005: How to Motivate Yourself to Become a Better Freediver

Freediving is a unique sport and has very few similarities with other sports. Most of the top level freedivers train intensively for months on end, year after year, and hours upon hours per day in the pool, at the gym and depth, sacrificing social activities for yoga and sleep.

How do these freedivers maintain such high motivation?

Well all freedivers, even the most skilled and successful freedivers, have times with they feel a bit unmotivated. But the best freedivers know how to overcome this and stay motivated in order to keep the momentum going and keep improving as a freediver. This podcast provides some tips on how to motivate yourself to become a better freediver.

This episode is part three in the podcast series, Inside the Mind of the World's Top Freedivers, about mental techniques for freediving.

Time Stamps:

• 00:00 Introduction to the podcast
• 01:15 Recap of the last episode
• 04:55 Continuing where left off and other factors that help motivation for freediving
• 05:29 Loving the grind of freediving
• 13:10 Giving out mentally before physically
• 17:11 Do you really need to love the grind? Accepting the grind
• 18:49 Be positive and optimistic!
• 24:53 Negativity leading to over-training and burn-out
• 26:18 Pick a freediving competition
• 31:21Self talk and rational thinking for freediving
• 35:46 Stay in the moment!
• 41:19 Have a good coach!
• 43:10 Or have a good training buddy
• 44:10 Be curious!
• 46:30 Motivational cues for motivation
• 48:44 What motivates me to freedive?
• 51:54 Conclusion

Resources:

Interview With World Class Freediver Sara Campbell Success And Failure

Tanya Streeter - Freediver

Specific Training for Freediving by Umberto Pelizzari

Rest and Recovery | Freedivings Most Under Rated Training Principle

Davide Carrera - Making Love to the Sea

Alexey Molchanov - Interview 2019 - Recovery, Success and the Best Training for Freediving

How Olympians Stay Motivated

The Deepest Dive. How Far Down Can a Freediver Go?

30 Minutes With...Miguel Lozano

Alessia Zecchini - Interview - World's Deepest Woman about Motivation, Home and her own Success

Born To | Freediving | Episode 1