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How much of your lungs are you actually using?

Jarrod had the pleasure of taking Brenton from Effortless Swimming through the “Better Breathing for Swimmers” course. Brenton is a top level swimmer and we are stoked to see that he has implemented many of the exercises from the course and is now breathing more efficiently and recovering more effectively. When you breathe better you can do so much more with your training!

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Spearfishing Tropical Fish Species - A Beginner’s Guide

In the lead up to our next Great Barrier Reef live-aboard sail and spearfishing trip, I’ve created this beginner’s guide to key tropical fish species that we tend to encounter and target. The list is by no means exhaustive and it seems there is an almost endless array of edible fish species in these rich waters. Many sustainable and delicious species are often overlooked in pursuit of those more charismatic and popular varieties (and perhaps that is a topic for another post) but for our purposes here we will focus on the key target species.

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Why we get breathless and what to do about it.

This blog post is a podcast with Brenton Ford from Effortless Swimming. Jarrod explains why we become breathless and how we can do something about it. Jarrod and Brenton discuss a range of techniques and training methods swimmers can use to improve their ability to take a full breath and better tolerate higher levels of carbon dioxide to ensure their breath is not a limiting factor in their performance.

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A big F U to the ego

Join Jarrod for a deep dive into his competitive freediving journey and his battles with the ego on a pursuit to discover new layers of potential.

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