How Exhale and FRC dives can boost your physical and mental preparation for depth If you exhale instead of taking a full breath before diving you can fake your depth. In freediving we prepare our body and mind for longer dives by simply exhaling. A passive exhale at the surface means diving with 50% of your full lung capacity, which equals double the pressure or 2 bar (10 m). Picture showing how pressure normally affect your lungs with a full breath at the surface - a passive

Zooming in on Boyle's law and dancing oxygen molecules Just as scuba divers, freedivers need to take some extra precautions when returning from the depth of the big blue. But, we use very different safety procedures. The reasons to these procedures derive form the same chemical and physical laws, since all divers need to consider and are affected by both Boyle's (gas pressure & volume) and Henry's law (gas dissolved in liquid). Since freedivers hold their breath during a dive

Sister- motherhood and the love for the ocean, exemplified by the "women of the sea" - Haenyeo. Haenyeo are fisherwomen that for more than 1000 years have been diving on the island of Jeju, South Korea. These women have developed a tradition based on a strong community and sustainable fishing, as they live in coexistence with the ocean, waves and the storms. Haenyeo spend a lot of time in the sometimes dangerous ocean, whereas the haenyeo recite an old saying: we make money i

Erika Schagatay, professor of zoophysiology, just published an article about how hypoxi ("preferable" state for us freedivers.!), and the covid-19 relates. Erika writes that: "Humans adapt quickly to environments with limited oxygen supply. Trained freedivers can have an oxygen saturation of less than 50 percent when emerging from a dive and be perfectly clear. Many climbers at high altitude can work with an oxygen saturation of less than 70 percent." She describes that it de

Freedive Nordic did a webinar together with Molchanovs Movement called "Diving into Plant based Nutrition" in May 2020. The Webinar was hosted by Li Karlsén, a Molchanovs Instructor and founder of Freedive nordic, and her brother Linus, certified nutritionist, founder of Plant based nordic and author of the E-book “Thrive”. In the webinar (below) you will find out why plant based nutrition have so many benefits for freedivers and our specific training, but also in your everyd

The last weekend in March the Swedish National Freediving Pool Competition took place in Uppsala, Fyrishov. We we approximately 40 divers competing during two days in the three pool disciplines: STA (Static), DYN (Dynamic with fins) and DNF (Dynamic without fins). It was almost 50-50 men and women competing, starting with STA and DNF on Saturday. There were a lot of very strong static breath holders. The pool queen Nicole Edensbo managed a strong 5:48 min and Valdemar Karlsso

Since there waters around Stockholm are still covered with crispy ice, we decided to hold the first freediving course for the year inside at the Swedish National Swimming Arena - Eriksdalsbadet. We started of with the theory - the physiology and physics of freediving, breathing techniques, equalisation and mental techniques. Followed by the theoretical examination, where 80% is the requirement to pass. They all did very well! Must be (partly) because of the professional and t

I managed to get the last spot (!) in Sabang International Freediving Competition 2018 in Weh island, Indondesia. It's a very popular and well conducted competition, so it gets filled up quickly! We were 40 divers competing during six days in November in the three depth disciplines CWT (Constant Weight), FIM (Free Immersion) and CNF (Constant Weight No Fins). Sabang is the largest town on Weh island, referred to as "kilometer zero" as the most north western island of Indonesi

*A single household-no kids-over interested in nutrition-love baking freediver's breakfast. Drinks! Water with Lemon – hydrates and gives a good boost of vitamin C Ginger turmeric shot – turmeric (curcumin) might be the most effective nutritional supplement in existence(!), and ginger is loaded with nutrients & bioactive compounds Coffee – The black gold that Swedes can’t live without… is rich in antioxidants, but the caffeine can inhibit the absorption of vitamins and minera

Apart from diving in a volcanic lake with 39 degree water, swimming and diving with thousands and thousands of sardines was another Philippine’s memory of a lifetime. During my Molchanovs instructor course I joined Adam Stern and his entourage to go diving at the famous sardine spot in the north of Panglao, just outside Almira resort. Adam brought lots of gadgets, such as a 360 video camera made for space travels (or siliar), and his way too expensive underwater camera. I was

How about combining your vacation with freediving in a magical place, training and doing courses with likeminded (nerds) like you and world champions? A few times a year Deep Week is conducted in well-chosen diving paradises around the world, as a training camp for freedivers. It doesn’t matter if you are a complete beginner, or if you’ve done some courses and training before. During Deep Week you will get the chance to do courses, train and develop with some of the best free

The last Deep Week of the year took place for the first time ever in Coron, a magical island located in the northern part of Philippine province Palawan. Coron is one of the biggest islands in the Calamari islands and is famous for the world class diving. Several sunken Japanese battleships from WW2 are located around the island and you have one of the world’s few dive:able (active) volcanic lakes here – Barracuda lake. Every early morning of the week we headed out with boats