No fins, no stress, just diving for the hell of it. My favorite discipline besides Spearfishing
Its been a good month.
I’ve been in and on the water constantly but I still want to stay in shape on the days that I have off the water so I’ve started mixing it up a bit.
Through May, I did sprints every 3rd day because my work schedule was so hectic and I just couldn’t find the time. It wasn’t ideal, but on the days I could, I did the following:
1 mile warm up (8 minutes)
ten 50 meter sprints, as hard as I can go without fainting
You can adjust your times as you get in better shape but I started doing one sprint every minute on the minute.
By the end of the month I was doing one sprint every 35 seconds and had upped it to fifteen 50 meter sprints and five 100meter sprints.
I enjoy the sprints more than distance and felt better when I got back in the water with recovery times similar to when I’d already been diving for a week or two.
This week I’ve been doing more filming and picture taking and am lucky enough to have some beautiful springs near our home in Florida to practice Freediving. The photo above is in one of my favorite spots in the world to dive. Deep in the forest with no one around and just Jennifer and I taking turns swimming as far as our lungs will allow making big sweeping strokes and gliding for as long as possibly to conserve air.
There are a lot of different Disciplines for Freediving and as many acronyms.
Anyone out there care to explain to the rest of the world the differences between: Constant Weight, No Fins, Static, Dynamic….etc?
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Here is a basic run down of the freediving disciplines.
Depth Disciplines:
Constant Weight or CWT is basically when the diver descends down a line with the use of a fin or fins and neck weighs or weight belt and comes back up with the same amount of weight as they went down with.
Constant Weight No Fins or CNF is the same as above but without the use of fins.
Variable weight or VWT is where the diver descends with the aid of a ballast sled or more weight, ditches the weight and then swims back up with the use of a fin
Free immersion or FIM is when the diver descends by pulling down a line and then pulls him/herself back up. They cant have a fin on.
No limits or NLT the diver descends with the aid of a ballast sled and ascends usually using some sort of inflatable device.
Pool Disciplines:
Dynamic with fin or DYN is when the diver swims a number of lengths underwater in a pool with the use of a fin or fins.
Dynamic No Fins or DNF same as above but with-out the use of fins
Statics or STA is where the diver floats face down on the surface while holding his or her breath
Cheers Sam
Thanks Sam