DRY TRAINING for FREEDIVING | How To Simulate a 30m Dive

[@gertleroy]

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[@OWSD-FreeDiving]

Dear friend, you doing a very USEFUL things for the people! I hope they understand that! Best Regards

[@gertleroy]

Thank you very much

[@sphericalme1]

This is awesome. I just tried it on a work out trampoline and it’s great. It feels very similar to a 30 meter dive. The burn in the legs is the same I would say. Great tip!

[@gertleroy]

haha great!

[@samudraaryawan3255]

Thank you very much, all your vidoe can up grade my skil… Greetings from Indonesia 🙏🇮🇩

[@gertleroy]

Welcome 🙏🙏

[@renkic]

Great content. I do this exercise on hill. I walk uphill first 10 sec, then downhill 10, wait 10 sec and repeat..It's also good training for spearfishing, you just wait as long as you are able.. Thanks!

[@gertleroy]

Great tip! as a spearfisherman you could add searching or waiting for something during the static apnea phase 🤞

[@SpearoWannabe]

Thanks for sharing Master. Peace in every breathe!😁👌👌

[@gertleroy]

Peace 🙏

[@leeedgy4736]

Awesome i cant wait to try this! I appreciate all your advice and training methods 👍🏼

[@gertleroy]

thanks Lee 🙏🙏

[@stephanedolais623]

Very interesting. Thank you very much ❤

[@gertleroy]

You are very welcome

[@MeettheMaker]

Thanks for all the great content!! Sadly, dry training is the only thing available at the moment, I really appreciate the exercise.

[@gertleroy]

Thanks Jan! Better times will come stay strong 💪💪💪

[@PabloSz1970]

Perfect movie, thank you 😊😊😊

[@gertleroy]

haha thanks

[@tritongail]

Awesome - will try this.

[@gertleroy]

All the Best 🙏

[@Nytro2277]

Excellent Gert Leroy thank you very much

[@gertleroy]

Welcome 🙏🙏 let us know how was the apnea walk!

[@OWSD-FreeDiving]

useful ❤ Phaha, today I was divе into 17 meters by walking through my office :) by holding my breath! Going to the bottom and back on the surface, nonstop energy spend :D Yeah, there is no 4 bar pressure but is hard! Gert, I think that we are from the same breed 🤣

[@gertleroy]

when free falling you can sit on your desk chair. Then turn (spin on your chair) and get up. Simple 👏😂

[@OWSD-FreeDiving]

@@gertleroy 😁

[@Jcauto-t4r]

Awesome vids, you became my free diving KZbin teacher ! Thanks for this vid, I will use this technique.

[@gertleroy]

Thanks. It's a way to visualize the different stages of a deep dive while physically mimicking it as well ✌️

[@Jcauto-t4r]

@@gertleroy indeed, I’m more of a free diver spear fishing type of guy but your techniques will definitely help me out, what I’m doing now is holding my breath in the pool for 1:15 min then slowly transitioning still holding me breath to dynamic apnea and I do swim underwater all around the pool ( I would say another 20 meters ) and repeat .. my max holding breath with 2-3 contractions is 3:15 min .. as long as I keep it above 3 minutes I can spear fish in -70 -80 feet .. the ideal would be -65 feet .. I want to feel comfortable.. thanks

[@gertleroy]

@@Jcauto-t4r 🙏

[@rodrod8819]

Excelent excercise!!!

[@gertleroy]

Thanks Rod 🙏

[@arhmetwally]

Really helpful, I love it.

[@gertleroy]

Thanks man 🙏

[@truthseeker471]

Thanks ..good information again

[@gertleroy]

Thanks man 🙏

[@radekzdonczyk4191]

Nice one! Thx for the video.

[@gertleroy]

💪💪

[@mohamedzakaria9487]

That's awesome 👏

[@gertleroy]

thanks !

[@ommarelo]

excellent thanks for sharing 👍💖

[@gertleroy]

✌️💪🙏 Welcome

[@pims.8728]

This is good !!!!

[@gertleroy]

Glad you like it. Did you try the apnea walk?

