Hold your breath

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For how long can you hold your breath?
What counts as holding breath? Not exhaling or not inhaling?

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My record is about 5 minutes holding breath under water, but you have to keep exhaling slowly and intermittently and many avid swimmers can do this easily, I think total interruption of breathing will be maximum 50 seconds to one minute for me also underwater. Never tried holding breath on ground.

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5 minutes!! :eek:
Do you think the duration will be different on the ground?
I never timed myself while holding breath underwater, but I felt it’s easier to let go and hold breath under water as compared to on ground. Maybe due to the intermittent exhaling underwater. Though I doubt I ever went beyond 1.5 minutes :bummer:

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I think you are right, I think underwater you can hold breath for much longer. I believe your body is more likely to use the residual air capacity in your lungs when you are submerged than when you are on the ground.

Which one is your favourite swimming stroke?

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1:32 on ground without exhaling. I would have felt like:cool: if I hadn’t read your 5 minutes @NavAhmed :hehe:

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you must be a good swimmer

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I can’t swim. I used to compete with my siblings on holding breath underwater. I’d hold dad’s hand and float. It was usually in the seawater and not a pool so I had to hold someone’s hand.
I always won too :smiley:

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you are always a winner :slight_smile:

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:hehe: nah… I think it has something to do with the fact that my pulse rate has always been towards the low, 55bpm on an average. Maybe my body uses comparatively less oxygen:hmmm:

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Slow metabolism or good level of physical fitness? I am a runner and swimmer but my heart rate never drops below 70. I think it may be that I have a high metabolic rate or could be due overuse of caffeine. I cannot reference my pulse as a sign of my fitness unlike many other athletes.

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I’m not an athlete and I barely exercise.
How to find out if my metabolism is slow or not ?
I don’t use caffeine at all.

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There are several different methods but none is 100% accurate as ur basal metabolic rate depends upon your eating, activity levels, temp, age and gender. Several hand held devices can measure your oxygen input and C02 output to give an estimate of ur energy expenditure.

If u really want an equation, than here it is 655 + {4.35 weight in pounds} + {4.7 x height in inches} - {4.7 x age in years) (women)
there is different equation for men

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1187.45…is that slow, normal or high?

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I dont really know, but I hold it like not exhaling for 1 minute and 53 seconds.. will do more tomorrow, abhi aik se hi tabiat set hogai hai :hayaa:

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That’s more than me… Kal dobara krna… Maybe you’ll reach 2 minutes.

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you know, meri sans to 1:25 pe khatam hone ko thi, but mene baqi time shocks bardasht kerke guzara :hehe:

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I hold breath atleast once a day for some time but cannot say for how long as I dont take my watch in bathroom

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Did you try it again?

:smack:

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yes, it’s 1:43 this time.. (maybe because I ate much) :omg:

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Itna kyon khaya thaaaa :smack: