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How long can you hold your breath?

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malux94
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title says all, how long can you? Doesn't matter whether underwater or not. When I used to swim I could hold it for around 2:30 min underwater, then I stopped and I started smoking.... Last year I could hold it for only 30-45 seconds, and now that I started doing cycling, I just found out I can hold it for 1:30-1:40 no problem, and I still smoke 8-10 cigs a day.and you guys?
Oct 21 2012 5:03PM
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Barefootin_Fiend
Posts: 7618 - Karma: 4,727
i can generally hold for about 2 minutes when free diving...
Oct 21 2012 5:08PM
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Creed
Posts: 144 - Karma: 84
inb4 12 year olds passing out trying to break records
Oct 21 2012 5:08PM
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Andi_G
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40 seconds lol
Oct 21 2012 5:09PM
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NotGhood
Posts: 2809 - Karma: 1,255
can't the average person hold it for like 3 minutes if they absolutely have to?
Oct 21 2012 5:09PM
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dreadyboy
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Just did 1:30
Oct 21 2012 5:10PM
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De-Clan
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1:35 sec underwater
Oct 21 2012 5:10PM
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HWW
Posts: 3084 - Karma: 3,436
I used to try holding my breath when I went swimming, and I think I managed something around 2:10.

Now I can manage around 1:00 max, maybe 1:30 if I hyperventilate a bit :P
Oct 21 2012 5:12PM
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Negro_Jesus
Posts: 1789 - Karma: 91
1:30-2:00 above water
45 sec underwater
Oct 21 2012 5:34PM
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Puns
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Record is 2:45, usually around 2.. I think 3 would sound so impressive my lawd.

also can breath consistently one breath every 35 seconds
Oct 21 2012 5:36PM
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slugworth
Posts: 1247 - Karma: 772
2 minutes completely still
Oct 21 2012 5:50PM
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no_steeze
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like 20 seconds before i start freaking out
Oct 21 2012 5:51PM
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MNS
Posts: 5386 - Karma: 3,241
2 minutes if i sit in a chair and do nothing. decreases drastically underwater or swimming though
Oct 21 2012 6:03PM
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BmoChop
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I can do like a minute 40
Oct 21 2012 6:05PM
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Anathema
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13 seconds then i panic. i like air.
Oct 21 2012 6:06PM
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Caspaaa
Posts: 4830 - Karma: 1,466
first time i tried in a while i just got 1:06 but i'm sure i can hold my breath for longer



underwater you can achieve the same time just be completely still, focus on your heartbeat, that helps me
Oct 21 2012 6:07PM
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malux94
Posts: 232 - Karma: 25
True, I just watched something in tv about the guy who broke the world record (22 min I think?) and his heartbeat dropped to around 30bpm, I noticed mine drop too when I did it
Oct 21 2012 6:13PM
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Caspaaa
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yeah.

having a naturally low heartrate helps too. i have a low heartrate, and an unnaturally high VO2 max (my body uses a higher percentage of the oxygen it intakes than most peoples bodies), so i'm sure i can do better than 1 minute


just tried again, 1:38
Oct 21 2012 6:23PM
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k-fred
Posts: 5363 - Karma: 1,598
around 2:05 mins
Oct 21 2012 6:25PM
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Puns
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This is really interesting - crazy training, crazy low hearbeat, oprah is involved...


Oct 21 2012 6:26PM
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deepfriedtwinkie
Posts: 434 - Karma: 389
20 seconds...i dont know how people can hold theres for 1 min+
Oct 21 2012 6:34PM
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Barefootin_Fiend
Posts: 7618 - Karma: 4,727
seriously? it's really not that hard. most of it is in your head. just relax, and don't panic. keeping your heart rate down helps immensely.
Oct 21 2012 6:56PM
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malux94
Posts: 232 - Karma: 25
Bump i wanna hear more
Oct 21 2012 10:55PM
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ejm
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Fucking Crazy
Oct 21 2012 11:16PM
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ejm
Posts: 794 - Karma: 196
ah got beat to it
Oct 21 2012 11:17PM
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dreadyboy
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Tried again and got 2 minutes, was really wanting air by the end, but when I breathed it wasn't that different. Could probly force 2:30, maybe 3 if I absolutely had to, but I'd most likely pass out.
Oct 21 2012 11:19PM
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TheBlueMtSkier
Posts: 909 - Karma: 42
Did 2:30.
Oct 21 2012 11:26PM
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beezey
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only long enough for tunnels and such
Oct 21 2012 11:33PM
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blueberrymuffin
Posts: 194 - Karma: 51
longer than your mom
Oct 21 2012 11:34PM
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1337
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Oct 21 2012 11:36PM
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TheStudioCC
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Only made it 1:32 =[ definitely could've went longer I'm barely breathing heavy now.
Oct 21 2012 11:39PM
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qeefmasterflex
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The average human body can go 6 minutes without oxygen. Thats about the time you die without breathing.
Oct 21 2012 11:45PM
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rareison
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25 seconds max, I'm so god damn out of shape
Oct 21 2012 11:51PM
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malux94
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... Implying you don't die or get brain damaged.
Oct 22 2012 12:12AM
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Charlie_Kelly
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This. No movement whatsoever
Oct 22 2012 9:44AM
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zues
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2:08 is my record but havn't gotten close to that since.
Oct 22 2012 10:05AM
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mlp
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records like 3 mins
Oct 22 2012 10:41AM
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rzarector
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like a minute
Oct 22 2012 10:42AM
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lil_bit
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lil bit of time
Oct 22 2012 10:54AM
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RileyZap
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Oct 22 2012 11:11AM
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Huck_Norris
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It really depends on how gigantic and milky the bong hit was. 
Oct 22 2012 11:13AM
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Willgum
Posts: 3254 - Karma: 3,066
I always play this game in class when i try to pass the time. People always wonder why I'll suddenly start gasping for air
Oct 22 2012 11:35AM
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450out.
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2:15 underwater. 3:20 dry. Been freediving for two years.
Oct 22 2012 11:36AM
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LGSB
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just read this post in studyhall and laughed out loud everyone looked
Oct 22 2012 11:39AM
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LoathesRaisins
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R.I.P.
Oct 22 2012 11:46AM
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450out.
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Me too! Really the only class I'm taking right now is Apnea 30.
Oct 22 2012 11:54AM
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Round-Four
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i just 2:16 which im impressed with. im going to keep practicing for the rest of the week until i can go 3 minutes.
Oct 22 2012 11:59AM
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450out.
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Sit for a few minutes after, cause walking after a three minute hold is hard. Don't exhale really quick, because the rapid decompression of your lungs will make your blood rush there for some reason (Don't know why, but that's what some guy told me), until you have little in your brain, and that's called a shallow water blackout. I highly recommend reading about safety and shit before you go trying for really long holds, because doing it incorrectly and forcing yourself is how you get brain damage and nasty shit like that.
Oct 23 2012 1:17AM
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MNS
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U sound soooo kewl!!!! OmgZzzz
Oct 23 2012 11:51AM
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TNORTS
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over 2 minutes if I purge. Just under 2 minutes on a normal breath.

Oct 23 2012 12:09PM
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easiestEC
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not long at all. i smoke a lot of cigarettes haha
Oct 23 2012 12:23PM
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