I can honestly say that I focused on my increased breathhold time from the initial improvement (which is a big jump), but from the moment I experienced relaxation (as a skill put to practice) I stopped going for max breathholds and have instead focused on improving my ability to relax. This skill has translated over to other aspects of my life already so mahalo for helping me to recognize what's really important and why I should train for freediving.
From my experience as a beginner, the biggest lesson was learning how to stay calm and relaxed underwater. It takes more time than others, but once you can relax, it is very peaceful and an amazing feeling to be deep underwater. It really is a meditation thing.
I have chronic anxiety and have a very hard time getting my thoughts to calm down, the water has always been the one place my mind actually cools down, it is the only place I get to enjoy silence, free from stress and intrusive thoughts. I discovered free diving a year ago and have become extremely interested in it.. I enjoy the community and the spiritual nature of this sport. I just want to Thank you for your instructional videos as they have helped me improve my understanding and practice correctly..
HI, I'M FROM BRAZIL, I'M REALLY ENJOYING YOUR VIDEO. AND I WANT TO THANK YOU. YOU CERTAINLY HELP MANY PEOPLE. I'M 52 YEARS OLD, AND I LOVE THE SEA. I HAVE ASTHMA. BUT I LEARN MORE EVERY DAY TO TAKE SMALL DIPS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH...
Gert, 52 yaşında bir öğretmenim, serbest dalışa merak sardım. Videolarını Türkçe altyazılı izliyorum. Bu konuda senden çok şey öğrendim. Harikasın. Çok teşekkür ederim. Sağlıklı kal.
most topics described in this video are for freediving, but the general idea of finding peace underwater (relaxation) applies to the pool as well off course. Always be with a buddy, take a deep final breath, relax all muscles, basically don't be tense. Cheers
So true. When I try and hold my breath underwater I struggle but when I'm down there not thinking about depth or time and just enjoying the surrounds then I stay down a lot longer....Oh and the glasses suit you.
Great advice there buddy, I have a couple mates that are way too far in a rush when I go diving with them, they cannot believe I can go deeper than them and stay down longer than them too. It's not because they cant do the same as me, its because there in such a rush and not relaxing and just enjoying the experience. Even when I explained why there dives are bad, there still in that rush mentality. It worries me as one wants to do scuba now, thinking he can stay down longer ect, but I can see him rushing that too. A recipe for disaster. I have a saying "rush and tear, you get no where"
especially in freediving. we all wanna be someone, and for some reason we think we are more worth as we dive deeper. foolish and only the ego talking. freediving takes time! peace 🙏
Thank you so much for all the tips mate, I'm always learning with all your videos. Keep it up, keep creating and see you on your next video! :) By the way, I love the glasses Prof. Freediver haha
Yet one more great video, thanks, being someone who had read the power of now & live it, & also a newbie to free diving, I will say, that book I find, is invaluable to free diving. Thanks again, Bill
Great video ! It caught my attention at the very start. Indeed i could hold my breath for 5min and only like 40s in ocean and even in the pool with DYN. Problem is I was getting an urge for O2 even before contractions started. So I listened to one of your advises “train with apnea in the pool but MOVE!”, also did walking apneas (following your videos) and Apnea squats (any thought on squats?) and worked on my relaxation while kicking the fins. Now I can do DYN 2min with around 80meters. But I still havent check in the Ocean hehe 😱. But at least now I can feel contractions and keep swimming. Thanks for your videos! Great glasses 😜🤓
Great! Awesome work 👍👍. Apnea squats aren't necessary. It k ow it looks cool and maybe for that reason it's fun to do but unless you're going for a world record I think there are better ways to train like you're already doing. Wanna train your legs? Do squats. With breathing 😉. Wanna train breathhold under water? Train apnea walks, dynamic, technique, relaxation etc. Cheers ✌️
Can you make a video about how to get into freediving, or train freediving, when you are living in a country without a sea, or when you live far away from it? That would be great! Greetings from Germany
I'm not sure if that requires a dedicated video on that subject.. Basically if you wanna freedive regularly you have to travel to a freediving destination. Unless you live close to a pool like sieburg in Germany. In Belgium we have Nemo33
Of course, I thought maybe there are ways to prepare for when you go to open waters, but in a normal pool, so people can start practicing in their hometown.
