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How to Learn "Hands-Free" Equalization

Hands-free equalization technique, also called the VTO (voluntary tube opening) or BTV (béance tubaire volontaire), is not a necessary technique to master to become a good freediver, but let’s face it, it is a pretty damn cool one. If learning hands free has always been on your bucket list, then being on lockdown for COVID-19 may have created a great opportunity for you. With help from veteran F.I.I. instructor Peter Satit

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Proper Use of O2/CO2 Tolerance Tables

The purpose of a majority of our breathing exercises is to condition the respiratory muscles for better functionality in freediving. The goals of the CO2 and O2 tolerance tables are to increase the tolerance to and comfort with high levels of CO2 and low levels of O2 in our system, the very same conditions that we will be experiencing during our freedives.

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COVID-19 Tuesday Series - Becoming a Better Freediver

With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, many things have dramatically changed in our lives. Social distancing will be the norm for a while, and we all are trying to figure out how to go about our lives with these new challenges. For most of us, being locked at home is not the ideal way of spending time, but if this is how things are going to be, we may as well get the most out of it. In this series of blogs, we will share with you how

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