Finished Intermediate Performance Freediving course

Don ok I get it now lol, in the military (USMC) environment its an acronym for Temporary Assiged Duty. Ok now on a serious note does anyone know what qualifies one to be healthy to take this course?

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Don ok I get it now lol, in the military (USMC) environment its an acronym for Temporary Assiged Duty. Ok now on a serious note does anyone know what qualifies one to be healthy to take this course?

just an Ok from your Dr. blood pressure, heart rate, breathing- normal stuff. It really isn't that difficult. No course will force you to do anything that makes you uncomfortable-- at least none that I know of. You can hold your breath for as long as you want or not- dive to max depth or not. It is not a contest. Don't worry about it. It really is a nice experience for all divers.
BTW- I have no association with any of these course groups- not an advertisement just my student experience.

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just an Ok from your Dr. blood pressure, heart rate, breathing- normal stuff. It really isn't that difficult. No course will force you to do anything that makes you uncomfortable-- at least none that I know of. You can hold your breath for as long as you want or not- dive to max depth or not. It is not a contest. Don't worry about it. It really is a nice experience for all divers.
BTW- I have no association with any of these course groups- not an advertisement just my student experience.

I try to stay in above average condition by mountain biking, anaerobic walking ( in a safe place) freediving,and some hatha yoga for relaxation. I believe as long as long one has good genes, and eats well, exercise can be the fountain of youth.

I look forward to training and spearfishing with you when our schedules permit, there is much I can learn
from a champion swimmer and diver.

Cheers, Don

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I try to stay in above average condition by mountain biking, anaerobic walking ( in a safe place) freediving,and some hatha yoga for relaxation. I believe as long as long one has good genes, and eats well, exercise can be the fountain of youth.

I look forward to training and spearfishing with you when our schedules permit, there is much I can learn
from a champion swimmer and diver.

Cheers, Don

same here Don- you can teach me how to get fish in this horrible viz and cold. I have never shot anything here!
I am so spoiled by the warm clear water in Mex, Costa Rica, and the Caribbean( was there 4 months ), but the 80 lbs of yft I brought back from East Cape is gone! I've got to man-up and get some fish!
I am going to Cat. to work with some of the young guys this week. We are going to do some drops and work on entries,breath hold, stealthy dive technique.Doubt I will have a chance to try to tag a calico but you never know.

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I am going to Cat. to work with some of the young guys this week. We are going to do some drops and work on entries,breath hold, stealthy dive technique.Doubt I will have a chance to try to tag a calico but you never know.

The water is warming with our little heat wave.What general area are you going to do drops ? I would avoid Blue Carvern and the East end quarry in over 150fsw in Oct if you train that area later.
Stay safe, have fun and the real fat calico come out when the sun quits getting in their eyes.
Cheers, Don

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thanks Don; will do!
Catalina- those were the days!

I have a hard time looking at that image as much now as I did in the late 70's than I started diving here in Cali, I have and never will shoot a Black Sea Bass even in Mexico where it's still legal.
My club was instrumental in helping to bring about making BSB a no take fish in Calif.
The Avalon Pier pictures and the tonnage of fish in one hero shot would make a better point, but what is the point of that image and this thread?
The Late Al jr was not a Neptune BTW.
Don

I'm just saying it's too bad they were fished out . I think it's great that they are coming back due to the protection. Nothing better than having them come up and check you out when you are diving.
Sorry it upset you, Don. that was not the intention-- I am way more of an enviro-freak as you well know!
I am one of a very few 4th generation coastal Californians- the changes we have seen here are horrendous- oh the stories my Dad tells of the Channel Islands.
I took the pic off. - BTW-don't ever go to Blue Water grill.

At first I thought you were referring to Blue Water Seafood in San Diego, but from what I can tell it has no connection to Blue Water Grill. Anyways, may I ask what's wrong with the Blue Water Grill?

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I'm just saying it's too bad they were fished out . I think it's great that they are coming back due to the protection. Nothing better than having them come up and check you out when you are diving.
Sorry it upset you, Don. that was not the intention-- I am way more of an enviro-freak as you well know!
I am one of a very few 4th generation coastal Californians- the changes we have seen here are horrendous- oh the stories my Dad tells of the Channel Islands.
I took the pic off. - BTW-don't ever go to Blue Water grill.

Not up set I have a strong backround in fish conservation you may not know about going back to 1982, but this is not the thread for me to list that.

Don