@@gertleroy How deep do you dive? I’m asking because I know that people who have had corrective eye surgery temporarily go blind when they get up too high on Everest (Beckworth, i think, was his name). I’m just wondering if depths will cause an issue. Probably not! But might be worth pondering about how to stay cool if it does. 🤿
Equalize mask: Sir i would like to ask about equalize mask, you said breath little through nose, but when i breath it makes my mask foggy and things are blurred. How can i overcome this situation? Many thanks
Re. tip 5 - correct weighting, you said the weights are to counteract the buoyancy of your wetsuit. Does that mean you don't need weights when freediving/fundiving in boardshorts? And do you reccommend wearing boardshorts if the water temperature is warm enough, or would they just cause unnecessary drag?
I warm waters for fundiving I wear shorts and Lycra to protect from the sun. Wetsuits are usually used for more serious (deep) diving or colder waters. Without a wetsuit depending on your body composition you might still use half a kilo maybe a kilo depends how deep you dive
@@j.gmusic6197 every video on my channel is basically a part of a course ✌️A course is not something that is written out. It's merely a guideline to teach a student. If you watch all my videos you'll probably know all there is being said in a beginner course
I live in Florida & I'm planning a spring visit soon for kayaking. I want to practice the duck dive, I don't plan on going down deep, just a few feet, as I haven't done freediving before. I don't have a wetsuit and I'll be in freshwater, would I need weights?
i want spearfishing in the morning,,, but i dont have a nice speargun,,, because im a poor fisher men,, i dont have any fenancial, to buy,,, hope u help me,,, im your #1 fun,,, idol lerroy,, god bless,,
Is it advisable to just watch RUclips videos such as this one and have some help with free diver friends without actually enrolling to freedive classes?
usually your freediver friends are not experienced enough to guide you through your first steps of freediving, especially of the safety aspects. so it is always advised to enroll in a course
Hey buddy! You probably don't remember me, but I was the guy who just started free diving with chronic sinus issues and had a major blow out causing me to bleed for a week. I wanted to say that after watching your videos I have been able to slowly begin to get back into it and last week was able to get down to 20 feet no issues! In 3 weeks we are suppose to go down to the Florida keys and if love to be able to hold my breath longer than, like you mentioned 30 seconds 😂. Really quick. You may already have a video, but we do a lot of spring diving here in Florida where the water is 72 and the air temp is in the 90s. We don't have expensive gear, out snorkel mask are only like $30 bucks on Amazon. We have tried the tooth paste and anti fog spray, but dealing with such extreme temperature changes it fogs right back up. Is it just because it's a cheap mask? Do you have any recommendations? Thanks for your time sir and thanks for getting me back on my feet and underwater
Hey mate, if it is tempered glass Lens you can try burning the plastic film off the lens. This usually stops the fogging up. Plenty of RUclips videos on how to do it. However if it is not tempered glass and just a plastic lens don't burn it. I Also have some issues with my sinuses when I am diving. Do you have any tips for helping them out?
@@cameronbeddoe I'm definitely not the guy to ask, I'm a complete noobie, but one thing that I tried, and mind you I have a very bed deviated septum, so bad a covid swab wouldn't fit. I used a nasal spray like afran or flow nase, to open them up. Then I almost exercised them like stretching. I would go down and start equalizing right away but GENTLY pinching my nose and popping my ears every so often. When I felt the pressure, I would hang out there for a second then come back up. I would do this a few times until my sinuses said NO MORE. Last time I tried to push it and I literally ruptured my sinus.
No. No packing. Beginners should NEVER use packing for various reasons but basically because they dont need it for the depths they're going. Even advanced freedivers dont always use packing. Please watch the replay of my live stream HOW TO TAKE A BIG BREATH where I add a 4th part but that's not packing. It's merely an extra sip of air taking in.
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I can honestly say that I focused on my increased breathhold time from the initial improvement (which is a big jump), but from the moment I experienced relaxation (as a skill put to practice) I stopped going for max breathholds and have instead focused on improving my ability to relax. This skill has translated over to other aspects of my life already so mahalo for helping me to recognize what's really important and why I should train for freediving.
