Mouthfill : Make peace with your glottis
This exercise aims at improving the comfort and efficiency of the mouthfill equalization. It is an exercise to be done during a neutral/empty lung session
1 April 2022
Over the years of teaching, combined with a thorough theoretical study of the subject, I have developed an approach to equalization that goes against the grain of current “fashion”. Where students are trained to manage stress with increasingly difficult exercises, I prefer to focus on REMOVING stress: like your entire dive, equalization should be easy and comfortable.
Ah, “equalization,” the great subject of freediving! If we listen to most equalization discussions, we could believe that there are two types of freedivers: those who have issues with equalization and the others, the “lucky ones” for whom everything is easy […]
Fortunately, there is a third category to which it’s up to you to decide to belong! The category of those who understand…
This exercise aims at improving the comfort and efficiency of the mouthfill equalization. It is an exercise to be done during a neutral/empty lung session
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Introduction I always thought the glottis neutral/natural position was “open”. Like many freedivers, when I encountered leaking mouthfill issues, I assumed that one of the