How long can you hold your breath?

Msputiton

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Xper 7 Age: 44 , mho 61%

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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.

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- Adventurer23
  
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  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.
  
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mstbooblover Follow
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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.

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DizzyDesii Follow
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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

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- DizzyDesii
  
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  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
  
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- DizzyDesii
  
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  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
  
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- Msputiton
  
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  Oh wow that is interesting
  
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Ms_Facesitter Follow
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1 minute 31 seconds. Starting to feel bad for the person I'm sitting on. Juuust a little.

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- Msputiton
  
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  🤣🤣🤣
  
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- DizzyDesii
  
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  😂😂😂
  
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Wish4UrB00ty Follow
Explorer Age: 35 , mho 38%

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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.

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- Wish4UrB00ty
  
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  How long can you hold it for?
  
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- Msputiton
  
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  I don't know. I was like a minute and a half before i stopped because I was bored
  
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- Wish4UrB00ty
  
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  Haha! That is pretty good though! I mean I can see that getting boring pretty quick though.
  
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- Msputiton
  
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  Yeah.🥴
  
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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.

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Xper 6 Age: 47

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

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- Msputiton
  
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  Try it now
  
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- PointTaken
  
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  Wow. I'm horrible. I did 30 seconds. Lol. I just woke for a bit, good excuse? Lol
  
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- Msputiton
  
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  Booo👎🏾
  
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- PointTaken
  
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  🤣🤣 I'll have to try again later. I need practice.
  
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- Msputiton
  
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  Yes. I'm very disappointed in you😔
  
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- PointTaken
  
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  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.
  
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- Msputiton
  
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  Lmao
  
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- PointTaken
  
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  I got to 50 seconds then got interrupted. Lol
  
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lottiebannotie Follow
Xper 6 Age: 26

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

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- Msputiton
  
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  Lmao. That's pretty good
  
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- lottiebannotie
  
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  It's not too bad but it's definitely gone downhill
  
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LikeALog Follow
Yoda Age: 38 , mho 53%

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

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Hispanic-Cool-Guy Follow
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Maybe 40 seconds. I don't feel like trying neither. 😂

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najekim Follow
Guru Age: 67

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

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

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- Opinion Owner
  
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  Is your face comparitively darker or lighter in tone than your arms and legs or belly?
- Msputiton
  
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  You making it weird ocastbury
- Opinion Owner
  
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  What do you mean
D_Bone_Steak Follow
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3 minutes is my record.

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- D_Bone_Steak
  
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  The trick is to shut your mind off. Seriously... shit works.
  
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- Msputiton
  
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  You can hold it for 3 minutes, i believe you that it works.
  
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- D_Bone_Steak
  
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  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.
  
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exitseven Follow
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I just timed myself at 65 seconds.

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- Msputiton
  
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  Not bad
  
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- exitseven
  
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  I used to be able to hold it for 3 minutes. I could swim the length of a Olympic size swimming pool underwater.
  
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- Msputiton
  
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  Noice
  
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LavLavLuv Follow
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45 seconds lmaoo

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- Msputiton
  
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  Bunny get that stamina up
  
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Charliefretz329 Follow
Guru Age: 42

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Couple minutes if I prepare properly

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- Msputiton
  
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  Alright now
  
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- Charliefretz329
  
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  Yeppers
  
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DJB72 Follow
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About two minutes but I'm working on it 🤣

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Prince_09 Follow
Explorer Age: 29

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15 sec.. what about you?

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- Msputiton
  
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  Not fully sure. I was at minute and 1/2 before i got bored and stopped
  
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- Prince_09
  
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  You felt heavy or bored?
  
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humanearth Follow
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Don't have a clue

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beebella Follow
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I don't know, I've never timed it. 😂

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SnowedIn Follow
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About 1 minute 17 seconds.

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- The_Shadow_Dweller
  
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  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.
  
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- SnowedIn
  
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  @The_Shadow_Dweller ... neat stories and great point. I'm surprised I was able to hold for this long.
  
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skyee_727 Follow
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40 seconds at best... lol

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Pink2000 Follow
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30 seconds

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- Msputiton
  
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  Really?
  
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- Pink2000
  
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  Yeah that’s it.
  
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- Msputiton
  
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  All gud
  
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Jennz6 Follow
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2 minutes

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- Msputiton
  
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  Dang
  
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- Jennz6
  
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  Under water
  
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standardguy Follow
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About 30 seconds

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Fuentes Follow
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A minute lol

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- Msputiton
  
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  Not bad
  
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InsecureLivesMatter Follow
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Maximum 10 seconds before I get a seizure

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Preeti161101 Follow
Yoda Age: 35

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100 second

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- Prince_09
  
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  Wow that's great
  
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TallAnon Follow
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Roughly 50s

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eagle1951 Follow
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not long now

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