This Freediving Exercise Called ‘Breathe Up’ Will Benefit Your Everyday Life | The Inertia

Renee Blundon on Instagram: "Part 2 of my freediving breathe-up video! 🌊 You can add 1–2 purge breaths before your final breath. It’ll make the freedive feel easier and more enjoyable, but it also means your dive response won’t kick in as strong (so your heart rate stays higher, and your blood shift is weaker, etc). That’s why most elite freedivers skip purge breaths completely. They go straight to one final breath +packing, keeping CO₂ levels on the higher side so that the dive response kicks

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