Breathing
By Valentin
@wmraul (2552)
Bucharest, Romania
August 8, 2011 2:11am CST
No matter if you have try it this in your bathtub, in a pool, at sea or wherever is water deep enough to covr yourself, you try it at least once and you probably been mad on yourself seing the low level results you got.
I am talking about trying to stay under water, not breathing, for as much as you can.
And you notice that as much you practice, longer you can stay under water. If at start you could resist about 30-40 seconds, later on you would easily cross 1.5 minutes ..
But what is your record? Have you ever involved into a friendly contest? And - the most important of all - do you think is dangerous to play like that?
6 responses
@Biomechanoid (2923)
• Estonia
8 Aug 11
I've never trained myself to increase lung capacity. However, I've tried holding my breath just for fun to see how long am I able to do that. I think my personal record is one minute or some seconds more than one minute. As one of the previous responders said - it's way more difficult to hold your breath underwater, especially depending on the depth of water. If you go too deep the pressure will start to push the water in your nose making you feel uncomfortable, so it will be hard to hold your breath for long. Of course professionals don't have such problems, they know how to overcome this.
@warrior007 (570)
• India
8 Aug 11
surely if we try or do something again and again then we become better and better...in that thing our body is a quick learner of everything ....i like swimming and i am able to stop my breath for 1 minute ..what about you..?
@stk40m (1118)
• Koeln, Germany
8 Aug 11
I only trained it above water and a couple of years ago I made 2:30 min or so. Under water it's much more difficult. Some professional divers can stay up to 8 minutes below, that's really a lot of time if you consider that the brain gets damaged if it doesn't receive oxygen for more than four minutes (under normal conditions).
you may also be interested in reading this article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mammalian_diving_reflex
@bouncybug (614)
• South Africa
8 Aug 11
I am absolutely terrible at holding my breath - I can only hold it for 30 seconds or so, and then I gave up because my lungs feel like they are going to burst! I don't think it is too dangerous to play games like this though, as long as you listen to your body and don't push yourself too hard - your body knows whats best for it and won't let you pass out I don't think, there comes a point when instincts take over!
@Shankerj (241)
• India
8 Aug 11
Well, my best record is 30 seconds, I will not suggest anyone to try this alone in water without any able guidance.
Some divers and life-guards do this for a little long time, as this is the requirement of their job and and they get proper training for the same.
