Hands Free Equalisation | How to Equalise without pinching your nose | VTO and BTV Equalisation
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ม.ค. 2018
- How to hands Free Equalise! Hands Free equalisation is often seen as the holy grail for many freedivers. This is how you do it!
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Learning how to equalize hands free is really about muscle isolation. This video will teach you what is actually happening in your body when you no hands equalise and how to train yourself to do it. Step by step I will walk you through the exercises that you need to and I finish with a daily routine to help you strengthen your hands free equalisation.
Learned this as a child and only realized you were teaching what I already knew towards the end of the video haha
same story, it is natural and easy, everyone can learn it in a week or so. Adam explains it very well
I've been no-hands equalizing as long as I can remember. I never actively learned it. It just was there. Interesting to see it explained - I could not have explain it myself :)
same here, I didn't even know it had an explenation....
@@cat0mics yes thats how I viewed it too, but apparently it's not a muscle we contract but just push with air that is already in us...
@@fedvoxavoxa When you guys do it, is the force as strong as when you pinch the nose? I am naturally able to what feels like lifting the back of my tongue and adams apple up and then i feel/hear a short crackle in each ear. But when i pinch i feel the eardrum move, with this method I do not, or not as strong at least. I will have to wait until I can get to the pool to see if I am actually doing it or not i guess.
@@willrozmahel1684 same here. I will try to do it more forcefully
@@willrozmahel1684 did you try it? Did it work?
Hands Free Equalization (daily exercises):
1. Lifting and dropping throat with tongue in neutral position. (Do this for 2 minutes. Mouth is closed).
2. Lifting and dropping throat with tongue stuck out. (Do this for 2 minutes).
3. Lifting and dropping throat with tongue folded back. (Do this for 2 minutes).
4. Press soft palate up into the position that opens the eustasian tubes. Hold for 5 seconds, relax for 5 seconds, repeat. (Do this for 2 minutes).
5. Kabilabati, to increase blood flow to the head. (Do this for 5 minutes = 30 of breathing: 30 seconds of relaxation).
6. Hum the letter 'A'. Try some long continuous hums, then some bursting hums. (Do this for 2 minutes).
7. Hum the letter 'N'. Try some long continuous hums, then some bursting hums. (Do this for 2 minutes.)
8. Spend 2 minutes putting it all together: lifting up the soft palate, pumping with the throat, getting the ears to crackle, etc.
Thank you
I love your energy man. Sometimes I just watch your videos to make me happy. God bless you.
I just found you Adam. I love your videos, They are so informative and mostly I LOVE how you and your family are so happy. the lockdown videos are the best. THANK YOU!
OMG!!! Adam!! Thank you so much!!! I am going to try this ... and hopefully i will be ready for the next trip to Hawaii :) you are so awesome . May you and the people you love are safe and healthy!!!!
Thank you as soon as I am able I will be support you as your business and work is very important....
You almost got me to become a patreon. Just a little more! You are a great teacher. Always coming back to you since years.. Thank you
Thanks for posting this. I grew up diving and have always used this method, but your explanation of the method is much clearer(my conception of it was always 'swallow and wiggle ears at the same time') and has helped me to equalize much more easily
Awesome video Adam! I've always been able to equalize hands free, but one of my mates I dive with can't. I had no idea how to explain to him how I do it, because I didn't even know you could learn it! I'll definitely be showing him this video so he has something to work on for our next dives.
Omg thank you so much!! This was so helpful and I thought I was hopeless that I couldn’t dive. You taught me so much!!😄
This is sooooo descriptive thank you !
Thanks Adam!
I started to practice the exercises and on the second day I was feeling those crackling sounds in the middle ear when lifting the soft palate!
Fantastic! My ears feel so much more open! Thanks!
Thank you so much Adam! Guess i'm in the 0.1% cause i was able to do hands free equalization with ease by using your pointers. Keep up the great videos, you're an inspiration and a great help!
Best freediving tutorials ever. I like your way of explaining and simplifying information, that is really not easy work. Thanks and we looking for more 😃
Thank you Amer :) I really appreciate that!
