![]() ![]() We practice recovery breathing after every dive, even after warmup dives when we might not need it very much. One of these habits is the recovery breathing. In freediving we need to cultivate similar habits in order to stay safe. ![]() In this sense it is similar to freediving. Potentially very safe, but a small mistake comes at grave cost. A climber prussiking on a rope – a technique that requires a climber to change his main knot. To this day, before I or my buddy starts climbing I check both our knots, our gear, and whether we are on the same rope. This becomes a habit easily and has saved me from a silly mistake several times. In canyoneering and climbing, we cultivated a buddy check before we started belaying (providing each other’s safety) or rappelling. Climbing, canyoneering and freediving are my favourites. I have experience with several sports in which mistakes can be deadly. For me it takes about the same amount of time to walk to work as take the transit, and I often don’t even remember how I get to work! Habits in extreme sports Often we don’t even remember the starting a habitual action a specific cue.ĭo you remember your morning commute? Deciding where to sit on the bus? Probably not, because you do them out of habit. All you need is the right cue in order to set that action in motion. Once you have repeated an action several times, the action becomes hardwired in your brain. But habits can backfire, and habits in extreme sports can either save you or kill you. ![]() Our habits allow us to reserve our energy for the more important things in life. We are able to do most of our day to day without actually thinking about it. Habits are a powerful tool for us human beings. ![]()
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