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    Freediving Manual: Learn How to Freedive 100 Feet on a Single Breath
    Freediving Manual: Learn How to Freedive 100 Feet on a Single Breath
    Freediving Manual: Learn How to Freedive 100 Feet on a Single Breath
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    Freediving Manual: Learn How to Freedive 100 Feet on a Single Breath

    By Mike McGuire

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    Freediving is one of the fastest growing water sports.

    Not only is it easy to learn to freedive, you can dive all over the world. No matter where you go, you can always find a place to practice your freediving training. While you used to have to take weeks and weeks of classes to learn to freedive properly, you can now learn how to hold your breath, diaphragmatic breathing, and the very best freediving techniques, in this one, fun to read, easy to understand book.

    What will you learn in this book?
    * What freediving is..
    * How to avoid ear pressure when freediving?
    * How to keep safe during the exercises?
    * Different types of diving
    * How you can start diving almost immediately!
    * What kind of freediving gear or freediving fins to purchase.
    * Where the best diving locations can be found.
    * How to deal with the fear and anxiety you might encounter?
    * How to train for Freediving?
    * Breath holding and breathing techniques. Tips for holding breath longer underwater!
    * Safety and preparedness. What a diving budy should do in an emergency?
    * And so much more..!

    While a class may seem like the best way to get into the freediving craze, in reality, you can learn everything you need to know from this book. It will teach you all about the different techniques, where to look for great freediving water, and even outline the best safety procedures. Like any sport that involves water, diving without scuba gear can be dangerous, but when you have the right gear and the right training, it is also the best way to see the beauty that the ocean holds.

    The main tenant of freediving is breath holding. In order to access to lower depths, you must train your body to hold its breath for longer and longer stretches of time. This does not come naturally to the human body, and to be able to hold your breath for more than a minute takes training and constant maintenance. This book will teach how to hone your body and your mind for this intense experience.

    Whether you are a novice looking to start this great sport, or an experienced freediver looking for a refresher on safety, techniques, and gear, there is no better book. Look no further for the very best in breathing techniques, freediving strategies, and safety tips. This sport is fun for all those who are willing to put the time and energy into learning the right methods and training their bodies.

    If you are ready to start learning an exciting new sport of freediving, grab your copy today!

    Check Out What Others Are Saying...

    "This is by far the most well rounded freediving book I've ever read. I practiced for many years and then took some time off. I was realy looking for a refresher course prior to a long overdue abalone dive. I really thought I knew it all from having so many years under my belt; I was wrong. I didn't know how much I still had to learn. I practiced the excercises in the book for about a week before my dive. I was nearly where I left off from my last dive years prior and within a month I plan to be on my A-game.
    Thanks to the author for providing such a detailed guide, it's opened up a whole new perspective on the sport that I grew up with! "
    - GrumpysGifts (USA)

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMike McGuire
    Release dateJun 19, 2016
    ISBN9781533771490
    Freediving Manual: Learn How to Freedive 100 Feet on a Single Breath
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    Mike McGuire

    Mike McGuire A.K.A. The Map Man The Map Store in Dublin, Ohio owned and managed by Mike McGuire for eleven years was a leading travel book & map retailer with over 10,000 different maps, charts and topographical maps; you just name it and they had a map for it. The Map Store carried an extensive selection of travel books & guides, world globes, all types of atlases, and just about anything that had to do with geography, from software to GPS to toys to placemats. However, the “lack of geography knowledge”, “geographic ignorance” and just plan apathy among young students for geography was prevalent every day, which lead to the publishing of this 1001 U.S. Geography Trivia and Fact Q & A book. Mike McGuire donated 50, 16” Replogle Edinburgh Globes to every high school, parochial school, career center and private school in Franklin County, Ohio the Columbus, Ohio area for the benefit of teaching geography.

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      Freediving Manual - Mike McGuire

      Chapter 1 – What is Freediving?

      Freediving is about silence...the silence that comes from within... – Jacques Mayol

      The simplest explanation for freediving is that it involves holding your breath while immersed in water. Whether you are simply playing with the fish, trying to descend to depths over 200 meters, reach a particular length of time or cover a certain distance, you are involved in freediving.

      Of course, there is much more to freediving than that.

      The Origins of Freediving

      Freediving dates back to the beginnings of man as is shown in cave paintings and in archaeological findings. As early as 7,000 years ago, primitive man used freediving techniques to harvest clams from the sea bed and around 3,500 years ago pearls were collected for jewelry. Freediving for food and the items to trade such as sponges and shells has been part of life in many cultures around the world since then. Freedivers were even employed in ancient warfare to scout for underwater obstacles that would otherwise sink a vessel, to perform acts of sabotage or to retrieve anything that could be salvaged from shipwrecks.

      Even in the modern day, many ports of call see the efforts of children who freedive for coins thrown from the decks of passenger ships and in remote locations, people fish and gather like they have for centuries. They begin as young children and develop the physical abilities to hold their breath and achieve significant depths and time of submersion.

      Freediving as a Competitive Sport

      The first freedive that was actually recorded occurred in water off of a Greek island where a ship had lost an anchor. An area sponge diver by the name of Haggi Statti was reputed to be the best diver around and was offered a reward to retrieve the anchor. After numerous attempts, Statti was successful and found the anchor at a depth of 88 meters. Using a heavy stone to descend, Statti located and was able to salvage the anchor with breath holds lasting roughly 3 minutes.

      Using the same technique of weighting himself with a heavy rock, Raimondo Bucher wagered in 1949 that he could reach a depth of 30 meters (about 100 feet) on a single breath hold. He won the bet and began the modern sport of freediving.

      During the decades of the 1950s and 1960s, competitive freediving grew rapidly with participants from all around the world. The techniques for preparation and breath holding were revolutionized first with the use of yoga and meditation practices then modern scientific analysis. The pioneers of the sport of freediving enjoyed competition for over 20 years, still diving well into their 50s. The 1988 film The Big Blue presented a fictionalized version of the story of two of these men, Enzo Maiorca and Jacques Mayol and created a new enthusiasm for the sport.

      During the 1980s and 1990s, two new men took up the competition to be the best and reached unheard of depths of 130 meters and more. Because of the style of Umberto Pelizzari and Pipin Ferreras, a new discipline in the sport of freediving was created – the No Limit category.

      Official Recognition of Records

      Until safety and medical concerns forced the group to withdraw around 1970, the scuba diving organization CMAS kept early freediving activity records. Competitors did not stop trying to reach new depths and lengths of time but many achievements cannot be considered because there were no uniform guidelines. To make matters worse, several serious accidents hindered the growth of freediving.

      To restore a consistent competitive atmosphere and offer clinics for instruction and the spread of the sport, AIDA (the Association Internationale pour le Développement de l’Apnée) was created in 1992. In spite of the efforts of other organizations, AIDA has become the leading group involved with the development and oversight of the sport. World-wide competitions were sanctioned starting in 1996 and continue today with AIDA unifying freediving within a membership of more than 65 different countries.

      Freediving For Fun

      Everyone that participates in freediving certainly does so for the fun and enjoyment of the sport but aside from competitive diving, many people rely on their freediving experiences for relaxation and pure pleasure. Some enthusiasts claim an almost metaphysical transformation as a result of the practice of breath control and relaxation for better diving times and the immersion in the undersea world of natural color and beauty.

      There is a wealth of literature relating the immersion of a

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