Free Diver, Fatima Korok – Dealing with Stress, Finding Limits, Ongoing Learning and Ultimate Preparation

The Supersapiens Podcast

Fatima is a professional free diver and a 3 time world champion. In addition to being Hungary’s first world champion free diver, she holds 16 national records and has dived to a distance of 101m.

2:00 – Supersapiens in the Free-Diving World
2:35 – Community Shoutouts
5:38 – David’s training and Xylon’s question about his training
10:41 – David’s nutrition experimentation in preparation for London Marathon
13:00 – Episode starts
13:34 – Where is home for Fatima?
14:03 – How does training look for Fatima in the off-season?
14:40 – How did Fatima get into free-diving in Hungary?
20:10 – When did Fatima start free-diving?
36:14 – How does Fatima cope with the stress of the world championships?
41:34 – Can you adjust depth of planned dive in free-diving competitions?
44:55 – What are the disciplines of free-diving and what is the competition format?
48:41 – What are Fatima’s dive depth records?
59:40 – What goes in to training for free-diving?
65:20 – What does fueling look like for free-diving?
69:52 – What does a pre-dive meal look like?
70:20 – What time is a pre-dive meal for Fatima?
70:30 – What is the community of free-diving like?
73:32 – What is the dive reflex?
79:35 – Recap

Fatima’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fatimakorok.freediver/