The ocean can often be a scary place. Humans are designed to live on land, however, we also have abilities that allow us to explore and be in water.

Let’s be honest, we are all afraid of drowning when we surf, some are afraid when they are surfing 30 meters waves but for others 2 meter waves is reason enough to be uncomfortable and afraid.

The best way to overcome our fears is to face them, but for that we have to be prepared. We have to be capable of skills and knowledge for the conditions we want to face.

The ability to hold your breath – apnea, is a very important skill when facing the ocean and waves, especially in water sports. This ability can be easily trained and it can bring us many benefits including increasing our confidence in the water.

There are workshops and training courses that are primarily focused on developing apnea skills – divers and big wave surfers are among the users of these sessions. However, training this ability is not only important for these sportsmen but also for all surfers. Even if you don’t want to go surfing waves of 30 meters, it’s important for surfers to be well prepared for any eventuality in the water and to increase their confidence in the aquatic environment.

Although specialized training is the best way to increase this ability, it can also be developed independently and even in the comfort of our own home. – however, it is important to bear in mind that this training must always be done with another person and never alone.

These days there are several applications that can guide our practice and many of them can be acquired for free. Freediving Apnea Trainer is an app developed by Marksim Pipkin that some coaches on our team use to improve stamina breath.

this application helps you to calculate and create tables according to your abilities, allows you to connect devices by bluethooh to measure the heart rate and makes a record of your training with statistics and graphs.

To start you must determine the maximum of your ability to hold your breath through the “best time” mode, according to your time the application will calculate the values for your training tables. These tables will guide your training and help you improve your apnea ability. There is also the “square breath” mode which is great to warm up before you start training.

So if we want to surf we have to be prepared and comfortable in the ocean. Luckily, nowadays there are many free applications that help us to develop our ability to hold our breath that will help us to be more prepared and comfortable in the water – we can even do it in the comfort of our homes, and many times it even works as time for meditation

Develop your ability to hold your breath and feel more prepared and comfortable surfing.