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Currently in my 60's I can easily do 2 minutes.
My personal best when I was younger was near four minutes.
How about you?
My personal best when I was younger was near four minutes.
How about you?
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How long can you hold your breath
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I haven't tried in awhile. 2 minutes is pretty good, though.
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Well give it a try. What's holding you back?
Lack of a timer.
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About 40 seconds before i start to go woozy.
My phone might, but I don't know where it is.
The other stuff might... but I don't know how to use it.
Remind me tomorrow, after I've found my phone.
I used to practice swimming underwater when young - in the local swimming baths - and could manage two minutes OK as to holding my breath, but I never went much further than this. On holidays, whilst snorkeling, this came in handy and I managed to swim down to see the bottom feeding creatures like rays. I also happened once to see a speedboat churning its way overhead and where my depth fortunately allowed me to be safe. Such a nice quiet bay I thought for such swimming. 
I just stopped breathing for a minute and six seconds.
I'm not sure it was my breath, though. It wasn't in my body before I inhaled. My window is open and I think some of it might have left the room when I exhaled. I'm not inclined to track it down. The dracaena in my room or one of the plants outside can have it.
I'm not sure it was my breath, though. It wasn't in my body before I inhaled. My window is open and I think some of it might have left the room when I exhaled. I'm not inclined to track it down. The dracaena in my room or one of the plants outside can have it.
Interesting...and perhaps concerning. I didn't start to go woozy at all. I just gave in to my body's natural instinct to breathe.
It did concern me, saw my doctor who sent me for an x-ray. Nothing found. So maybe a bit of asthma. She gave me ventolin spray which i rarely use.
Do you have a history of asthma?
No,
Well nothing that ever bothers me. I do sigh a lot (so hubby keeps telling me)
I do struggle for breath if i exercise heavily but lean towards more gentle strains now
Just randomly or as a reaction?
anotherneil
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Some members of the Bajau Sea Nomads can hold their breath for 5 minutes or more (up to 10 minutes, according to some sources). Apparently a larger than average spleen for humans enables them to hold their breath for so long.
ISEMPH - Bajau
isemph.org
Have you considered getting any PFTs done? I don't imagine an x-ray would reveal much other than a tumor.
Yes (i think) the doctor measured lung capacity and flow etc when i first mentioned it. She had no complaints, that's why she sent me for an x-ray to check.
Also at the radiology clinic they did an ultrasound as well.
35 seconds.
Not very good.
Not very good.