Freediving allows me that escape to another world, and has me challenge and question what it is that I think I know. It humbles and broadens my perspective, with every dive a new experience filled with surprises, opening my […]
We are really lucky in that we can choose to build relationships, friendships and the community around us, as we pursue our goals and passions in life, which I think is a key step in choosing to be happy […]
This episode about the Apnea Squats Challenge, an AWESOME dry training for freediving to prepare the legs for constant weight freediving and dynamic apnea in the pool. To do this training, you always start with a static apnea breath-hold sitting […]
Today is day 1 of my 2022 freediving season. It’s been almost two weeks since the Freediving World Cup competition, which marked the end of my 2021 season, and now I’m excited to apply all of the new insights I’ve […]
A discussion with Sally Norton and Renee Blundon about oxalates and how they impact freediving, athletic performance and overall health. We will discuss; what ARE oxalates, what foods are they in, how the ‘super foods’ we are consuming may not […]
Today’s episode is a guided freedive visualization, that you can listen to anytime before your freedive. Renee will guide you in creating an inspiring vivid mental picture of a deep target dive from start to finish. Many freediving athletes routinely […]
Breathing through the nose is the secret to better health, wellbeing and performance. The physiology of breathing, mouth breathing and the human zoo we’re living in, breathing of indigenous cultures, breathing of animals and mouth and nose breathing in performance.
Breathing through the nose is the secret to better health, wellbeing and performance. The physiology of nasal breathing versus mouth breathing and why we’ve developed this habit of over-breathing through the mouth.
A relaxation breathing technique for freediving or for anyone who wants to destress, relax and calm the mind and body.
A relaxation breathing technique for freediving or for anyone who wants to destress, relax and calm the mind and body.
Looking for tips for deep freediving? In this episode, Renee talks about what was happening in her training preventing her from freediving deeper than 72 meters, as well as the 6 changes implemented in order to overcome her issues with hypoxia and lack of flexibility so she can dive more easily in the 70-80+ meter range.
All freedivers, even the most skilled and successful freedivers, have times with they feel unmotivated. But the best freedivers know how to overcome this and stay motivated in order to keep improving as a freediver. This podcast provides some tips on how to motivate yourself to become a better freediver.
Welcome to the third episode of the Freediving Podcast by Renee Blundon. This episode is part one of five about the mental training and techniques that the world’s top freedivers use to get their minds in the best possible condition for optimal performance and relaxation.
Welcome to the third episode of the Freediving Podcast by Renee Blundon. This episode is part one of five about the mental training and techniques that the world’s top freedivers use to get their minds in the best possible condition for optimal performance and relaxation.
Welcome to the second episode of the Freediving Podcast by Renee Blundon. This episode is part two about nutrition to improve your lung health and lung function for freediving while at the same time, improving your immune system to make it more resilient to COVID-19 and other viruses and bacteria.
Welcome to the first episode of the Freediving Podcast by Renee Blundon. In this episode, I’ll talk about nutrition specifically for freediving and improving your lung function and lung capacity, in order to make your lungs stronger, healthier and more flexible for freediving while at the same time, improving your immune system, making it more resilient to COVID-19 and other viruses and bacteria.
In Episode Zero of the Freediving Podcast, I introduce the purpose of the podcast and how I hope to structure future episodes to provide weekly information about freediving training concepts, nutrition for freediving, fitness for freediving, mental training techniques, freediving preparation, breathing and breath-hold techniques and helpful advice for freediving in a safe, sustainable and healthy way.
