Master Frenzel EQ With These 4 Exercises

Published 2021-06-01
Like any technique, there's a spectrum of skill level.

'Optimal' Frenzel can be used safely & effectively to depths of +60m, and even for shallower divers it's worth learning because it can remove common issues like contractions during the descent, shallow squeezes, and EQ failure in the 30-40m range.

In this video I explain & demo 'optimal frenzel', and share 4 dry exercises you can use to develop the skill level to frenzel in a more efficient & effective way.

All Comments (20)
  • @brooke2595
    This is the video I didn’t know I needed but so happy I found! Thank youuu.
  • @porichboy
    I’ve a lot of Frenzel exercise videos, and this one breaks it down the clearest.
  • @mtsanga3421
    Very interesting video with exercises well explained ! Thanks a lot !
  • That's really a good video to explain complicate issue with simplicity. Have u tried doing reverse pack on an eq tool (ubaproject that one)? Whenever doing the reverse pack, i experience negative spikes which they said becos i open my soft palate when doing reverse pack. Do u close ur soft palate when doing reverse pack? I find it super hard to do so😢
  • Thats one of the best frenzel eq videos ever, all my mistakes in the first 3mins , i face squeezes at as shallow as 16-18-20 m cause i was doing the 1 st mistake don’t allow air to flow behind my tongue then by time i solved this issue by the second case , big reverse pack fill air it took me to 25m , now i am stuck at 27m. With the same technique cause i swallow at around 25-26 m & feel pressure on my chest so may be failure depth for me Rv, my chest isn’t flexible enough.
  • During my freedive course i would run out of air in my mouth at around 10m mark and could no longer equalise with frenzel. I must have been using bad technique, this is the first source of information that i have heard mention refilling the oral cavity with air. Thanks!
  • My problem is when I reach 15 meters I start to engage My abs to refill ! I can refill on dry fine even with empty lungs ! And same for the first 15 meters ! After 15 meters I find it hard to refill without engaging My abs ! Any tips ? Thank u
  • Thank you !!! Been stuck with regular frenzel at 20m for eternity, switched to 1 big reverse pack frenzel at 20m wich took me to 25m, been stuck forever. With good frenzel ,do you do mini grouper calls or do you pull the larynx so low it happens naturally? Last sounds easyer, but grouper calls seem more controllable on the amount of air going up. Ps love your channel. You are underrated !
  • @MartinDedina
    How come that you can refill once lungs are on RV? Is it because only small amount of air refill, because below 30 getting air from lungs to mouth becomes really difficult, but I’m talking about bigger volume. Also this move opens and closes glotis naturally with the move, correct?
  • Hello Nathan , I'm going to 45m just doing frenzel and I really don't have the feeling of refilling anything . Maybe I just do it naturally ... I haven't switched to mouthfill yet . To be perfectly honest I don't want to switch till equalisation become an issue ...
  • @SindreEide93
    I do frenzel, need to work on refilling. I can do the refill from video without sound, but have to try it in the water and learn to remember to do so, But one question: When I equalize I often make a squeeking sound as I increase the pressure in my mout. This sound I belive is from air escaping back down to the lungs. Could you make a video talking about this and how I can overcome it. I belive that this can really get me to the next equalizing level. I passed my CMAS*** freediving course yesterday, but if I wanna push in to instructor or the APNEA sertifications I need to improve this problem I have.
  • Hello do you think is Otovent good tool for EQ exercises ? At least for beginers... ?
  • @eldarius237
    So basically you recommemd reverse packing at every eq. How about doing it every 2 eqs?
  • @JacekPolak
    Blink twice if someone force you to record this video ;)