A freediver will take a long deep breath, and can get over 5-10 minutes not needing to inhale again. At Big Blue Freediving, the largest SSI Freediving center in Thailand, we want to teach you how with a selection of various tried and tested breathing techniques all freedivers learn to master!
Take a deep breath.
First of all lets start by taking a deep breath in. Did your chest and shoulders rise? Yes? You just failed at breathing. When your chest and shoulders rise when you breathe, it means you’re breathing with just the top part of your lungs.
Using your diaphragm.
If you want to store more oxygen for your deep-sea diver breath-hold, you need to learn how to use the total volume of your lungs. A proper breath begins from the diaphragm. You know you’re breathing correctly if your belly is moving up and down rather than your shoulders.
Breathe with your mouth.
So lets learn how to take a Full Deep Breath.Take a full, deep breath with your mouth, and imagine your lungs are filling up, starting from their very bottom. Slowly, you feel your lungs fill near your diaphragm. Next, you feel the air filling your lungs by your sternum. Finally, fill the very top of your lungs near the top of your chest. You’ve successfully taken a full, deep breath — the kind you’ll take right before you start holding it. According to freediver Hanli Prinsloo, your deep inhalation should take 20 seconds.
Start practicing that. Then, lets go Freediving together!
