Longest resting underwater breath hold?

[casa_mugrienta]

What's your longest?

I can remember my dad used to do 50m underwater no fins pretty easy. He never had any apnea training.

I've done a 1:47 pretty easy, going to try to do 2 mins today. Working my way up slowly not pushing it.

 

[Autoprax]

repeating a story . . .

I'm in bed with my best girl in the morning. I tell her I used to do three minutes. I would lie on the bottom of the pool with a weight on my chest with my water proof watch. High tech in the 70s.

She says BS.

Then she gets her watch and does 2:45.

Then she hands me a watch.

I'm like, fuck.

I did three but it sucked. It hurt my lungs.

 

[CutnSnip]

never tested in the water which is dumb on my part. Ive done 80ish seconds maybe on land w/ no prep and then just shy of 3:00 doing some wimhof breathing beforehand.

 

[Autoprax]

The thing about breathe holding is you got to want it.

 

[sdsrfr]

just over 2.5min with a breathe up, someone was giving me a tap every 30s and I freaked out knowing where I got to. It was my first try.

never bothered to time myself again.

i think out the steps to change a flat tire.

 

[kelpcutter]

In high school we used to swim laps under water to see who could go the longest. I remember swimming six or eight lengths of the pool (200m) until you're seeing stars and have to give up and take a breath. Maybe 2.5 - 3+ minutes. Learned quickly it was not about speed. A relaxed and efficient glide preserving air and energy was most effective. Might be able to do 1.5-2 minutes now, resting.

 

[sh3]

Static hold w/ a spotter, so not totally underwater: 5 minutes even. About a year and a half ago. Felt both awful and like a champ.

#nothumblebrag

 

[sussle]

1.5-2 minutes in a pool with no training. always wanted to get better at it, though. however, a few years ago some neighborhood 12 y/o challenged me to a breath holding contest in the HOA pool and i destroyed him in front of a few other kids and it was probabaly the highlight of my 50's.
yes, i'm that pathetic.

 

[crustBrother]

2:50 using wim hof method not under water

 

[bluengreen]

hyperventilation helps, but it's not good for you.

had some friends in the medicine tell me that shallow drowning is on the rise given the new fad in breath-work.

 

[santacruzin]

Just did 2:15. no hyperventilation but I had taken a huge bong hit 5 mins prior

 

[sussle]

hyperventilation helps, but it's not good for you.

had some friends in the medicine tell me that shallow drowning is on the rise given the new fad in breath-work.

Why is hyperventilation not good for you? That's my secret weapon in competitive breath-holding situations with children.

 

[Woke AF]

What's your longest?

I can remember my dad used to do 50m underwater no fins pretty easy. He never had any apnea training.

I've done a 1:47 pretty easy, going to try to do 2 mins today. Working my way up slowly not pushing it.

Don't push it w/o a safety person who has been trained on what to do if you blackout or LMC. You could die .

3:20 is my longest
I stopped training for depth or length but for the quality of the dive. 50m w/o fins is impressive. I've seen people blackout attempting less.

 

[20W-50 and blood]

a struggling 45 seconds

 

[Woke AF]

Why is hyperventilation not good for you? That's my secret weapon in competitive breath-holding situations with children.

hyperventilating before a breath-hold is bad. From the AIDA Freedive manual:



Simply defined, hyperventilation is in- and exhaling more air than you need to maintain a neutral level of CO2 in your blood.
Of course this definition depends greatly on your current state of activity. In a relaxation exercise while lying on your bed you are barely producing CO2, whereas in a 400m sprint you produce such big amounts that your breathing cannot catch up with exhaling enough of it. In the first case any audible breath would already considered to be hyperventilation, while it is not possible to hyperventilate during the 400m run.
No additional O2 storage

With an Oximeter the Oxygen saturation of your blood can be measured by attaching it to your finger. at at any given time your blood is saturated with Oxygen levels at around 96-99%. If you are significantly below that reading you are either exerted and need to rest or you are sick and should consult a doctor.

You can prove to not be able to increase the readings by hyperventilating with the Oximeter still on your finger. the reading remains more or less steady. You cannot put more tea in a cup that is already full. Sometimes the blood saturation with Oxygen might increase by one percent, but at a great cost: You have to literally over-exert yourself with breathing!

after all, hyperventilation does not store more Oxygen in your blood!

