOR APNEA, BREATHING & RELAXATION
- Introduction & Paperwork
- Lecture: Freediving Disciplines & Equipment
- Lecture / Practical: Breathing and Relaxation for freediving
- Confined Water Session - Static Apnea & Relaxation
- Theory / Practical: Physics & Equalization. How to equalize in the proper way
DAY 2
FREEDIVING & TECHNIQUES
- Stretching for Freediving
- Open-water Session 1 - Free-Immersion (& some Constant Weight Freediving)
- Theory: Physiology & Dangers of Hyperventilation
- Confined Water Session - Dynamic Apnea & Finning Technique
- Theory: Freediving Techniques
DAY 3
FREEDIVING PRACTICE & RESCUE TRAINING
- Stretching / Relaxation for Freediving
- Open-water Session 2 - Freediving Practice (FIM & CWT)
- Theory: Safety in Freediving
- Open-water Session 3 - Freediving & Rescue Practice
- AIDA 2* Test
Schedule is subject to change.
ADDRESS & LOCATION:
Lighthouse, Dahab
Egypt
PRICING:
220 euros
Pricing includes AIDA 2* certification upon completion, equipment rental, electronic PDF manual and swimming pool rental (if needed).
Also included!! High-res photos of your dives and high-res videos of your dives
A deposit paid before the start date secures your position in the course. The balance is payable on the first day of the course.
EQUIPMENT:
Equipment rental is included.
PREREQUISITES:
- Minimum age of 12 years old
- Must be able to swim
- Have complete the medical forms
- Have completed and signed the liability release forms
MEDICAL
While I recommend that you have a full diving medical examination, which is good practice, it is not essential to participate in the course. You will, however, be required to fill in a medical questionnaire on the first day of the course.
Emergency First Response Course
Because many medical conditions are not life-threatening and emergency medical services are sometimes delayed or unavailable, the Secondary Care (First Aid) course is integrated to teach you how to provide first aid that eases pain and reduces the risk of further harm. You’ll learn to assess a variety of injuries and illnesses and practice bandaging and splinting.
Course Duration: 1 Day
Price: €125 (includes participant manual and certification fee)
PM to book your spot
Cardio power and resistance Insanity workout on the last day of the liveaboard while moored in downtown Hurghada 💪
An excellent workout for freediving preparation because it increases your max aerobic capacity (VO2 Max) AND increases your anaerobic fitness (recruiting more fast twitch muscle fibers, good for sprinters and freedivers for the start of a deep dive’s descent & ascent)
Unlike endurance aerobic training (I.e. long distance running) which if you do it for a long time it DECREASES your muscle mass, this workout improves your cardio fitness WHILE maintaining your muscle mass!! 😎
Then while you are working at 80% of your max HR you are in the ANAEROBIC zone. (Great for any sports like freediving that have short, high bursts of speed or strength work in the anaerobic zone.)
Note! Freediving is partially aerobic AND anaerobic! (I’ll explain below) So a workout that works both systems at the same time, without losing muscle is in my opinion IDEAL!!
Also great for losing body fat esp. in the midsection without losing muscle and increases your aerobic threshold (can help soften diaphragmatic contractions)
So yes believe it or not freediving is an AEROBIC and ANAEROBIC activity. (Note just because something is anaerobic doesn’t mean it produces lactic acid, there are several anaerobic pathways but only anaerobic glycolysis produces lactic acid.)
Freediving starts out anaerobic for the first 15 seconds or so, then the aerobic system kicks, then it becomes anaerobic again.
It can become anaerobic either at the end of the dive (when you’re feeling lactic acid) or at depth (when you have a lack of blood flow to the legs, even if there is tons of O2)
If freediving were anaerobic only, you would not consume any O2 and then you could never blackout.
And if freediving were purely aerobic you would never get tired, the legs only get tired once the stored ATP and creating phosphate have been depleted. If they’re depleted, it proves you were exercising aerobically for a short time at least.
