People often ask me what is the best way to improve their ability to equalize and feel more comfortable at depth. My answer is always the same: Practice your stretching! And in particular, peak inhalation stretches and negative diaphragm stretches-the same ones you learned in class if you've taken a PFI course. As most freedivers will discover when they get deep enough, it is not breath-hold ability that limits how deep you can dive. It's the simple fact that at a certain depth, because the increased water pressure has decreased the volume of air in your lungs, you lose the [...]The post Training Tip of the Month-Stretching to Equalize appeared first on Performance Freediving International.
