The Freedive Cafe Podcast

Marco Altini is a scientist, developer and athletic coach who’s work centres on the intersection of health, technology, and human performance. In 2012 he founded HRV4 Training, a mobile platform that revolutionised physiological tracking by becoming the first app capable of reliably measuring heart rate variability (HRV) using a smartphone camera. In this episode we discuss: Donny has been using Marco’s HRV4 Training APP for ten years now. First we fill Marco in on what freediving ac...

Olavi Paananen is a Finnish entrepreneur who recently broke the CMAS World Record for freediving under ice, without a wetsuit. In this episode we discuss: Olavi lives in Espoo and was born in Iisalmi, Finland. Donny also used to live in Finland! Olavi dived 165 metres under ice with bifins to earn a world record! His dad worked in a swimming pool and Olavi spent hours every week there. He did his first freediving course in Finland and worked up to instructor level and took part in some ...

Kalamata Freedivers is a freediving school and training facility located in Kalamata Greece, run by Nejc Likar and Nikos Gkagkanis. In this episode we discuss: Today we are talking with Nejc Likar from Slovenia and Nikos Gkagkanis from Greece. Nejc was previously in Panglao, The Philippines before Greece. Nikos is from the northern part of Greece and his father was a spearfisher so he started very young with freediving. He spent time on Crete before moving to Kalamata. Nejc was Nikos’ instruc...

William Trubridge is one of the most celebrated freedivers of all time, achieving multiple world records, winning multiple world championships and diving 102m in CNF (No Fins). In this episode we discuss: William appeared first on Episode #69 of The Freedive Cafe Podcast and then again on Episode #98. Inkfish organisation and research conducted into freediving physiology. Deepest arterial blood samples every taken at 80m depth. Hyperventilation is good now! Are we all hyperventilating unknowi...

Jack Webb is an up and coming deep freediver from Far North Queensland in Australia. He recently dived 113m in competition in Dominica. In this episode we discuss: Jack just wrapped up a retreat up in Far North Queensland. Jack has been spearfishing since he was a kid. Jack’s school Freediving Far North Queensland is doing its depth sessions in two 65m deep lakes, Lake Eachem and Lake Barrine. About the crocodile in the lake. Jack and Donny met in Dahab in 2022 when there were both diving in ...