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Recovery Breaths and the 30-Second Rule: What to Do After Surfacing from a Freedive
Most freediving blackouts happen in the first 15-30 seconds after surfacing. How to do recovery breaths properly, why your buddy needs to watch you, and the protocol that prevents most surface blackouts.

Bret Whitman
May 304 min read
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Negative Pressure Dives: How Freedivers Build Depth Tolerance Safely
Negative pressure dives let you train deep-water adaptation in a swimming pool. How they work, when to use them, and how to add them to your training without the depth risk.

Bret Whitman
May 125 min read
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Trachea Squeeze in Freediving: Causes, Symptoms, and How It Differs from Lung Squeeze
Trachea squeeze is the freediving injury most often mistaken for lung squeeze. Different bleeding pattern, different cause, different recovery. Here's how to spot it and prevent it.

Bret Whitman
May 65 min read
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Lung Squeeze in Freediving: Causes, Symptoms, Recovery, and How to Prevent It
Lung squeeze is the most-feared injury in deep freediving. Learn the warning signs, what causes it, how to recover, and how to train so it never happens to you.

Bret Whitman
May 64 min read
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