Amen brother! you have seen the light 🙏 thanks for sharing
From my experience as a beginner, the biggest lesson was learning how to stay calm and relaxed underwater. It takes more time than others, but once you can relax, it is very peaceful and an amazing feeling to be deep underwater. It really is a meditation thing.
exactly 🙏
I am enjoying your channel so much. Thank you for your guidance and sincere advice!
welcome 🫰
I love the glasses, it makes you look like a freediving professor :D
Haha Thanks. We'll that's who I am right do maybe I should keep them 😉
@@gertleroy praying for your healthy eyes, much love from the Philippines :)
@@tripnigrey salamat !
I have chronic anxiety and have a very hard time getting my thoughts to calm down, the water has always been the one place my mind actually cools down, it is the only place I get to enjoy silence, free from stress and intrusive thoughts. I discovered free diving a year ago and have become extremely interested in it.. I enjoy the community and the spiritual nature of this sport. I just want to Thank you for your instructional videos as they have helped me improve my understanding and practice correctly..
Thank you and wishing you all the best 🙏
I have anxiety too and am hoping that freediving will help me find me peace like you have ❤️
Thank you so much Gert, this has changed the way I freedive.
Happy to help!
HI, I'M FROM BRAZIL, I'M REALLY ENJOYING YOUR VIDEO. AND I WANT TO THANK YOU. YOU CERTAINLY HELP MANY PEOPLE.
I'M 52 YEARS OLD, AND I LOVE THE SEA. I HAVE ASTHMA. BUT I LEARN MORE EVERY DAY TO TAKE SMALL DIPS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH...
you're welcome. glad to see her poeple from Brazil. Abraço 🇧🇷
Part gradually progress is really calming me... Talking about ignore the number and focus on relax and slowly progress❤... Tq sifu Gert Leroy 🔥👍🏻
that's it. enjoy the process 🙏🙏
Gert, 52 yaşında bir öğretmenim, serbest dalışa merak sardım. Videolarını Türkçe altyazılı izliyorum. Bu konuda senden çok şey öğrendim. Harikasın. Çok teşekkür ederim. Sağlıklı kal.
all the best Kazim 🙏
such a great video!!
Glad you liked it!!
Thanks i just wanted to beat my friends in a breath hold contest in the swimming pool today. lol
most topics described in this video are for freediving, but the general idea of finding peace underwater (relaxation) applies to the pool as well off course. Always be with a buddy, take a deep final breath, relax all muscles, basically don't be tense. Cheers
Thanks I have got the relaxing almost a to a T
You're welcome 😊
So true. When I try and hold my breath underwater I struggle but when I'm down there not thinking about depth or time and just enjoying the surrounds then I stay down a lot longer....Oh and the glasses suit you.
haha thanks. yeah freediving is all about letting go of numbers
Thank you so much this video really helped me keep up the good work 👍👍
Welcome! ✌️✌️
I love you man !!
love you too ❤️
Very systematic perfect explanation 👌 👍👍🙏
Thanks 👍
Great advice there buddy, I have a couple mates that are way too far in a rush when I go diving with them, they cannot believe I can go deeper than them and stay down longer than them too. It's not because they cant do the same as me, its because there in such a rush and not relaxing and just enjoying the experience. Even when I explained why there dives are bad, there still in that rush mentality. It worries me as one wants to do scuba now, thinking he can stay down longer ect, but I can see him rushing that too. A recipe for disaster. I have a saying "rush and tear, you get no where"
especially in freediving. we all wanna be someone, and for some reason we think we are more worth as we dive deeper. foolish and only the ego talking. freediving takes time! peace 🙏
Thank you so much for all the tips mate, I'm always learning with all your videos. Keep it up, keep creating and see you on your next video! :) By the way, I love the glasses Prof. Freediver haha
You're welcome. Glad you like my videos. By the end of the month I'll have my eyes lasered so no more glasses! 🤓
So informative! Thank you
thanks ! ✌✌
Wish you the best and safe laser surgery and we will miss you during that time
Best wishes gert
Thanks! I wont be out for long I guess.
@@gertleroy great 👍🏻
Omg thanks for the tips
Any time
I love the banana hat!
yeah me too haha
Glasses look great mate!
haha thanks 🙏
THANK YOU!!!!!
welcome !!
Yet one more great video, thanks, being someone who had read the power of now & live it, & also a newbie to free diving, I will say, that book I find, is invaluable to free diving.
Thanks again, Bill
indeed powerful book !
