Breath holding

[Buddhagrass]

i would like to add that doing gym .... especially cardiovascular training which includes Treadmill, Airwalker and Bicycle will surely help with breath holding and even helps you to increase your lung capacity.

[EmicMalta]

hi,

check this out. It can help a lot.

http://www.apneamania.com/code/training_list.asp?catID=1

remember always that you must always dive nd practice with a good buddy. This decrease risks

[kurtfalcon]

Thank you alot for all this advice. I appreciate alot.I do regular gym ( 4 days a week although I must say I more onto muscle than cardio).Almost every day I cycle or jog about 8 km( to the gym and back). The only problem is freeing the mind and relax in water. When in the water I seem not to calm down because of fears such as boats or ( I know it is funny) after I watch a Jaws movie I sometimes fear big fish. So you think yoga would do the trick?

[Granitu]

everyone fears boats, as if they respect the law especially in the lampuki season,for some every buoy is a kannizzata for them

yoga helps but ultimately you have to face these fears and overcome them

[ganni]

you fear boats and i fear those of you who don't use a marker!! this summer i nearly run over one who was practicing apneahe emerged just out of no where in front of my boat for 2 times.  i stopped and told him to use a marker, i was rly angry cause if i had run over him i would surely be blamed

do you know what he told me?? dw i hear you comming, its not comfortable to drag the marker after me. he was an idiot

[freediver]

so he surely didn't now how to dive  and didn't now what was he doing

[Granitu]

you are extremely right there ganni..... the inconsiderate ppl are on both sides for sure. that's why i mentioned some

some fear boats others just ignore their safety and go spearfishing without a buoy although in high current weather  a buoy is perhaps not the most ideal.

you know how i reason and i say it, this is like the fish stocks problem, we blame others but maybe we don't see what we are doing. it is like the groupers problem, they diminished drastically and they diminished because of spearfishing regardless of scuba/apnea technique.

[kurtfalcon]

ganni you are so right. When one says use a marker please make sure that it is in inflatable marker with a flag that shows that there is diving in course not an empty washing detergent cans that I sometimes see divers using. It can be easily mistaken four a bouy. It's cheap to buy a marker. Come on guys. Safety first.

[ganni]

ur right kurtfalcon, in fact many divers use empty detergent cans!! and it would be really dangerous cause it is easily mistaken with a long line/net marker and boats will pass near it or are attrcted out of curiosity: "why is the can moving??" haha

[fabrizioviper]

 A careless diver is ALWAYS  a man of no experience , it is irresponsable to use jerry cans, and always surface as close to the marker bouy as possable especially on hearing a boat cause you can t determine the direction of sound underwater. Safety first.

[kurtfalcon]

Btw Emic 10q for the website. Really helpful.

[baghira]

You are definitely right guys.
Every sunday at bahar ic-caghaq there is a guy which goes for octopuses, with a brown olive can attached to him. If anybody knows him please buy him a float, and tel him I will pay it.
Usually these guys are not apneist, when you invest so much time and money, the minimum for us is a piece of float.

[Granitu]

 lol, i ve never heard of detergent bottles being used as float

what else can we maltese invent to use as float,

emm you can use your women next time as float especially after a big fight, they often become hysterical, surely no boat will come nearby