Thanks for your time and the useful video.
Super excited to find out this can be learned. I am lucky to have been able to do it as a kid, but I followed the video tutorial just to see if it lines up with the muscles that I have been using for years. Yes it does!! Especially hummming with your mouth closed and hearing your hummmm amplified from the inside. Also when I touch the soft palate with my finger, my soft palate gently pinches my finger when I am equalizing. These are perfect indicators, I can't wait to tell others that it's not just a gift from the ocean gods lol It is learnable.
Hi Adam.. Thanks for the best video on TH-cam to explain this subject. I really could practice for two days and I have started to control the soft palette and could start feeling a pressure hands free.. But this pressure still not that enough as I believe need to practice more on dry and apply in several diving. 5 stars to your content.
I live up in the mountains and there is still snow on the ground so I have no access to a pool but I can't wait to get wet again and actually try this under water. I followed along with the video with some success but unlike most of the people here it did Not come naturally, and I've been diving since 1989...completely WRONG!!
I quit diving for a short time when they closed the abalone fishery in Northern Californina but I couldn't stay away, I love diving too much. So I'm practicing the tables and will now start doing these excercises, faithfully. This will help my diving so much.
Thank you Adam, you are a great instructor and motivator, these tricks and tips are horrible but you make them fun!!
You have the best free-diving instructional videos Sir!
Thanks so much Mark :)
I've always been able to 'kind of' do this, but never on demand whenever I needed it easily. This will help me put the effort I need in the right spots so I can drain my inner ear when I'm sick... that's the most common time I use BTV.
amazing Video , Adam!!
you are amazing... but seems I need a long time. GREAT video
Just tried doing the Frenzel equalizing and I was so confused because I've been doing it hands-free forever! Thank you!
Thank you adam !!! Beautifull video ! i love them !
Thanks Gabriele! I appreciate it!
Hey man I watched your vid and thought it would of taken awhile to work out. But once in the water I did it first go, I couldn’t believe it. Great video mate, keep it up!
you legend! keep it up :) that's sick
Thank you so much for tech us how to equalize!
You're very welcome!!
Thanks Adam ! I start to feel it !
awesome! not long now for you then!
Great content , Always love your videos man !!
Thanks so much Andre!
I've been waiting for this! I don't think I will switch up from Frenzel though. I've been using it since I found your Frenzel video about a year ago. As always thank you for all your information, it has helped me out a million times!
So so welcome Dan :)
This is super useful, so many people want's to learn BTV or enhance their BTV skill. Thanks a lot!!!
You're so welcome buddy :) I'm not sure if there is a legit manual or tutorial for BTV around so I figured I may as well put one out- get some more people BTVing
great video Adam
Yeeess I can hear popping sounds🎉thanks a lot
Thank you Adam, It just worked for me as I'm now back from a dive in Croatia! 😊I'm now in apnea diving almost 20 years and never tought I could do it. Your exercises helped me and in 3 days I done it! ❤😀
Have to say that now I will have to adapt better because is still in progress and makes me a bit more nervous but slowly I will get the proper relaxation. Today it worked till 24 m cnf🎉😊😊😊
I am able to perform the exercises and lift my soft palate while hearing the crackling in my ears. However, once I close my mouth AND nose (wearing a mask), I am no longer able to do so. Have you encountered the same issue? If so, how did you resolve it?
You are awasome...such an inspiration. Thank you for all the good tips. You are leaving my dream...You are like a merman...... ....keep the good work. God bless you.
hahahaha Oh my wife would laugh so much to hear my called a merman :) Thank you so much Aliah :)
Another one great video from Adam. Thanks!
I try to do those exercises with my tongue at my working place in office.
It wasn't good.
hahahahaha they're such awkward exercises to do at work! haha glad you enjoyed the video :)
This is pure gold. Plus I was certain Adam would know a lot about Adam's apple.
I couldn't do it, but finally I have enough information to do so. Thank you so much!