The glasses are OK but the banana hat can go...Riiiiiccola!
noted! 😎
Thank you for the valuable information, good luck with your eye surgery!
thanks !
What's that mask you were wearing on your thumbnail? Great points! Very helpful thanks
salvimar incredible mask
the glasses made you look more sophisticated
haha i'll remember that
Great video ! It caught my attention at the very start. Indeed i could hold my breath for 5min and only like 40s in ocean and even in the pool with DYN. Problem is I was getting an urge for O2 even before contractions started. So I listened to one of your advises “train with apnea in the pool but MOVE!”, also did walking apneas (following your videos) and Apnea squats (any thought on squats?) and worked on my relaxation while kicking the fins. Now I can do DYN 2min with around 80meters. But I still havent check in the Ocean hehe 😱. But at least now I can feel contractions and keep swimming. Thanks for your videos! Great glasses 😜🤓
Great! Awesome work 👍👍. Apnea squats aren't necessary. It k ow it looks cool and maybe for that reason it's fun to do but unless you're going for a world record I think there are better ways to train like you're already doing. Wanna train your legs? Do squats. With breathing 😉. Wanna train breathhold under water? Train apnea walks, dynamic, technique, relaxation etc. Cheers ✌️
@@gertleroy thank you for feedback ! World record not in my mind at the moment haha. Thanks again, all the best !
@@freedivefreemind 🙏
Can you make a video about how to get into freediving, or train freediving, when you are living in a country without a sea, or when you live far away from it?
That would be great!
Greetings from Germany
I'm not sure if that requires a dedicated video on that subject.. Basically if you wanna freedive regularly you have to travel to a freediving destination. Unless you live close to a pool like sieburg in Germany. In Belgium we have Nemo33
Of course, I thought maybe there are ways to prepare for when you go to open waters, but in a normal pool, so people can start practicing in their hometown.
@@fabioallegro8168 please watch my playlist WITH ME where you can follow along breathholding exercises with me
Salamat
welcome 🙏
From Philippines General Santos City..
salamat for passing by !
@@gertleroy yesyes master
It always been the opposite for me, shorter above and longer underwater.
I've always felt more relaxed in the water than above.
a natural fish 😉✌️
this is so helpfull
thank you !
@@gertleroy Keep making the videos there great I am struggling at RUclips now and I am trying to get a shoutout could you give me one
@@_collin5295 shout-outs without any particular reason do t work. You have to study what works on youtube. All the best.
K thanks anyway
How did your lasik go? Totally changed my life. Glasses are a good look too.
went very well. I'm all happy with it
@@gertleroy How deep do you dive? I’m asking because I know that people who have had corrective eye surgery temporarily go blind when they get up too high on Everest (Beckworth, i think, was his name). I’m just wondering if depths will cause an issue. Probably not! But might be worth pondering about how to stay cool if it does. 🤿
@@CindyNorman since the surgery I've 50m. no issues 🙏
@@gertleroy wow!
Equalize mask: Sir i would like to ask about equalize mask, you said breath little through nose, but when i breath it makes my mask foggy and things are blurred. How can i overcome this situation? Many thanks
Re. tip 5 - correct weighting, you said the weights are to counteract the buoyancy of your wetsuit. Does that mean you don't need weights when freediving/fundiving in boardshorts? And do you reccommend wearing boardshorts if the water temperature is warm enough, or would they just cause unnecessary drag?
I warm waters for fundiving I wear shorts and Lycra to protect from the sun. Wetsuits are usually used for more serious (deep) diving or colder waters. Without a wetsuit depending on your body composition you might still use half a kilo maybe a kilo depends how deep you dive
@@gertleroy I see, thank you!
@@edwardtye4119 🙏
You should use such nice glasses even when freediving 🤓
in fact tomorrow i'm going to nemo 33 in brussels! should i dare use them in the water?
Please record a whole course of free diving in one video
Or in parts
I think I just did 😁✌️
@@j.gmusic6197 every video on my channel is basically a part of a course ✌️A course is not something that is written out. It's merely a guideline to teach a student. If you watch all my videos you'll probably know all there is being said in a beginner course
Tip 12 is the most important though
absolutely ! take it easy 🙏
On the real! And we’re also doing this because freediving is a natural behavior for a human being
@@notoffendedbahdub we have a mammalian dive reflex, it just needs to be trained!