[@KrXzy_editx]

A very cool man and cool video

[@gertleroy]

Thanks Kamdem 🙏💪

[@riyadissa9822]

Hi man, nice video, but did you mentioned the safety measures?? Like avoid walking near glass, near streets, so in case of bo, falling will not be so harmful, even walking on sand it shouldn't be done alone, so we can avoid our face getting down in water in case we loose our conscious

[@gertleroy]

always good to mention safety measures! thanks Riyad 🙏

[@odoacredacalcutta5085]

a way to do this may be walking with some weight the first 10 metres, than drop half of it at 20, and the remaining at 30. and then while going back picking them up again. problem with this kind of training is that you can't really practice equalization, which, for me, is the hardest part, in term of energy consuming.

[@gertleroy]

nice add! true about the EQ, but also not true! EQ is not just about the technique. EQ is about everything. Feeling confident, dealing with CO2 etc. This simulation WILL HELP YOU for EQ as well, in an indirect way.

[@CurrentlyFishing]

Even at 12m you can start to go down without swimming, it's amazing. I weight 80kg, with a 4mm wetsuit and 5kg of leads

[@gertleroy]

aimbto be neutrally buoyant at 10m. that's means at 12m you will go down but just very slow.

[@CurrentlyFishing]

@@gertleroy Yeah, that's true, from 12-20 meter, not moving at all, takes me around 10 secs

[@gertleroy]

@@CurrentlyFishing it depends on your momentum. Thats why deep freedivers sometimes give an extra push right before the freefall to initiate a good momentum, even with less weight.

[@CurrentlyFishing]

@@gertleroy btw everything that was said in this video I've been implementing. I get a lot good stuff from your vids, thank you so much!

[@gertleroy]

@@CurrentlyFishing you're welcome !

[@prehistoricwandering]

Thank you

[@gertleroy]

Welcome 🙏💪

[@jasonsampsell4696]

Great videos, I have been following for a while. Besides training specifically for freediving, do you do other exercises that you find beneficial for freediving, an example jogging, biking working on cardio and such? I appreciate all your tips and techniques, keeping it interesting, thank you!

[@gertleroy]

Thanks Jason 🙏. I do gym work to keep my muscle and swimming for cardio. I would advise everyone to do some kind of cardio because it's simply food for everyone not only freedivers, and gym just to look good 😁 cheers 🙏

[@ДмитрийМаловичко-ы2х]

Master ))

[@gertleroy]

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[@cevisuals]

Great explanation on how to mimic an 30m dive as I don't have a training partner and have been limited to cardio hill walking and doing statics. Having said that, do you have any sort of dry land training tips to mimic the increased pressures at depth? I'm not comfortable with even doing negative pressure dives at the local pool by myself as the lifeguards feel uneasy with any sort of breath hold/not moving training in the local pools in my city. Any recommendations on this?

[@gertleroy]

advanced freedivers do empty lung statics on dry land. you can try that but go easy. start with exhaling first a little bit. then on the next breathhold exhale a little more. that's how you mimic pressure at depth. but be aware it's mentally never the same as actual diving. Anxiety of going deep you can't mimic.

[@MrEtiennesyd]

question ; all my life l heard that breath holding out of the water for training purposes was voiding the results because of various reasons , what is your take on this ? ps; great training exercise ,can t wait to try it ;)

[@gertleroy]

thank you ! the discussion is (as always) a bit more complicated than just a simple statement. First of all the distinction in training methods (with certain results) is not in the fact whether this is done in or out of the water. The main determining factor is whether you move or not. STATIC apnea (in or out) of the water is like a discipline on itself, and yes you could say it doesnt really have much leverage towards diving performance. But than again that is very much debatable, because any kind of breathholding training can help you becoming a better freediver, even if it was just to create more confidence. The best training methods for freediving however are the breathholds during which you move, cause when you move you burn energy just like in a dive. Therefore dynamic apnea in a pool is a good training for deep diving. Also apnea walks when you don't have a pool available. As long as you move :-)

[@afshinz.k4518]

Gert, lungs will be 33% smaller at 20m. However, I still have the same amount of air in lungs comming from surface. Then why its so hard holding breath under water? Is it beacuase of generated co2?

