Women are very much affected by their period (in life! and) during training - so how can we use our period to maximise and periodize our training? Most of today's recommendations and advice for training are based on studies on men. However, new research shows how women can optimize their training and avoid women-specific health risks and sports injuries. The period before ovulation is called the follicular phase, the "low hormonal-phase", and the period after ovulation is cal

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

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

I’ve never tried ice diving before, but I decided to join my freediving friends a Saturday in January. I brought my 3 mm wetsuit that I used frequently for a year while diving in Asia. Yes, it was cold. Severly cold! But still a very pleasant experience. And yes, I also decided to get a 7 mm for diving in Sweden in the future. We went to an old limestone quarry south of Stockholm. We made a hole in the ice with one (very small!) axe, attached a buoy to the ice and dropped the

I chose to do my Molchanovs freediving instructor course in Panglao, Philippines, with Alexey Molchanov himself. Since I’m already a freediving instructor with SSI (Scuba Schools International), I only had to do “half” the course to verify my instructor skills and knowledge. Well, at least so I thought. This was however not Alexey’s intention…! An instructor course is between 8-12 days depending on how quickly you master the skills, presentations and examinations. We started

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