Nick Pelios
Freediver, Creator
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Nick Pelios
Freediver, Creator
The more you freedive and the more you train for it, and this goes with any other sport, you are actually changing your physiology, to be able to adapt to these situations better. How fast should you progress though? In a recent chat with Lacour Studio, Enchante Gallardo explained why going slow is your best bet.
"Knowing that freediving can transform your body and its functions is pretty cool. You can change it however you want to change it, whether it's specific training regimens, diet, etc. But, you know, it's also fun being able to kind of experiment with that and see what works best for you. Because, in turn, everybody's physiology is different, everybody reacts to things differently. So it's interesting to take all this information and this knowledge, from other people, other people's experiences, text, teachers, whatever, and then apply that to yourself. Then you try it out and sometimes things might work, and sometimes things might not. But it's knowing the things that you just have to keep doing in order to achieve that, but then also what might work for one, might not work for another. It's really cool, and I like seeing the product of everything that you put into that. The same goes for bodybuilders and how they can basically sculpt their bodies the way they want. You can change your physicality and your physiology".
"That's one of the reasons why I also enjoyed going forward with that and getting into the competitive aspect of it. I was challenging myself and pushing my personal limits and seeing what I was personally capable of. And the cool thing about freediving is, yes, you're competing with other people but ultimately it's a competition with yourself, but also doing it in a way that's safe. Because, I think, sometimes when you get to the point where you're just pushing numbers, sometimes people aren't listening to their bodies as much as they should be. They're concerned with this target depth and I think it shouldn't be about that. It's about increasing or progressing at a safe rate, listening to your body, and not getting ahead of yourself. Because when you get ahead of yourself, then that can actually delay the process".