#162 - David Mellor - No Limits

An episode of the The Freedive Cafe Podcast podcast, hosted by Donny Mac - Freediver, titled "#162 - David Mellor - No Limits" was published on March 2, 2025 and runs 73 minutes.

March 2, 2025 ·73m · The Freedive Cafe Podcast

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Summary

David Mellor is an English freediver who started freediving at 49 years old and achieved the incredible goal of freediving to 100 metres, in competition, at the age of 60 years old. In this episode we discuss: David and Donny sat down at The Little Blue in Dahab, home of True Depth Freediving, for this interview. David became a grandfather! David moved to Poole in England when he was 12 years old. He was a tool maker by trade and eventually opened his own factory. After three kids and a divor...

Episode Description

David Mellor is an English freediver who started freediving at 49 years old and achieved the incredible goal of freediving to 100 metres, in competition, at the age of 60 years old.

In this episode we discuss:

David and Donny sat down at The Little Blue in Dahab, home of True Depth Freediving, for this interview.
David became a grandfather!
David moved to Poole in England when he was 12 years old.
He was a tool maker by trade and eventually opened his own factory.
After three kids and a divorce David wasn’t in the best of shape.
David was 49 years old when he did his first freediving course.
Shout out to Emma Farrell (Episodes #32 and #50) and Vobster Quay.
He did his first competition when he was 55 years old.
At the age of 55 David sold his business and moved into freediving full-time.
He dived 100m (FIM) for the first at the age of 59 and did 100m in competition at the age of 60.
Shout out to Harry Chamas (Episodes #49 and #73).
Shout out o Gus Kreivenas (Episodes #30, #31 and #105).
Shout out to Alice Modolo (Episode #117).
Shout out to Federico Mana (Episode #84).
David didn’t have and LMC or Blackout until he was diving 100m!
Shout out to Tom Peled (Episode #120).
What was blocking David’s equalisation at 85m?
How important is strength training for David?
Two exercises to improve your hypoxic tolerance (hypoxic runs and static).
Experiences with squeezing.
An over expansion injury.
Does he do flexibility/compressibility training?
Discussing David’s experience with DCI in Dominica?
Shout out to Jonathan Sunnex (Episodes #68 and Lost Episode #2).
What is David thinking when he’s coming up from a dive?
David’s mum is a total beast!
How important is nutrition to David?
Does he take any supplements?
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David’s retreats with Echo Echo Projects with Lydia Gard and Martin Petrus, and teaching in the UK and other places.
Why does he freedive?

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