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Honing the mammalian dive reflex, MDR training techniques.

Nov 10, 2009 | Freediving, Physiology of free-diving

The mammalian dive reflex (MDR) is part of our evolutionary heritage that all humans possess to some extent. In extreme situations such as near drowning it helps by increasing our survival time, but normally in most people it is a reflex that lies dormant. Though dormant it, like most reflexes, can be honed and developed. (more…)

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