Deep Freediving Instruction
100% Natural... discover what freediving is truly about.
There are many reasons why freediving has been featured on Livestrong.com, fitness guru Brad Scott, Austin Fit Magazine, and many more have recommended freediving as one of the healthiest, most spiritual, stress free, ways to stay in shape and develope long slim muscles and good flexibility.
Freediving Fitness Training
The most fun and efficient way to stay in shape and get lean.- Good for men and women
and Dramatically Improve your breathing!
Here is a few words for the women by world class freediver -
Niki Stepanek discussing a few health benefits.
If you browse through all the top workout trends of 2010-2011, you will find a common thread: Interval Training. Whether spinning your way to smaller derriere or Tracy Anderson’ing your way to Paltrowesk thighs. They are all utilizing the rapid and effective results of Interval Training. What most don’t realize is that freediving is pure Interval Training. So, why don’t we consider our weekend freediving as serious IT? Because it didn’t feel like a workout, in fact, it was relaxing! Spinning and other interval training methods are classed as hard-core, sweat-till-you-drop; I want to die kind of workouts. I call these my ‘1 Hit Wonders’, in other words, I went hard, went home and never came back (although really wanted too). I salute all you women out there that love sweating in a tiny room with 30 others listening to thumping house music. You deserve those legs! I'll take the easy option.
Freediving is a girl’s best friend. It specifically targets key problem areas for women, plus it calms the mind, de-stresses the skin all the while growing us long, lean muscles. Freediving forces us to master the art of both mind and body control, something we all need to lead happy, balanced lives. The key to getting and maintaining a healthy body is finding a sport or activity that you love…and it’ helps if it doesn’t feel like a workout ;-) Freediving offers women an easy, complete workout that defines fun and your derriere - no soundtrack needed.
The Facts: by 13 time freediving world record holder Martin Stepanek
Now, lets clarify something, there’s no need to run 10 miles every day and look like a Calvin Klein underwear model – however, when you start regularly freediving you may just end up looking like one. Well, not exactly, but you sure will see some pounds shed off! Six packs, sure! They’re around.
How’s that? Well, freediving is an activity that takes place in water, and water is a much better conductor of heat than air, therefore draining the heat out of the freediver much quicker than it would be drained out during the same amount of time on land. Naturally, our body has to compensate for it by increasing our metabolic rate and by burning more calories.
When you go to the gym nowadays and tell your trainer that you want to loose a few pounds, or just quickly get in shape, unlike the good old days they don’t simply throw you on a treadmill for an hour everyday. The most effective modern fitness training schedules that are sweeping not only all health clubs, but also professional training centers and professional athletic facilities, are based on interval training sessions. Your trainer will more than likely put you on the treadmill, but only for couple of minutes and with a high incline, then he may give you a rest, but only for few minutes, then you’ll be back doing squats, and then after few minutes of break you might be off lifting light weights for several repetitions and so forth. These are high intensity work out’s designed to put your muscles into oxygen deficit and then followed up with short recovery times. This type of workout burns more calories and it can all be done in a fraction of the time than the old fashion cardio sessions lasted.
When we look at freediving, the body goes into various degrees of oxygen deficit on every single dive. These are usually separated by a short break to recover. Does this sound familiar? Let me remind you that this happens for a much longer time that you would spend in the gym and most certainly at lower temperatures, minus the impact and joint and muscle stress that usually comes with dry land workouts. I guess there is no surprise that the only activity known to man that burns more calories per hour than freediving is: fast axe chopping. So, unless you are lumberjack in the middle of the season, freediving might just be the easiest and most fun to lose some weight…Calvin Klein ad here you come!!
-Martin Stepanek
Static and Dynamic Apnea Training
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