So freediving is an aerobic and anaerobic activity, I’ll write more about this on the blog 🤗
Keep in mind anaerobic/aerobic refers to a single muscle not the whole body so you can have part of the body working aerobically while another anaerobically 😉
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Working on DEADLIFT technique with slightly lighter weights :) one of the best exercises you can do IF you do it right!
My feet are hip distance apart, starting position has my shins about an inch behind the bar.
Grip is a mixed grip (one hand under, one hand over)
I prefer a mixed grip versus a double overhand grip because even with the thumbs tucked (hook grip) the mixed grip allows the bar to stop rotating because as it starts to fall out of one hand it’s turning into the other hand.
So easier to keep the grip by using the mixed grip and then in order to avoid muscle imbalances (especially in the shoulders) I just alternate the grips, so doing 2 reps of each weight switching the hand position.
Hands are pretty much hip width apart, this way the arms hang straight down in their longest and most stable position (otherwise if they were wider I’d need to go lower and deeper during the lift & I don’t really have the mobility to go those extra 2-3 inches, when I was doing that before it was causing back pain).
The hands are pretty much just outside the legs, about an inch away, obviously you don’t want them too close to the legs because they’ll drag up the thighs which causes friction (that’ll make it more difficult and awkward plus looks super amateur 😜)
Then I put the lower back in starting position for the lift, putting the chest forward up and out while driving the hips down. (After videoing myself I noticed that the lower back / pelvis was curving too much due to the smaller size weights on the bar which were causing me to go lower than usual so I added weights on the floor to prop up the bar so I have a good starting position and don’t hurt my lower back.)
With straight arms and tension all the way through them, and lats engaged, that pulls me right into the starting position.
Position of back is completely straight. I’m starting at like a 45 degree angle but this angle varies from person to person depending on your leg length and torso length. Most important thing is that your back is straight and not curved.
Then to start the lift it’s a matter of FIRST pushing your legs off the ground (like a standing leg extension movement), do this until your hands are at the level of the knee.
Make sure lats are kept engaged and keep straight arms to keep the bar close to the body, keeping the torso tight and in a stable position.
Then once the hands are at the level of the knee I drive through using the muscles of the hips and lower back while using the traps to stabilize the bar.
And then to go down you want to do the same movements but in reverse. So hip pinch to the knee then the knee bend.
SUPER AMAZING exercise, one of the BEST total body exercises, which goes from working the legs then becomes an awesome back exercise and posterior chain exercise.
Just note it’s not just the exercise that’s important, it’s doing it right which matters most 😉
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Preparing the buoys at Marsa Bareka this morning ☺️✨🌈 @go_freediving @paditv #freedivers #freedivinggirls #freedivinginstructor #gofreedivingliveaboard2019 #girlswhofreedive #freedivingtrips #redsea #liveaboard #liveaboardlife #lifeatsea #thisisegypt #travelegypt #adventuretime #girlsadventure #freedivinglife #freedivinglifestyle #freediver
Doing my thang - with Sol Schmitz
📷 by Rafael Bez
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Heading down for a warm-up dive with bff Sol Schmitz watching over 💙✨ Photo by Rafael Bez
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Taxi ride on way back from Blue Hole with Olga and Pete after an awesome deep dive sesh 🤗💙🧜🏻♀️✨
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And who said you can’t see red underwater 😜
Photo by Rafael Bez
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I read somewhere that the secret of happiness is to figure out what you truly love to do then do that as much as you can. Here’s me doing just that with Sol Schmitz 📷 by Rafael Beznos
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Exploring what lies underneath the surface. Hidden from most eyes.
📷 AM SEA Imaging
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In the stillness; a space, a place to discover how it feels to be fully aware. Yes life is filled with sounds, with activity, excitement, vibrant colors but it's also great when the activity of living is grounded in a real and meaningful purpose. In freediving you come to know a peaceful stillness, a place where all that is possible takes shape, which feels like life coming to life. 💙✨
Photo by AM SEA Imaging
Cetma Composites Elios PADI
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Underwater in Dahab 💙
Photo by AM SEA Imaging
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Thank you Will Peng who added Chinese subtitles to my breathe-up how-to videos :)
youtu.be/WV4gcamGqgI
youtu.be/pyX8UNlDlOI
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