Advanced Freediver (AFD)
Advanced Freediver Course
The Advanced Freediver course is designed to take you to a whole new level of freediving with deeper dives and longer breath-holds.
340€
INCLUDES:
- Insurance
- Freediving Equipment
- Transportation
- Pictures
- Water & Snacks
- Course Materials
- International freediving Certification (conditions apply)
Unleash your aquatic potential
AFD Course Structure
AFD Classroom DAY 1 - STATIC
- Mammalian diving reflex
- Preparation for static apnea
- Specific breathing techniques
- Breath hold exercises
- Mind & body control techniques
- Freediving training routines
AFD Water Session DAY 1
- Body position and relaxation
- Preparation for a maximum breath-hold
- Maximum static apnea attempts
- Minimum 3 minute breath-hold
- Practice of safety procedures
AFD Classroom DAY 2
- Advanced 4-section breathing
- Pre-dive breathing pattern
- “Negative Pressure Static Apnea” (NPSA)
- Benefits and techniques of “exhale dives”
- Body and mind adaptation to great pressure
AFD Water Session DAY 2
- NPSA preparation
- Specific breathing for exhale diving
- Exhale dives (max. depth 25m)
- Practice of equalization techniques
- Body relaxation
- Energy efficiency in the water
- Full lung dives with a maximum depth of 30 meters
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AFD Classroom DAY 3
- Review of exhale dives from Day 2
- Stages and preparation for deep diving
- Visualization
- Thoracic stretches
- Lung capacity increasing exercises
- Deep equalization techniques
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AFD Water Session DAY 3
- Stretching and breathing exercises prior to the water session
- Full preparation for a deep dive
- Exhale dives with a maximum depth of 30 meters
- Full lung dives with a maximum depth of 40 meters
WHO IS THE ADVANCED COURSE FOR?
The Advanced Freediver course is designed for those who, hooked on free diving, want to take their skills to a whole new level. It is a must for all free divers wishing to expand their knowledge, dive deeper and hold their breath longer.
As an intermediate level course, the Advanced Freediver course is built upon the foundation established during the Apnea Total Freediver course. In other words, you have to be certified as an Apnea Total Freediver (or have an equivalent certification level) in order to start this course.
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WHAT WILL YOU ACHIEVE DURING AN AFD?
Upon completion of the Advanced Freediver Course, you will unleash your aquatic potential, reaching depth of over 30m and achieving breath-holds of more than 3 minutes.
Your freediving instructor will help you refine and improve your overall freediving, enhance your rescue and buddying skills, advance your breathhold training and equalization techniques. You will discover your physical and mental limits, and learn how to safely go beyond them to improve your underwater performance.
AFD COURSE DESCRIPTION
The Advanced Freediver course takes 3 days and is divided into 3 academic sessions, 1 pool session and 2 deep water sessions.
During the theoretical development sessions you will deepen your understanding of freediving, its physics and physiology; dive deeper into mental readiness by elevating your relaxation skills and mastering visualization; refine thoracic stretching techniques and dry training exercices to increase your lung capacity; advance your breathing for deep freediving and exhale dives, and how to correctly perform Frenzel equalization.
The 1st day of the Advanced Freediver Course is dedicated to Static Apnea, a pool discipline that focuses on breath-holds. During this session you will learn to hold your breath for over 3 minutes, improving both mental and physical control. Read more about Static Training here.
During our deep diving water sessions, you will progressively achieve new depths with knowledge and comfort. Our experienced instructor will be by your side at all times while under the water. We will help you minimize your oxygen consumption by honing your constant weight and free immersion techniques, including better buoyancy control for a streamlined and efficient freefall. As equalisation is a key component of freediving, we will also optimise the practice of the Frenzel manoeuvre.
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