[@gertleroy]

At 20m there is 3 bar. So your lungs are 33% of their original size, which means 66% smaller. When you ascend, the lungs expand again and when reaching the surface they go back to their original size. It is harder for you to hold breath underwater because you are not relaxed. Learn proper technique and relaxing techniques. Peace 🙏

[@floridaspringhoppers.7354]

You think if I can do this exercise on a negative breath hold you think I could dive 30m in water?

[@gertleroy]

There is no such thing as a negative breathhold. And no, this exercise is a simulation to visualize the different steps, but nothing compares to a dive itself. Equalization is almost always the limiting factor. ✌️

[@floridaspringhoppers.7354]

@@gertleroy oh okay. Yeah I did this exercise on a complete exhale. Yeah it’s weird sometimes I can equalize past 40 and other times I can’t.

[@1mulekicker]

My first ocean (scuba) dive was 36 meters, a shipwreck called Thunderbolt in Marathon Fl. 1986. Yesterday I did a little research and learned a spear fisher/free diver from making too many dives so close together. Is there safe number of consecutive dives or a recommended number for different depths?

[@gertleroy]

for freediving you can do as many shallow dives as you want. when you get tired you stop. no problem. but when you start doing competitive freediving let's say deeper than 50m you have to limit the number of dives. an experienced diver could do 2x50m but anything deeper it's best done only once per session. (your body won't allow you anyway to repeat those dives)

[@1mulekicker]

@@gertleroy Thank you.

[@gertleroy]

@@1mulekicker 🙏

[@marcusstuff5256]

I have a question how come on land I can hold my breath for over 2 minutes but when I go under 12 feet of water it feels like I'm under for like 30 seconds am I under for longer or am I not doing something right

[@gertleroy]

hopefully today ir not tomorrow i will upload a video with an answer to your question. stay tuned !

[@marcusstuff5256]

Gert Leroy - Master Freediving ok thank you so much

[@kanaka108]

Yes but what about the pressure? How to simulate this. And what about the conpensation also?

[@gertleroy]

This exercise is a way to train your mind and go through the whole process of the dive. Obviously it's not a dive itself. For a 30m dive the pressure is a mental thing. You don't need to adapt physically. People think you have, but that ain't true. It's all about thr mind. If you are relax and confident, you won't feel any pressure. Focus on the skill of relaxation. For compensation there are certain ways to train it dry. I might make a video about that some day. The goal of this video is a mental walk through a 30m dive. Cheers

[@rodrod8819]

Hi gert. How about dry frc static tables?

[@gertleroy]

FRC breathholding tables are considered o2 training. Beginners to intermediate need Co2 training, not so much o2 training + I would not recommend FRC breathholding to beginners. Just keep things simple: full lungs and focus on relaxation. That will yield way more result then anything else.

[@ligapersada4793]

Yoo what's that mask in thumbnail looks so cool ?

[@gertleroy]

can't remember the brand it's on old one. search "freediving masks" on goofle

[@ligapersada4793]

@@gertleroy it looks like omer zero 3 , but I think it’s the copy or smth, still looking for it ,thanks

[@dc41]

Remember to simulate every two steps how difficult it is to equalise the pressure :P

[@gertleroy]

should have pinched the nose while walking! sorry about that 😉

[@dc41]

...and push like a woman in labour. Maybe it will be good to crawl first 10m to simulate buoyancy too... but be sure no body sees you :)

[@gertleroy]

@@dc41 😯 if your 30m simulation is that hard for you maybe you're not ready for it! start with less. the idea is not to suffer, but find peace! 🙏

[@dc41]

I don't mean that seriously but as you know many people have equalizing problems as I had to. I think it is the main problem to reach 30m for beginners. I know what you mean. I've grown up to this. Real freediving starts when you don't need to think about anything. When you've felt this peace once then you want more and more. Scuba diving didn't touch me so much. Peace :)

[@gertleroy]

@@dc41 peace 🙏

[@missakhaladjian]

My dream is to go 10 meters. My PB now is 5.2 meters

[@gertleroy]

make your dream to dive comfortable and enjoyable. don't make it about numbers. peace !

[@missakhaladjian]

@@gertleroy You are absolutely right. Thank you for the advice, will make this a mantra. Peace

[@gertleroy]

@@missakhaladjian

[@samudraaryawan3255]

Thank you very much, all your vidoe can up grade my skil… Greetings from Indonesia 🙏🇮🇩

[@gertleroy]

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