Holding your breath competition

Dunno. I once held my breath so long that I passed out. Not keen to try again. I can swim a 25m length underwater. Anyone done any freediving?
 
I love swimming, but what I don't like about diving is the pressure.

Holding my breath isn't a problem, never timed myself on holiday, but I've been under for twice as long as people I met there and was messing around with, sat cross-legged in the middle of the pool on the bottom for a couple of minutes :p
 
:( 45 secs.

I find it easier to do underwater, because otherwise it's to easy to just breath in once you've let a bit of air out. I'd probably only manage an extra 15-30secs though.
 
i did two minutes once! Its just training yourself to ignore the need to breath! I always wonder if you train yourself to hold your breath for like 6-8 minutes, if you get knocked unconscious in some sort of accident, would your body react to breathing by itself still? I don't like the dodgyness of it tbh.
 
just had a small go, stopped at 45 seconds but think i could have pushed 60 seconds:D Think i need to stop smoking and ditch this cold
 
if you want to see some epic skills. have a read up on free divers.

Heres the current record holder, with a time of 10 minutes 4 seconds


impossible you say ? Discovery channel did a documentary on free divers a while back, and they can control their own heartbeat. They can literally slow their hearts right down to only a few beats per minute, barely keeping themselves alive. Thus greatly reducing oxygen consumption and their breating rate. its amazing stuff !
 
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