You're welcome brother :)
very detailed, thank you my friend!!!!
Keep up the great work!!
Thanks Paul :)
so useful thanks go on with your wonderful
stuff
Thanks Gadi! Will do :)
Thanks mate, really helpful you videos
Thanks :) I'm stoked you're enjoying them!
Thanks Adam!! i love your videos, i was to subscribe to your patreon advance program, but it sees it will cover only 6 days, i will do the suscription in Dec..
Still dont get it but will try them till i get them thank you adam. I will support your patreon👍👍👍👍 love your video
Thank you so so much! That really means a lot! Just keep practising and it will get stronger. It usually takes a few weeks :)
If you want instant feedback for when you open the eustachian tube try this: During the exercise to determine if you opened the eustachian tube hold an earbud with loud music directly to your nose. The music becomes significantly clearer from one moment to then next.
You're kidding, right? 🤣🤣😅
Love this. Super helpful bruv
Thanks Ben!
Fantastic video! Thank you
You're so welcome :) thanks!
LOVE YOUR VIDEOS. gonna support your patreon page as soon as i get my first credit card xD
Thank you so much :)
I had a shallow water blackout very recently due to an in ear barotrauma :( . Can't dive (for now) but NOP,. won't be skipping THESE videos. Nice job Adam 👍
So good to hear that you're all right and nothing more serious happened! Thank you as well! :)
Love this guy
Thank you so much :) so happy you're liking the videos!
That's nuts. Ace video, Adam.
Thanks heaps bro :)
Very well explained!
Thanks :) I appreciate it :)
Did it first try :o, great video
I'm gonna need this.. cos I can't squeeze my nose to equalize without feeling lots of pain and/or getting into a sneezing fit!
I've always been able to hands free equalise I learnt because I traveled a lot on planes between parents when I was younger and when it came to diving I thought I was just blowing against the pressure in the mask but turns out I'm doing this ahah 😅
Since watching Adams videos I've gone from 13m depth to 21m in around a month 🤘 thanks for all your help man also some of my friends here in the Maldives met Alexey today apparently really nice guy so jealous 🙈
That's awesome! You're so welcome :) i'm so happy the videos have helped! Freedivers are all nice guys ;)
My dad used to dive for work and when I was younger he quite simply explained to me that you need to carry out the first step of a yawn in your throat and make your ears click, I’ve never done any exercises I’ve just followed that rule and I’ve never had issues doing it. But the science behind what’s happening is really enjoyable and informative in this video you really know your stuff!
I've done this, too for years because my ears are sensitive to pressure on airplanes. Valsalva, chewing gum and those other things never work for me. I discover by accident that yawning cleared my ears. Over the years, I developed the ability to do that " first stage without yawning.
Hi Adam
Congrats on a great video, For almost twenty years I've been unable to explain to people how I equalise hands free. This is by far the best explanation I've seen, and I'm sure it will improve my own technique too! I just open my passages as I dive and maintain equilibrium, but once I go past 20m I have to start nose pinching to supplement and at 30 it's completely ineffective, and I can no longer hold the airway open. Are there natural limits with hands free, or with practice can you improve your resilience?
I tried during the video. My right ear plays along... now just to teach the left! A few gags along the way - Thanks Adam!
hahaha gags are good! that's awesome :) nice work :) the other ear will come into line soon enough
So I’m new to all of this. I’m getting scuba and accidentally found this and watched it. I spend 6 hours trying to figure out how to do it, and then I got into the water and realized that I’ve known how to do it all my life lol. I just never tried doing it in water, only in the mountains haha
Ah that's awesome! You're definitely one of the lucky ones :)
Hi. I guess I know how to do it all my life too, but I haven't tried to do it in water. What I've found out is when you're doing that thing(rising your soft pallet up) you can hear through your nose lol. Try to stick an earphone playing any music in your nose, you'll hear extra bassy music in your head(ears) lol. Can you approve that's it? :)
@@AdamFreediver I've actually been told that the ability isn't 'super-rare' but I'd say it's not THAT rare, but not very common either, but I don't think many Scuba and free divers can perform this technique that well, though
Thats exactly what i was thinking
thanks time to practice!
