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Posted on September 23, 2020

Author: Nick Pelios

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What Divers Don’t See In The Water Around Them

The ocean may look pristine, but beneath the clear blue lies a growing cocktail of invisible pollutants. From microplastics to dissolved chemicals,...

posted on March 09, 2026

The Most Common Freediving Injuries Nobody Talks About

Freediving looks effortless, but the body pays a price. The most common injuries in the sport and why many divers don’t talk about them.

posted on March 09, 2026

Why New Divers Sometimes Struggle To Fit In

Feeling like an outsider on your first dive trips? You’re not alone. Here’s why new divers sometimes struggle to fit in and how dive communities re...

posted on March 09, 2026

How Professional Freedivers Reset

Bad sessions happen. What separates pros from everyone else is how they respond. Here’s how professionals reset before one off day turns into a dow...

posted on February 24, 2026

Why Consistency Beats Talent In Freediving

Talent might get you to 30 meters. Consistency gets you to 80. Why the divers who show up every week always outlast the “naturals.”

posted on February 24, 2026

Can Individual Action Still Matter

In a world facing climate collapse and ecological decline, it is easy to feel insignificant. This article explores whether individual action still ...

posted on February 24, 2026

Why Chasing Freediving Records Gets Expensive Fast

Chasing depth is not just physical. It is financial. A sharp look at the hidden costs behind records, travel, gear, and the real economics of elite...

posted on February 16, 2026

How To Be A Good Dive Buddy

A dive buddy isn’t backup. They’re the reason you come back up. A personal story about trust, mistakes, and the unwritten rules that keep divers al...

posted on February 16, 2026

The Psychology Of “Someone Else Will Fix It”

A quiet psychological trap is keeping us passive in the face of environmental collapse. This piece explores why we believe someone else will fix it...

posted on February 16, 2026

How To Equalize Hands-Free

The secret behind hands-free equalization, explained by world record holder Carlos Coste. Learn the exact exercises he used to train the muscles mo...

posted on February 09, 2026

The Cortisol Experiment: Could Ashwagandha Change My Freediving?

Curious whether ashwagandha can improve stress, recovery, and calm underwater? A personal deep dive into its potential benefits for freedivers.

posted on February 09, 2026

How Attention Training Underwater Transfers To Daily Life Focus

What happens to your brain when focus becomes survival? How underwater attention training can rewire concentration, calm, and clarity in everyday l...

posted on February 09, 2026

The Last Generation Of Reef Fishers

How global tourism is rewriting life in fishing villages and erasing knowledge passed down for generations. A human story about the children of fis...

posted on February 02, 2026

Why Perfect Conditions Can Make You A Worse Diver

Perfect conditions feel like progress, but they may be shrinking your range. Discover how easy water can quietly limit your skills and what real ad...

posted on February 02, 2026

The Depth You Want Is Not the Depth You Are Training For

Most freedivers train harder for depth but never train the state that actually unlocks it. Discover why your habits may be sabotaging your progress...

posted on February 02, 2026

Can We Turn The Tide On Marine Decline

Regenerative Ocean Strategies explores how ocean restoration and blue carbon ecosystems are reshaping ocean health and climate resilience, asking w...

posted on January 26, 2026

How Τhe Freediving Industry Taught Divers To Buy

Carbon fins, silicone belts, premium wetsuits and endless accessories will not make you a better diver. This is a honest look at gear culture, mark...

posted on January 26, 2026

What Happens to Your Brain At 40 M That Never Happens At 10 M

What really changes inside your brain between 10 m and 40 m. How pressure, oxygen, and perception reshape consciousness, awareness, and risk in dee...

posted on January 26, 2026

Why Most Freedivers Are Overtrained And Underadapted

Why training harder is holding most freedivers back, and how overtraining quietly sabotages depth, recovery, and long term performance underwater.

posted on January 19, 2026

Protecting What Inspires Us

The ocean is under pressure, but some people are already at sea working to change that. This video highlights the collaboration between Alchemy and...

posted on January 19, 2026

Permafrost At The Breaking Point

Beneath the Arctic lies permafrost, frozen ground that has locked away carbon for millennia. As it thaws, it is quietly rewriting the future of the...

posted on January 19, 2026

The New Colonialism Underwater

An inside look at the new power structures underwater and how tourism, conservation, and social media are redefining who gets to use the ocean.

posted on January 12, 2026

The One Thing Every Freediving School Gets Wrong

Your freediving school missed something big. Discover the one hidden mistake holding most divers back and why fixing it changes everything underwater.

posted on January 12, 2026

Why 9 Out Of 10 Freedivers Plateau At 30 Meters

Stuck at 30 meters? Discover the invisible force that stops most freedivers there and how to finally break through to deeper, calmer, more powerful...

posted on January 12, 2026

Mediterranean Nations Commit To More Marine Protection

Mediterranean countries pledge to protect 30% of the sea by 2030, a landmark move that could redefine marine conservation in one of the world’s mos...

