This article was taken from the September 2011 issue of Wired magazine. Be the first to read Wired's articles in print before they're posted online, and get your ...

When it comes to training, many of us spend a fair amount of time devoted to designing the exercise routine itself (like how to get that extra pump on chest day), our form, gear, and recovery. One ...

In Bunaken, freediving is not about pushing limits. It is about slowing down, relaxing, and discovering how natural the ocean can feel.

The Atlantic Ocean is a turquoise blanket unfurled to the horizon beyond the white sand beach of the Grace Bay Club, a luxury resort in Turks and Caicos. My husband, Adrian, and I haven’t traveled as ...

The Guinness World Record for holding one’s breath underwater is 24 minutes and 3 seconds. Most humans, however, can barely make it a minute and a half. For a diver, the degree of difficulty increases ...

A 32-year-old Brooklyn man died attempting to break an American freediving record on Sunday. Nicholas Mevoli tried to reach a depth of 236 feet without fins and return to the surface safely on a ...

Why did you start free-diving? I’ve loved swimming ever since I was a kid. Before taking my first free-diving course in 2007, I was a scuba instructor in Thailand. One day, we were exploring a ...

Kathy MacDonald was always “looking for something but didn’t know what.” She never imagined she’d discover it many metres undersea with no help but from one breath she ballooned in her lungs before a ...