😎
Woo! :)
Wow! I tried this today. I was able to dive 11 meters down to the bottom (deepest I have been). Thank you so much! :)
you're so so welcome! :)
Thanks a lot! Very useful tips. I just yawned and payed attention how everything is moving while i yawned, and then i started to replicate that. It took me about 2 hours to learn, although my ears are popping but i don't think the popping is strong enough, gotta keep practice to make it stronger. ;) thanks again, you are the best ;)
That's awesome! So happy to help :)
Awesome instructional man! I have always been able to instinctively delonca equalize... But only in one ear lol.
thanks buddy! haha that's pretty normal. I have an exercise in my 'solving equalisation problems' video that will increase the flexibility of your Eustachian tubes and allow you to do this in both ears
Awesome! Thanks man, I'll check it out!
thanks daddy ,you are my hero ,God bless you adam , I difficulty equalise with btv to 10m head down , I keep the mask equalise all the desand exhaling the air from the nose and move the soft palate every meter, it work but it take a lot of air from lung!!!!but it work so good with me in scuba dive .very helpful video ,we are so lucky having your support daddy , sorry about patreon I wish that I can, but shame on me hhhhhhh I don't have visa cart .
That's all good :) Support comes in many ways and i'm just happy you're enjoying the videos. With more practice you'll learn how to no hands equalise without losing too much air :)
simple way to master wiggling your ear by using loos frame glasses and lean forward like youre going to drop your glasses, you stop at certain point and then somehow use your ear to hold the glasses. I found it accidentally, due to my glasses are keep loosening.
and somehow i think it should work to equalisation, other way that work for me is slowly wiggleling your lower jaw, side to side. I usualy combined it all.
nice video, Adam
regards, from Indonesia
Thanks for the great video, it's really helpful! I would like to ask though could you do a video about training for dynamic apnea. As I battle a lot to progress in this even after training my dynamics for a long time.
Can do! That would be a great idea for a video :) I have a few others to make before hand but it's coming
Thank you
Definitely gonna try this... Sorry for being Soo late ...school you Know how that goes
hahahaha forgiven :P hahaha you'll be a no hands equaliser in no time
Adam Freediver with your help no doubt
İf i succes i ll f n patreon . İm f in excited to see a tutorial about this. Rispecto patronum. Really thanks
I learn how to Equalize with you Adam!!!!❤❤ thank sow much!!! From Greece 🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷❤️
thank you very very much
Adam I love your videos! I am just starting to learn freediving. I made a video on my channel with my first few dives with a family of manatees. Unfortunately I was not able to get very deep because I did not have enough weights for the wetsuit I was using. I can't wait to get out and dive some more, but I don't get to often because I am in the army.
Brandon i'm so stoked you enjoy the videos :) Lucky we can dive at a really good level all our lives so hopefully you'll stationed near some stunning water soon!
thanks Adam
Thanks!
Just realized this is exactly what I do on an airplane. Blowing out holding my nose never worked for me.
My fave AFD video so far!! I kept rewinding to see your ears wiggle!
Ngl for the first time I tried this I nailed it I dive from 5m to 12m thanks man
i like your new intro man! nice video, and i can frenzel now, i was the one who messaged you on facebook :D
Ah nice to see you here :) I like the into too :) I'm so happy you can Frenzel :)
So today I learned that ever since I was young I already knew how to equalize my ears without hands😂😂. The way I always described it as a youngin was like an earthquake sound as a walked on ants 😂😂 thought this was one of the unspoken gifts that everyone knew how to do ,like blurring your vision or making you voice deep like a demon outta hell 🤣. It took a 4 year old video to make me finally realize that the exact same feeling I feel when I equalize with my hand on nose is the exact same feeling without my hands😂. Thank you for this video … I don’t have money but I will subscribe n like every vid from now on ✨👍🏾✨
You have a great way of explaining how this works and how to start to get a feel for things. I just have to figure out how to lift the middle of my soft palate without going into a yawn…I kept going into a full yawn and after 10 yawns my my eyes are so watery like I’m crying 😅
I learned this as a child and never realized what it did until I started swimming deep and I needed to equalize. Just like some people can move their eyes around separately, make their hair do circles on their head, only move one pectoral muscle, or recently my friend showed me that he had wings, he used some weird muscle isolation and his shoulder blades shot straight up off his back. Honestly God just made us all with different talents and abilities.