Negative effects of hyperventilation

In the breath hold exercise mentioned earlier it was not possible to do extend the





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breath hold indefinitely because of the rising level of CO2. But by hyperventilating before the experiment it is possible that you pass out from low Oxygen levels without even feeling the first signal of rising CO2. hyperventilation can postpone the signals of rising CO2 to such an extent! hyperventilation does not store more Oxygen, it actually lowers the level of CO2.

If you pass out while your face is submerged, you will not unconsciously inhale water, but simply die after a few minutes. Only a buddy watching over you at all times and performing a timely rescue if needed will save you from this ill fate. this is the main reason why hyperventilating before freediving is so dangerous.

apart from the potentially fatal danger, hyperventilation has other disadvantages for breath holding. hyperventilation raises the heart rate, which goes against the goal of starting a breath hold in the most relaxed state as possible. hyperventilation also reduces the blood flow to the brain while increasing it towards the extremities. Once you have started your breath hold, your body will need to reverse this process to conserve Oxygen (see the chapter about the “Mammalian Dive response” in aIDa4). In short, in a breath hold after hyperventilation, your body will not conserve Oxygen as much as it potentially could and is thus using up its Oxygen reserves faster. You can black out earlier than you would have in a completely relaxed state.

 

[crustBrother]

hyperventilating before a breath-hold is bad.

but deep, calm, intentional breathing while floating on the surface and focusing on totally relaxing every muscle from your pinky toe all the way up to the top of your scalp right before descending 80 feet in 70 degree water is SO SO GOOD

 

[sussle]

hyperventilating before a breath-hold is bad. From the AIDA Freedive manual:



Simply defined, hyperventilation is in- and exhaling more air than you need to maintain a neutral level of CO2 in your blood.
Of course this definition depends greatly on your current state of activity. In a relaxation exercise while lying on your bed you are barely producing CO2, whereas in a 400m sprint you produce such big amounts that your breathing cannot catch up with exhaling enough of it. In the first case any audible breath would already considered to be hyperventilation, while it is not possible to hyperventilate during the 400m run.
No additional O2 storage

With an Oximeter the Oxygen saturation of your blood can be measured by attaching it to your finger. at at any given time your blood is saturated with Oxygen levels at around 96-99%. If you are significantly below that reading you are either exerted and need to rest or you are sick and should consult a doctor.

You can prove to not be able to increase the readings by hyperventilating with the Oximeter still on your finger. the reading remains more or less steady. You cannot put more tea in a cup that is already full. Sometimes the blood saturation with Oxygen might increase by one percent, but at a great cost: You have to literally over-exert yourself with breathing!

after all, hyperventilation does not store more Oxygen in your blood!

Negative effects of hyperventilation

In the breath hold exercise mentioned earlier it was not possible to do extend the





Feeling the water carrying you helps to relax







36









AIDA2 MANUAL CHAPTER 04





breath hold indefinitely because of the rising level of CO2. But by hyperventilating before the experiment it is possible that you pass out from low Oxygen levels without even feeling the first signal of rising CO2. hyperventilation can postpone the signals of rising CO2 to such an extent! hyperventilation does not store more Oxygen, it actually lowers the level of CO2.

If you pass out while your face is submerged, you will not unconsciously inhale water, but simply die after a few minutes. Only a buddy watching over you at all times and performing a timely rescue if needed will save you from this ill fate. this is the main reason why hyperventilating before freediving is so dangerous.

apart from the potentially fatal danger, hyperventilation has other disadvantages for breath holding. hyperventilation raises the heart rate, which goes against the goal of starting a breath hold in the most relaxed state as possible. hyperventilation also reduces the blood flow to the brain while increasing it towards the extremities. Once you have started your breath hold, your body will need to reverse this process to conserve Oxygen (see the chapter about the “Mammalian Dive response” in aIDa4). In short, in a breath hold after hyperventilation, your body will not conserve Oxygen as much as it potentially could and is thus using up its Oxygen reserves faster. You can black out earlier than you would have in a completely relaxed state.

Gotcha

 

[r32]

in my 20s, at my peak, about 2.30 to 3.

now... not even 2. Maybe not even 1.5.

pathetic, but such is life as we age.

 

[Eimeo]

I have never understood, is the Wim Hof method basically hyperventilating? If so, and that is supposedly bad, how does it help him and others hold their breath for so long?

 

[r32]

I have never understood, is the Wim Hof method basically hyperventilating? If so, and that is supposedly bad, how does it help him and others hold their breath for so long?

I could be mistaken here, but I don't think the Wim Hof method is about being able to hold your breath longer. It's about increasing your ability too control your body's response to stressful situations.