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

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Post by greggyb »

762236 wrote: post #10
greggyb wrote: post #9

I 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?

For a CO2 tolerance test, you continuously exhale (a tiny trickle) to ensure no accidental inhale. See if that makes it harder for you.

When I was singing, I could hiss for 90 seconds without specific practice. For definitional purposes, a hiss was an unbroken, continuous, audible, 'sss' sound. This was an exercise our chorus director sometimes did with us.

I get bored more than anything else. Just did 70 seconds with one deep breath of prep. I have not sung in years.

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

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Post by ClapperHeid »

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…

Same here. Non-smoker, but I'm in my mid-50s and [I like to think] fairly healthy. I too found that trivial, with no prep. It might be a bit more interesting if it carried on timing after the 40 seconds were up and you hit another button, when you finally had to breathe... or there was some kind of "grading" or league table. As it stands, it superficially appeals to our competitive streak. But is so easy, it's a bit of a disappointment.

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

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Post by af3d »

jcims wrote: post #17
greggyb wrote: post #9

I 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.

Nice! I was literally struggling just to hold it for 40 seconds. Of course, long ago I could easily hold my breath for 3 or 4 minutes. (A cousin of mine was able to do it for over six minutes or so. He could also dive to much greater depths than anyone else.)

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

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Post by sshine »

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…

The purpose of 40 seconds is for most people to feel accomplished so they are incentivised to sign up. This is a landing page for an upcoming app.

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

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Post by mbappe123 »

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…

Thank you for checking out our simple web page. We took '40 seconds test' after testing it with few people of different ages. Initially thought of doing 60 seconds, but it was hard for older people and for those with a sedentary lifestyle. So chose 40 seconds, which shows a good lung capacity than most people. Still it's hard for some people to meet that time, as you can see from some of the comments here.

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

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Post by mbappe123 »

sshine wrote: post #34
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…

The purpose of 40 seconds is for most people to feel accomplished so they are incentivised to sign up. This is a landing page for an upcoming app.

Thank you for checking it out. You are right, we are working on something to make us healthy in the most easy way.

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

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Post by mbappe123 »

ClapperHeid wrote: post #32
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…

Same here. Non-smoker, but I'm in my mid-50s and [I like to think] fairly healthy. I too found that trivial, with no prep. It might be a bit more interesting if it carried on timing after the 40 seconds were up and you hit another button, when you finally had to breathe... or there was some kind of "grading" or league table. As it stands, it superficially appeals to our competitive streak. But is so easy, it's a bit…

Thanks for checking out. We took 40 seconds because, the average person can hold their breath for 30–90 seconds. This time can increase or decrease due to various factors, such as smoking, underlying medical conditions, or breath training. So by taking 40 seconds, its something most people can do(if they have not much issues with health)

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

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Post by petodo »

DiggyJohnson wrote: post #16
petodo wrote: post #12

I 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.

I remember reading about it, but care to explain simply why it helps?

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

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Post by mbappe123 »

SeanAnderson wrote: post #26
galleywest200 wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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 m…

The average person can hold their breath for 30–90 seconds. This time can increase or decrease due to various factors, such as smoking, underlying medical conditions, or breath training. So that's why we took a 40 seconds test (as an average) and congratulate you.

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

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Post by mbappe123 »

TamDenholm wrote: post #4

Thats quite a good marketing trick actually. Something that most people can do and probably would do. Getting them to buy in do the small excercise and then going to the sign up. Well done to whoever thought of this.

Thank you for checking out our small website.
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