Absolutely :) although I think doing this one naturally is quite fortunate
Landon Driggers i swear me two
Same I was shocked I can do this naturally
me too
Landon Driggers I’m just glad I’m not the only one
cool vid!!!
15:25 was hilarious. Thanks for this video. I'm pretty sure I'm on my way to getting this now 👍🏻
cool! that is great and usefull video
thanks!
Got this going in 5 mins although still quite a faint equalization :-) I used to suffer from bad hayfever where my ears itched inside where I could not scratch. So I one day realised I can relieve the itch by making making my ears crackle. I had no idea I was opening my eustachian tubes. I have years of experience, haha! It still takes concentration to coordinate throat movement with the crackles but pretty soon I will master this.
that's awesome! thank you hayfever!
Ohhhhh finaly , you r a man of your word ... Thank u smuch for this video... Such a wierd video though and strange feeling ... But i guss my ears didn't pop out like frenzil way ... Just felt like it opened smothly and that's it ....i could't support on patreon coz i don't have a credit or visa card im sorry for that ,,, but like , comment , and share that i could do ,,, thank u again mate for all of this
Thank you Sam :) I've always appreciated your support! It's so strange learning how to do it but once you get it you'll never dive the same. It sounds like you're well on your way to being able to do it though! I hope you're well my friend
hi sam gnaba ,I khalifa from algeria, you can tchek this video ( th-cam.com/video/pI40yYY7rX0/w-d-xo.html ) it help me so far and good luck.
thank you
Hi Adam! THe best video of the kind I have seen so far, also you are a nice person. I have been trying BTV passionately during the last 2,5 years. I was so far trying mainly the swallowing maneuver but what I managed was only to momentarily open the tubes, so little air coming in, not practical at all during dive. So, at first, thank you for helping me understand it is not the proper way, I have almost dismantled my jaw ! :-)
Now, one question please, hope not getting tiring, I think other people will find the answer useful too:
It is a different thing to me to yawn normally and to try yawning voluntarily. In a spontaneous yawn the tubes open and I feel a peculiar contraction of the muscles around them. I cannot reproduce this funny feeling when yawning voluntarily. My soft palate raises a lot , I think i contract the same muscles but nothing opens. I guess it is the tensor veli palatini (from what I have read, it is the muscle that does the job) I contract in the first case via some kind of indirect innervation. I wonder: Do all people have the ability to voluntarily contract this muscle ? Is it only a matter of training and understanding to do it , or some of us will never get it? Why since my palate raises, I get no tube opening?
Thanks in advance, anyway you already helped me :-)
Very interesting! When I yawn spontaneously and voluntarily I feel the same movement- in this case I think it might be interesting for you to yawn several times voluntarily until that yawn becomes spontaneous. I like to think- or hope! that everyone can BTV but to be honest there is just so little studies done on the topic that I just don't know if everyone can....I assume everyone can control those muscles....but arriving at that control is just such a different journey for everyone. I really wish I could help you more!
thnk you very much for help all pepole in the worldthank you
You're so welcome :) thank you for the support!
Hi Adam. Thank you for this amazing video. I was able to learn hand equalization myself intuitively (if my station tubes are in good condition i can do it head down). In this video u tell that to equalize u r opening station tubes and move your throat up. I analysed my technique and noticed that my throat goes down (not up). Can you explain this. Thank you.
14:52 While practicing it in the living room.... Trying to explain to my wife it’s just a free diving exercise. Great video!
Thank you for your tutorial and all other videos! I really enjoy watching them.
