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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?

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Post by SeanAnderson »

2h wrote: post #19
SeanAnderson wrote: post #13

Is 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.

?? Surely my smoking habits are relevant to an app focused on lung health and lung capacity.

Re: Show HN: Can You Hold Your Breath for 40 Seconds?

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Post by maxbaines »

toomuchtodo wrote: post #3
maxbaines wrote: post #2

pleased that yes I can but only just, what is the significance of 40seconds?

Lung capacity. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7995705/

Thanks, and interesting I had a feeling this was the reason, but a quick search didn't return much.

Re: Show HN: Can You Hold Your Breath for 40 Seconds?

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Post by flangola7 »

2h wrote: post #19
SeanAnderson wrote: post #13

Is 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.

You don't think smoking impacts lung capacity?

Re: Show HN: Can You Hold Your Breath for 40 Seconds?

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Post by SeanAnderson »

galleywest200 wrote: post #18
SeanAnderson wrote: post #13

Is 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.

If their intent is to work me up to five minutes - great. As written, the app congratulates me after 40s and says, "Congratulations. You have good lung capacity." If I were only able to hold my breath for 40s I would be deeply concerned and not congratulating myself.

My take on their message, "Hey, we're making an app that helps boost your health with quick 5-minute activities." is that I'd receive something like a meditation + breathwork + gratitude journaling app which, in sum, accounts for five minutes of activity, not that their intent was to increase my lung capacity to five minutes.

Re: Show HN: Can You Hold Your Breath for 40 Seconds?

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Post by ecpottinger »

roamerz wrote: post #22

Who is liable if I have a medical issue while taking your test? Nice sales tactic though!

You! If you have a medical issue from just holding your breath, it means you had medical problems for a long time that had gotten worse and you never went to a doctor for. You would have all sorts of problems just doing regular things already, yet you did not pay attention to the warning signs.

Re: Show HN: Can You Hold Your Breath for 40 Seconds?

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Post by ASalazarMX »

flangola7 wrote: post #24
2h wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I've smoked weed on and off for over a decade No one cares.

You don't think smoking impacts lung capacity?

Frequency is the determinant variable, on and off over a decade is too open ended to be relevant.

Re: Show HN: Can You Hold Your Breath for 40 Seconds?

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Post by armitron »

rurban wrote: post #20

I 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

No it's not, unless hyperventilating on pure oxygen (it's ridiculous that this is allowed in competition). I used to be a medical instructor for AIDA (now retired). Anything above 5 minutes is not simply a matter of training.

One can put years into apnea walks and breath tables and never approach six minutes. Genetics (lung volume) and the body's ability to cope with increased CO2 levels are the critical factors.

Re: Show HN: Can You Hold Your Breath for 40 Seconds?

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Post by SeanAnderson »

ASalazarMX wrote: post #28
flangola7 wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You don't think smoking impacts lung capacity?

Frequency is the determinant variable, on and off over a decade is too open ended to be relevant.

I agree I could've been more clear.

Less than an ounce of weed per month for five years. Then an ounce of weed per month, every month, for another 5 years. Two six month breaks. One three month break. Coughing up black stuff from my lungs wasn't unheard of.

I had genuine concern about the damage I was doing to my lungs and brain, so I started trying to quit more seriously about two years ago. Two of the six month breaks occurred in the last two years.

I've smoked maybe a gram in the past month.

I strongly feel that I should not be a shining bastion of good lung capacity.

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