posted on January 06, 2026

The Pressure New Freedivers Face Entering The Sport

Freediving promises calm and connection, yet many beginners encounter something unexpected: pressure. This piece explores why entering a sport buil...

posted on January 06, 2026

Equalization Failures In Freediving And How To Diagnose Them

Ears stopping your dive short? Learn why equalization fails in freediving and how to diagnose the real problem holding your depth back.

posted on January 06, 2026

Why Freediving Resists Mainstream Popularity

Freediving does not lack visibility. It lacks compatibility. Explore why a sport built on restraint, patience, and internal change resists mass app...

posted on December 16, 2025

Choosing Real Food In A World Addicted To Speed

Fast food promised convenience and delivered disconnection. This is a case for real food, local farmers, and returning to the basics.

posted on December 16, 2025

The Cost Of Chasing Numbers Too Early In Your Freediving Journey

When meters become milestones too soon, freediving shifts from exploration to pressure. A deep reflection on patience, progression, and staying in ...

posted on December 16, 2025

Filming Freedive Training Part B

Learn how to film freedive training with visuals that look great and footage that helps technique. Capture surface starts, close skill work, and th...

posted on December 08, 2025

How Muscle Tension Sabotages Deep Dives

Struggling to progress in depth? See how hidden muscle tension wastes oxygen and what you can do to fix it for smoother, safer deep dives.

posted on December 08, 2025

How Marketing Can Reduce Overconsumption

Marketing has shaped a world of throwaway habits. Ethical storytelling can rewrite the narrative, fostering transparency, emotional longevity, and ...

posted on December 08, 2025

Carbon Fin Stiffness Explained For Freedivers

Freediving performance starts with the right carbon fin stiffness. Understand how weight, depth, and technique shape your choice.

posted on December 01, 2025

Why We Refuse To Join Black Friday

In a world built on pressure to buy more, Alchemy steps away from Black Friday and the waste it creates. This is a reflection on values, restraint,...

posted on December 01, 2025

Why Adventure Sports Are Becoming The New Therapy

From surf breaks to mountain ridges, athletes are trading chaos for clarity. Adventure is becoming the quiet that modern life forgot.

posted on December 01, 2025

Filming Freedive Training

Learn how filming your dives can refine technique and reveal what happens underwater, with Petra Oberucova sharing key tips on light, visibility an...

posted on November 24, 2025

Creatine And The Freediver

A deep dive into what creatine really does for freedivers, how it shapes cellular energy, recovery, buoyancy and underwater efficiency across weeks...

posted on November 24, 2025

The Salt That Lives In Us

A deeper dive into why we feel lighter after being in the sea, exploring the science of salt water, buoyancy, the nervous system, and the body’s re...

posted on November 24, 2025

The Slow Diver Revolution

The future of the sport is moving away from depth chasing and toward a calmer, more mindful way of diving where presence, awareness, and connection...

posted on November 17, 2025

How Some Species Escape Climate Change Βy Going Deeper

A clear and atmospheric underwater look at the thermocline, showing the boundary where warm surface water meets the colder deep layer, revealing ho...

posted on November 17, 2025

The Truth About Fasted Freediving

Explore the real effects of diving on an empty stomach. Learn how fasted freediving influences energy, oxygen use, mental clarity, performance, and...

posted on November 17, 2025

The Cortisol Connection

Chronic stress and elevated cortisol can weaken the dive reflex, raise heart rate, and reduce oxygen efficiency. This piece explores how stress, ho...

posted on November 10, 2025

The Troubling Return Of Shark Fishing In The Maldives

The Maldives’ plan to reopen its gulper shark fishery threatens fragile deep-sea ecosystems, undermines tourism, and risks erasing fifteen years of...

posted on November 10, 2025

What Every Beginner Freediver Learns The Hard Way

Learn the eight most common mistakes beginner freedivers make and how to fix them through better breathing, efficient movement, and mindful techniq...

posted on November 10, 2025

Freediving And The Ethics Of Touching Nature

Freediving brings humans into direct contact with fragile marine ecosystems. This article examines the ethical questions that arise when we enter, ...

posted on November 03, 2025

What Carbohydrates Really Do For Freedivers

Discover how carbohydrates power your dives beneath the surface. From glycogen reserves to oxygen efficiency, learn why smart fueling with carbs ca...

posted on November 03, 2025

Can The Apple Watch Ultra Replace A Dive Computer For Freediving

Can the Apple Watch Ultra 3 really handle freediving? Let's look at its depth, precision, and rivals to see if it’s ready for serious underwater pe...

posted on November 03, 2025

When The Sun Became A Team Member

Inside Alchemy’s solar-powered factory, the Sun works alongside humans, illuminating how renewable energy can shape the future of freediving.

posted on October 23, 2025

The Best Freediving Snorkel

World champion Carlos Coste and instructor Petra Obecurova share why the Alchemy Air snorkel is redefining comfort, simplicity, and performance in ...

posted on October 20, 2025