I wonder if it possible to feel the ear popping (similarly how you can feel it with Valhalla or Frenzel) on a surface without a mask? I can feel something in my ears but it's nothing comparing to when I pinch my nose.
I heart that hands-free equalization is very similar to Frenzel, but instead of nose pinching, you should use your mask. Is it a true statement or it's something different from what you described? Thank you!
Thanks for the tutorial Adam!
I think I’m getting there, after playing around in a shallow pool, I went to the sea today and did dives to 10m, hands-free EQ with the head upside down.
I followed the lead of not letting pressure buildup, so I'm equalising more often than I do normally, pretty much every second as I go down and it works (left tube is a little more stubborn)
It’s an interesting feeling, no fullness like with a regular Frenzel-type eq, to the point that I'm wondering i’m really equalised, before realising that I’m at 10m and there is no pressure, discomfort.
Just a couple of question - as I equalise, I get squishy/sucky sounds in the ear, which I guess are the tubes opening slowly. This is normal, yes?
After a while (30 minutes or so) I’ve noticed the equalisation gets a little more difficult, it’s a little like muscle fatigue - is this normal as well, ie the muscles need to build up a little more to support the process during longer periods, or is it just technique?
thanks a bunch!
ben
Hey man, Great Video and generally Great Channel!! I have been able to equalize no hands by myself for the last few years, cause although 18, i was fascinated by fridiving since elementary school! I have only one question, in order to equalise I kind of do the same muscle movement as swallowing my saliva but without actually swalloing it. In my poor experience it works pretty well, i have been able to reach 17 meters without feeling any pressure on my ears. I just wanted to ask if my "technic" is proper, I think it is the same as the one you show in the video although not sure cause it comes naturally, i dont force it. Love from Greece
Thank you for the wonderful content. I was wondering what the importance of no hands equalization are when competitive freedivers already use nose clips?
It's cool to learn but it isn't something competitive
I learned by myself without TH-cam and I was like 12 or 13. Because around those years my parents liked going on road trips and my country has lots of mountains to past, and since I went on a bunch of road trips where I would just sleep then suddenly pressure was in my ears then I suddenly yawned which made the pressure go away then slowly I learned how to do it just by swallowing.
Nice one. There are a small group of people who learn this on their own....for the rest of us it takes weeks or months haha you're quite lucky
I actually can relate to this. I already knew how to do this technique due to frequent traveling also; however, I was unaware that I could use this to equalize my ears while diving also.
Well i watched your video 2 days ago and where able to do it just like that @_@
but noice thanks.
HI I'm a perso
I am currently 15 and I developed something similar years ago, but I don't think it's exactly the same, why? Because I can also induce ear pressure using the same method but breathing through the nose while doing it, I'm interested in knowing if you could do the same.
Hey Adam, great videos! So much useful info and love the music. I'm still pretty new to freediving, however am an avid scuba diver. I confused with this equalization because I've always naturally no-hands equalized during scuba and flying. Ever since I was young my ears were super sensitive to altitude/depth, so the soft palate control of opening my eustachian tubes is something I do constantly throughout the day. I get the crackles, but seemingly miss the equalization in freediving- any ideas?
Thanks!
well it's possible that your hands free equalisation isn't strong enough for a head down equalisation like we need in freediving. With Scuba most descents are with the head up so it's so much easier to do it. perhaps a little tweeking with the technique and strengthening it will solve this
Ouch! I just had a tongue cramp hahahha. I'm hearing some cracking in my first time! :D Hope it works, thanks Adam!
hahahaha! that's awesome :) sounds like you're on the right track
Being a singer helps hugely with this, since you have to mess with your soft palette often to get correct singing vowel shapes.
Absolutely :) plus singers have great control of their breathing and use of the diaphragm
I used to have asthma when I was a child. I grew up blowing my nose for more than 10 years then i was able to develop this 'handless' equalization technique.
Interesting! I suppose you developed a control of the oral muscles over the years because of it
I have another friend who told me something similar. He always sniffs his nose. And he thinks his ability to hands free is related to it!