Aerobic Base Training - The Foundation of Your Freediving Season freedive training pool Jan 17, 2025

Have you set your New Year’s resolution for 2025? Are you planning to compete in pool disciplines, explore greater depths, or simply improve and refine your freediving skills?

Here’s the truth: build...

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Michaela Werner - Freediver
My Thoughts on Contractions and Training Smarter, Not Harder
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My Thoughts on Contractions and Training Smarter, Not Harder freedive training Oct 16, 2024

I often hear freedivers say, “I don't like contractions.” But have you ever heard a runner say, “I don't like having sore legs”? No, of course not! It’s expected that your legs will be sore when you r...

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How the Menstrual Cycle Affects Freediving Training and Performance freedive training Sep 03, 2024

Freediving is a demanding sport that requires peak physical and mental performance. When I began preparing for more serious freediving in the pool in 2020, I started keeping a training diary. I quickl...

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Water Survival Skills for Your Child? Think Twice! fun pool Aug 12, 2024

Recently, a conversation on social media got me thinking about how we teach our children to interact with water, especially in the context of survival skills. As a professional freediver and a mother ...

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Leaving the Surface Behind competitions Apr 22, 2024

A few days ago I received my official Guinness WR Certificate and it goes straight to the pool room! Most Aussies know what this expression means. The idiom comes from the 1997 Australian iconic movie...

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Beyond Limits Jan 04, 2024

In the quiet month of May last year, a seemingly ordinary man from the Czech Republic, Jozef Salek, achieved something truly extraordinary. Against all odds, he held an abdominal plank for an astonish...

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