I live in Florida & I'm planning a spring visit soon for kayaking. I want to practice the duck dive, I don't plan on going down deep, just a few feet, as I haven't done freediving before. I don't have a wetsuit and I'll be in freshwater, would I need weights?
Watch my latest video 10 advanced snorkeling techniques 🙏
@@gertleroy wow, thank you sir! That video answered my question perfectly 👌😊
@@jessicarae07 🙏
How can u help me ..
What to do when Im diving my ear likely water enter through it.... my ear feel pain..
if you suspect your eardrum is perforated please go see a doctor.
how to hold your breath longer, while spearfishing,,,???
It's all about being comfortable so you can relax more. So train technique and mental techniques
thanks idol,,,
i want spearfishing in the morning,,, but i dont have a nice speargun,,, because im a poor fisher men,, i dont have any fenancial, to buy,,, hope u help me,,, im your #1 fun,,, idol lerroy,, god bless,,
if u dont have a extra money,,, its ok idol,,, ill follow u any video u upload,,, god bless again and always take care idol,,,,
Is it advisable to just watch RUclips videos such as this one and have some help with free diver friends without actually enrolling to freedive classes?
usually your freediver friends are not experienced enough to guide you through your first steps of freediving, especially of the safety aspects. so it is always advised to enroll in a course
Hey buddy! You probably don't remember me, but I was the guy who just started free diving with chronic sinus issues and had a major blow out causing me to bleed for a week. I wanted to say that after watching your videos I have been able to slowly begin to get back into it and last week was able to get down to 20 feet no issues! In 3 weeks we are suppose to go down to the Florida keys and if love to be able to hold my breath longer than, like you mentioned 30 seconds 😂.
Really quick. You may already have a video, but we do a lot of spring diving here in Florida where the water is 72 and the air temp is in the 90s. We don't have expensive gear, out snorkel mask are only like $30 bucks on Amazon. We have tried the tooth paste and anti fog spray, but dealing with such extreme temperature changes it fogs right back up. Is it just because it's a cheap mask? Do you have any recommendations? Thanks for your time sir and thanks for getting me back on my feet and underwater
Hey mate, if it is tempered glass Lens you can try burning the plastic film off the lens. This usually stops the fogging up. Plenty of RUclips videos on how to do it. However if it is not tempered glass and just a plastic lens don't burn it.
I Also have some issues with my sinuses when I am diving. Do you have any tips for helping them out?
@@cameronbeddoe I'm definitely not the guy to ask, I'm a complete noobie, but one thing that I tried, and mind you I have a very bed deviated septum, so bad a covid swab wouldn't fit. I used a nasal spray like afran or flow nase, to open them up. Then I almost exercised them like stretching. I would go down and start equalizing right away but GENTLY pinching my nose and popping my ears every so often. When I felt the pressure, I would hang out there for a second then come back up. I would do this a few times until my sinuses said NO MORE. Last time I tried to push it and I literally ruptured my sinus.
@@CTRadventures thanks for that. Unfortunate that you can't really dive any more.
@@cameronbeddoe slowly but surely. I just made it about 20 ft the other day. Slow progress is better than arrogance and stubbornness
@@cameronbeddoe is there a certain brand of model you recommend?
When you ever come to s. Florida I owe u a lobster trip. Don't forget
I'd love to one day
In my opinion it's swapped in the weather I can do it like 2min and on land like not even 1 min hahah
That's the other way around! 😁
thanks for everything .... is it possible that you insert the subtitles in Italian? thank you
Sorry man can't do that 😞
What about the 4 part breath. Belly, the middle muscles, chest and, packing
No. No packing. Beginners should NEVER use packing for various reasons but basically because they dont need it for the depths they're going. Even advanced freedivers dont always use packing. Please watch the replay of my live stream HOW TO TAKE A BIG BREATH where I add a 4th part but that's not packing. It's merely an extra sip of air taking in.
@@gertleroy ok thank you
@@esterasturdivant7956 welcome !
👏👏🥰🥰🧜♀️🧜♂️
🙏🙏
I couldnt care less about someones glasses friend.
hope you care about the rest of the vid though !
Please, don’t speak fast. Your video watching on English second language. Thank you
you can playback slower.
What mic do you use? Audio is amazing
Rode NTG