How long can you hold your breath?

[Msputiton]

[Adventurer23]

Without any preparation or training, on average, about 2 1/2 to 2 3/4 minutes. My longest was about 4 minutes and 30 seconds. I've never done any breath hold training though. If I did I could probably get into the 6s or maybe beyond. Hard to say.

[Adventurer23]

I just timed myself and did 2 minutes and 32 seconds. I always seem to hit somewhere between the 2 1/2 to 2 3/4 minute mark.

[mstbooblover]

When I was around 18 some fellow students and I did such a test. I was able to reach 3 minutes inactive sitting on a chair, without cheating. Now, at 69 years of age, when I go swimming I always start with a full length underwater 20 to 25 meter distance, the latter being the length of the pool. I guess that must be about 1 minute swimming apnea.

[DizzyDesii]

Its hard to do so when thinking about it. But if it ever came down to needing to do so to survive then i can

[DizzyDesii]

I just tried to and i got 2 minutes and 6 seconds. My lips started burning from trying to hold em shut 🤣 but the way i survived even that long was by calming myself, breathing out of my nose and closing my eyes halfway through. I feel like as a kid i could do 4-6 mins but i really dont remember

[DizzyDesii]

Its odd but i always felt like i breathe through my eyes. I dont feel like im suffocating with my mouth or nose covered but cover my eyes and i panic

[Msputiton]

Oh wow that is interesting

[Ms_Facesitter]

1 minute 31 seconds. Starting to feel bad for the person I'm sitting on. Juuust a little.

[Msputiton]

🤣🤣🤣

[DizzyDesii]

😂😂😂

[Wish4UrB00ty]

So I think my best time was like 2 minutes… but that was a long time ago. I haven’t tried in a long time even.

[Wish4UrB00ty]

How long can you hold it for?

[Msputiton]

I don't know. I was like a minute and a half before i stopped because I was bored

[Wish4UrB00ty]

Haha! That is pretty good though! I mean I can see that getting boring pretty quick though.

[Msputiton]

Yeah.🥴

[OfMiceandMen]

When I was younger and into Scuba Diving and working as a lifeguard/swim instructor at the beach, I would practice all the time and got up to around 3 minutes or so.

These days likely 2 minutes.

[PointTaken]

I don't know. I haven't actually tried in a while.

[Msputiton]

Try it now

[PointTaken]

Wow. I'm horrible. I did 30 seconds. Lol. I just woke for a bit, good excuse? Lol

[Msputiton]

Booo👎🏾

[PointTaken]

🤣🤣 I'll have to try again later. I need practice.

[Msputiton]

Yes. I'm very disappointed in you😔

[PointTaken]

That makes two of us. Maybe I'll curl up in a corner and keep practicing. After some more sleep, I'll probably keep trying at work and see how long.

[Msputiton]

Lmao

[PointTaken]

I got to 50 seconds then got interrupted. Lol

[lottiebannotie]

Just over a minute I really need to give up smoking lol

[Msputiton]

Lmao. That's pretty good

[lottiebannotie]

It's not too bad but it's definitely gone downhill

[LikeALog]

If I'm underwater it's much longer than if I'm in a horsebarn.

[Hispanic-Cool-Guy]

Maybe 40 seconds. I don't feel like trying neither. 😂

[najekim]

Used t do 2.5 minutes or so. Now I'd be lucky at 30 seconds. ;)

[Anonymous]

Not much. And you?
I like your chocolate skin tone.

[Opinion Owner]

Is your face comparitively darker or lighter in tone than your arms and legs or belly?

[Msputiton]

You making it weird ocastbury

[Opinion Owner]

What do you mean

[D_Bone_Steak]

3 minutes is my record.

[D_Bone_Steak]

The trick is to shut your mind off. Seriously... shit works.

[Msputiton]

You can hold it for 3 minutes, i believe you that it works.

[D_Bone_Steak]

Yeah... timed and everything with my head underwater. I think the trick of just shutting the mind down is the way that I do it. If I sit there thinking my body starts needing oxygen faster... If I don't think at all though...

Other than that... re-breath the air you took in before going underwater. That would be the only advice I could give on it. That's what I do when I really just want to go back up for air. Turn that brain off from panicking (AKA thinking) and just pretend everything is normal.

Hyperventilating is something that helps a lot as well. Breathe a lot before a dive until you feel like you're high.

[exitseven]

I just timed myself at 65 seconds.

[Msputiton]

Not bad

[exitseven]

I used to be able to hold it for 3 minutes. I could swim the length of a Olympic size swimming pool underwater.

[Msputiton]

Noice

[LavLavLuv]

45 seconds lmaoo

[Msputiton]

Bunny get that stamina up

[Charliefretz329]

Couple minutes if I prepare properly

[Msputiton]

Alright now

[Charliefretz329]

Yeppers

[DJB72]

About two minutes but I'm working on it 🤣

[Prince_09]

15 sec.. what about you?

[Msputiton]

Not fully sure. I was at minute and 1/2 before i got bored and stopped

[Prince_09]

You felt heavy or bored?

[humanearth]

Don't have a clue

[beebella]

I don't know, I've never timed it. 😂

[SnowedIn]

About 1 minute 17 seconds.

[The_Shadow_Dweller]

Around the same time. But a bit more. My dad made me take the breath holding test to make sure my SPO2 was good when COVID was at its peak.
He checked with the machine eventually, but the holding test was a good indicator.

Even better was taking a huge breath and recounting alphabets followed by numbers. The more you counted, the better.

[SnowedIn]

@The_Shadow_Dweller ... neat stories and great point. I'm surprised I was able to hold for this long.

[skyee_727]

40 seconds at best... lol

[Pink2000]

30 seconds

[Msputiton]

Really?

[Pink2000]

Yeah that’s it.

[Msputiton]

All gud

[Jennz6]

2 minutes

[Msputiton]

Dang

[Jennz6]

Under water