Facts

Freediving is a unique sport that makes athletes rely on their own body, its physical and mental capabilities. The very idea of diving under water without special equipment challenges human nature, creatures seem to be born to walk on the earth seek to overcome their natural limitations and make what seemed impossible.

Freedom like never before

Using only your body gives you, among other things, unique freedom of movement under water – true freedom, not familiar to most people. You can feel like an integral part of the underwater world, and get closer to its inhabitants – as close as possible. In full gear for scuba diving, releasing air bubbles, you can scare away many animals, which will not happen during freediving.

Explore yourself

Those who are interested in freediving know that this activity requires maximum concentration and attention to their body, not only at the physical level but also in terms of the ability to focus, control themselves, push themselves a little further beyond the limits of the possible. Being engaged in this sport you will learn a lot about yourself – as aptly expressed by Umberto Pelizzari, world champion and freediving legend: “The scuba diver dives to look around. The freediver dives to look inside.”

Physical and mental health

Like many other types of physical activity, freediving helps to achieve and adhere to a more healthy lifestyle. On the physical side, you strengthen your body and maintain it at the peak of physical activity. Freediving like any other physical activity will increase the strength of your body, help develop muscles and increase endurance and vitality. Freediving activities also benefit your joints, which experience less pressure under water, and help strengthen your lungs through exercises to increase their oxygen capacity.

On the part of the mental component, such activity has a positive effect on your mental and psychic state. It has been proven that regular physical activity reduces anxiety, and freediving also helps to master a variety of relaxation and concentration techniques that will help you make your daily activities more conscious and become more calm and composed in your everyday life.

The benefit of freediving for your mental health can be used not only for general relaxation and calming the nervous system. This kind of immersion can be useful for solving some specific problems. One of the common psychological problems is the fear of water in one form or another. Whether you experience discomfort at great depth, or you cannot accept the idea of diving or even entering the water at all, freediving will help you to cope with this fear and overcome it at a pace and form that is acceptable to you.

To the point (BENEFITS):

1. Helps to Relieve Stress and Anxiety.
2. Increase the strength of your body.
3. Help develop muscles and increase endurance and vitality.
4. Make you escape the reality and dive into another world.
5. Beneficial for joints
6. More self-confidence
7. Improved focus
8. Increased oxygen efficiency
9. Increased lung function