i am decent middle distance runner and assume that my lungs and what not are in good shape, but for some reason i can't hold my breathe worth a crap. In the water it's worse, probably somehitng to do with me panicking, but even on dry land i can't hold my breathe for more than a minute when sitting perfectly still.
I think it's easier to hold your breath underwater...on land I can only hold my breath for about a minute, but underwater I can hit about 75 seconds
Just went over 2:05 minutes today, straining a little, but I bet I could make it another 25 seconds to 2:30. Stopped cuz I had just won the contest with enough extra to be sufficiently impressive.
Practice every day for a week... hold it until you see spots. You may be surprised how quickly you improve. I have swum over 100m underwater in one breath. Just timed myself 3:24, but my resting heart rate is 35. I know a guy who can break 4 minutes. His nose bleeds and he faints from doing this though.
Isn't the world record like 8 minutes?
I think I broke 2minutes before which was alright. I think more important is being able to do stuff like swim a 50m lap without breathing, see how much you can do whilst exercising, see if you can run 100m breathless (or maybe 200 if your good?)
2:21
I think Casey Batey can hold his breath for around 2:20 ....see article below:
my record is 4:30 (after 10mins of pranayama practice)
i just did 1.20 i suck
Actually, its easier to hold your breathe on land. I believe this is because even though your not breathing, your still getting a little bit of oxygen in through the nose.
As for myself, I have a resting heart rate of 22 and can hold my breathe for roughly 4 minutes and 48.23 sconds. In addition, I sport a pathetic 5K PR of 13:20
it takes some practice to be able to hold your breath for a long time. I usually start off right around 1 minute to 1:05 and just keep doing it and have worked my way up to 2:45. If you go out and just do it once your time will be low.
Geeezz...I USED to be proud of 2:19...
8 minutes 15 seconds, then the lifeguard has to perform cpr on me after pulling me out of the water. Oh and the lifeguard is Pamela Anderson.
I swam 50 yards underwater once, I guess that was about 1:00+ holding breath but I was swimming while I did it... I guess it's still not that impressive... especially because someone saw me pump my fist afterwards in celebration and then swam 100 yards underwater just to make me look like a fool.
1:21 just now sitting at my desk. Maybe could have done better, but I actually need to use my brain today.
1:47 underwater
several professional freedivers have broken 8min under water("static apnea").World Record is 8:58 by Tom Sietas.
I think it is a lot easier to hold your breath under water because you can inhale and exhale slightly without swallowing verymuch water.
120 meters underwater... of course I passed out & glided for the last few, but was soon revived.
God Bless the Wizard