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Show HN: Can You Hold Your Breath for 40 Seconds?
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Re: Show HN: Can You Hold Your Breath for 40 Seconds?
#12I can do about 2:36 when I tried it recently sitting at kitchen table, zero preparation besides few deep inhales/exhales.
I remember without any preparation in past I could do 50-70 seconds, so I was blown away by 2.5 minutes after many years, do those few deep inhales/exhales prior holding breath make that much difference?
I am not doing any sport or exercise, at best like <5mins per day, just walk everywhere and sit at computer most of the day.
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#13Is 40 seconds... challenging for people? Sorry, I don't know, maybe this comes off as entitled.
I'm 33, a SWE that sits at a computer 8hrs/day for work and then another 4hrs/day for play. I absolutely could not run five miles, but I do go for walks. I've smoked weed on and off for over a decade.
This website was absolutely trivial for me to accomplish with zero prep. I wasn't even concerned about my ability when I started - I knew the answer to be "yes." implicitly.
Surely 40s is not an indicator of strong, healthy lungs for all ages?
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#14I thought it was easier when I closed my eyes and didn’t think about the time (just treated it like meditation). If I had my eyes open and saw the countdown, I kept just trying to want to breathe.
Re: Show HN: Can You Hold Your Breath for 40 Seconds?
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#16I can do about 2:36 when I tried it recently sitting at kitchen table, zero preparation besides few deep inhales/exhales. I remember without any preparation in past I could do 50-70 seconds, so I was blown away by 2.5 minutes after many years, do those few deep inhales/exhales prior holding breath make that much difference? I am not doing any sport or exercise, at best like <5mins per day, just walk everywhere and si…
Yes, it’s crucial in fact.
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#17I have ~always been able to hold my breath for multiple minutes. I am very un-fit and have been for most of my adult life. Am I secretly the paragon of health?
Same. When I was a kid I would regularly go for over two minutes... I could get to three every now and then but barely. Haven't tried timing how long I can hold my breath in probably a decade. Unfortunately the site doesn't keep going so I tried with my phone, started squirming at 2:45 and made it to 3 minutes.
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#18Is 40 seconds... challenging for people? Sorry, I don't know, maybe this comes off as entitled. I'm 33, a SWE that sits at a computer 8hrs/day for work and then another 4hrs/day for play. I absolutely could not run five miles, but I do go for walks. I've smoked weed on and off for over a decade. This website was absolutely trivial for me to accomplish with zero prep. I wasn't even concerned about my ability when I st…
When you do physical training, such as lung capacity training, you do not start at maximum. You go up.
If you scroll down the page you can see that they are trying to start an app with 5-minute health activities.
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#19Is 40 seconds... challenging for people? Sorry, I don't know, maybe this comes off as entitled. I'm 33, a SWE that sits at a computer 8hrs/day for work and then another 4hrs/day for play. I absolutely could not run five miles, but I do go for walks. I've smoked weed on and off for over a decade. This website was absolutely trivial for me to accomplish with zero prep. I wasn't even concerned about my ability when I st…
> I've smoked weed on and off for over a decade
No one cares.
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#20I can do 3:30 and I even submitted a short film about it to a local film festival. People still thought I cheated somehow.
Everybody should be able to do 1:30 with some minor training. With extensive training 6m should be doable