“FÔLEGO” is a journey to discover the ocean in the purest and most radical way: by freediving. Freediving is diving without any artificial equipment using only the air of our lungs. During the different episodes, the freediving record holders Flavia Eberhard and Pepe Arcos will travel to incredible underwater paradises and will experience challenging and unique moments in a quest of the most wonderful creatures of the ocean.
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A notable part of the session sees Adam do stand-ups – 4x100m breaststroke at maximum speed with no swimdown in between, the lactate building each time.
After the second he is bright red, his eyes closed and he is blowing.
By the time he has done his third 100m pain is etched on his face, he leans his head on his upper arm and eventually hauls himself out to sit down on poolside.
When he has completed the fourth all colour has drained from his face.
Where does that session rank in terms of physical demands?
He grimaces: “That is one of the hardest.
“You can’t naturally get any faster, your body has already been pushed to the limit.
“It’s harder to do grueller sets – 10x100s, 10x75s, 10x50s – just because your body is already knackered.
“Those sets you need to be about 110% velocity and it’s harder to get up there.â€
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When it comes to creatures of the deep, it isn’t uncommon for swimmers to be afraid of things like sharks and alligators.
However, one woman’s underwater encounter left her screaming after she ran into a manatee.
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A teacher who stopped breathing for five minutes after being pulled unconscious from an east London pool has spoken of his debt to the lifeguards who brought him back to life.
Ed Bray, 35, had been trying to complete two underwater lengths of the 25-metre pool at Clissold Leisure Centre, Hackney, without coming up for air – something he had seen on TV.
“The first time I saw someone hyperventilate was on TFI Friday,” he told the Standard. “They had a free diver on the show who used the technique to hold her breath under water for four minutes. I was impressed so I started using it myself.”
But Mr Bray, who admits not having researched the technique properly, began suffering hypoxia – a lack of oxygen in the blood – and passed out, hitting his head on the pool floor and biting his tongue.
“I was under the misapprehension it increases your oxygen level,” Mr Bray said of the technique, “when actually it lowers your carbon dioxide level.”
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Two small dogs howl, bark, and bother a cat next to a swimming pool. The cat pushes one in. Because it can.
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Swimming Australia High Performance Scientist Jess Corones and swimmer Mitch Larkin comment on the new backstroke wedges used for the first time ever in a major swimming competition in Australia.
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Lake Naomi’s Swim Team practices in the pool. Video by Mark Luethi Photography. “World Map” by Jason Farnham courtesy of the YouTube Audio Library.
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