A series of questions for ATOT

[GasX]

1. Can you hold your breath for 3 minutes?

2. Can you swim 220 meters?

3. Can you swim 220 meters while holding your breath for 3 minutes?

4. Can you do it if your swim is divided into two parts - 109M straight down and 109M straight up?

Only one man in the world can answer yes to all 4 questions...His name is Guillaume Néry

 

[FoBoT]

1. no, 30 seconds tops
2. sure, breast stroke
3. no way
4. no

 

[Atheus]

Wow! That's some achievement.

Where I grew up (New Zealand) all the kids had to do a water safety course in school. Exam included 1 length of a swimming pool underwater and holding your breath while stationary for 1 minute - that was difficult enough, but 3 times that? Again, wow.

 

[tasmanian]

1. 2:00
2. Yes
3. No
4. No

 

[Gooberlx2]

1. yes
2. freestyle, sure
3. not bloody likely
4. and especially not when free diving.

 

[leftyman]

its January, I'm not taking this test.

 

[Balt]

Originally posted by: FoBoT
1. no, 30 seconds tops
2. sure, breast stroke
3. no way
4. no

How many packs/day do you smoke?

 

[GasX]

As for me...

1. No, although I just did 2:30 at my desk first try
2. easily
3. as stated previously - not bloody likely
4. not in a million years

 

[Scarpozzi]

He thinks he's so tough. I'd like to see him do it without those flippers. What kind of bottlenose dolphin does he think he is?

 

[Al Neri]

yes
yes
yes
yes

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[spidey07]

3 minutes I can do. Just have to totally relax and fully saturated my body with oxygen and take a big breath. Do nothing but just sit and relax.

Now doing it while actually using muscules? No way.

There were other kinds of tests to see your limits for learning SCUBA. Learning how to hold your breath was one of them.

 

[Lonyo]

* Constant Weight
o women: Natalia Molchanova (Russia), -86 metres
o men: Herbert Nitsch (Austria), -111 metres

 

[GasX]

Originally posted by: spidey07
3 minutes I can do. Just have to totally relax and fully saturated my body with oxygen and take a big breath. Do nothing but just sit and relax.

Now doing it while actually using muscules? No way.

There were other kinds of tests to see your limits for learning SCUBA. Learning how to hold your breath was one of them.

Holding your breath has absolutely ZERO application to SCUBA diving, unless of course you have a deathwish.

 

[GasX]

Originally posted by: Lonyo
* Constant Weight
o women: Natalia Molchanova (Russia), -86 metres
o men: Herbert Nitsch (Austria), -111 metres

It is the nature of records that they get broken... What is your source? I am curious when these attempts took place.

 

[buck]

Whats the secret to holding your breath for so long? I would like to read more about this, I surf and the longest i think i have been held under is a minute and i felt like i was going to die.

 

[FoBoT]

Originally posted by: Balt

Originally posted by: FoBoT
1. no, 30 seconds tops
2. sure, breast stroke
3. no way
4. no

How many packs/day do you smoke?

no smoking, i just haven't exercised in 10 years, desk job and too many twinkies

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: buck
Whats the secret to holding your breath for so long? I would like to read more about this, I surf and the longest i think i have been held under is a minute and i felt like i was going to die.

Hyperventilate somewhat before you go under.
Learn that when you feel like you have to breath, let some air out. Keep doing this until you have no air left.

 

[GasX]

Originally posted by: buck
Whats the secret to holding your breath for so long? I would like to read more about this, I surf and the longest i think i have been held under is a minute and i felt like i was going to die.

Being held under is very stressful, physically and mentally, it greatly adds to your O2 consumption and the feeling of panic you develop as CO2 builds up in your blood. A straight brewath hold is much much easier and training can develop the ability very well.

Free diving revolves around relaxing and efficient movement to calmly propel the diver to his desired depth and back. There is more to it, obviously, but the center of it is definitely focusing on being relaxed and efficient. Be the fin...

 

[CollectiveUnconscious]

Originally posted by: Mwilding

Originally posted by: spidey07
3 minutes I can do. Just have to totally relax and fully saturated my body with oxygen and take a big breath. Do nothing but just sit and relax.

Now doing it while actually using muscules? No way.

There were other kinds of tests to see your limits for learning SCUBA. Learning how to hold your breath was one of them.

Holding your breath has absolutely ZERO application to SCUBA diving, unless of course you have a deathwish.

Actually, they teach you how to hold your breath and slowly release the air if you find yourself OOA and WAB fairly deep down.

 

[GasX]

Originally posted by: CollectiveUnconscious

Originally posted by: Mwilding

Originally posted by: spidey07
3 minutes I can do. Just have to totally relax and fully saturated my body with oxygen and take a big breath. Do nothing but just sit and relax.

Now doing it while actually using muscules? No way.

There were other kinds of tests to see your limits for learning SCUBA. Learning how to hold your breath was one of them.

Holding your breath has absolutely ZERO application to SCUBA diving, unless of course you have a deathwish.

Actually, they teach you how to hold your breath and slowly release the air if you find yourself OOA and WAB fairly deep down.

That isn't holding your breath, it is exhaling very slowly. The rule is always be inhaling or exhaling, although slower is generally better.

 

[MmmSkyscraper]

I try not to drown, that's about my skill level.

 

[buck]

Originally posted by: Mwilding

Originally posted by: buck
Whats the secret to holding your breath for so long? I would like to read more about this, I surf and the longest i think i have been held under is a minute and i felt like i was going to die.

Being held under is very stressful, physically and mentally, it greatly adds to your O2 consumption and the feeling of panic you develop as CO2 builds up in your blood. A straight brewath hold is much much easier and training can develop the ability very well.

Free diving revolves around relaxing and efficient movement to calmly propel the diver to his desired depth and back. There is more to it, obviously, but the center of it is definitely focusing on being relaxed and efficient. Be the fin...

Hyperventilate somewhat before you go under.
Learn that when you feel like you have to breath, let some air out. Keep doing this until you have no air left.

Great info, im going to look into this further, releasing some breathe makes sense.....

 

[GasX]

Originally posted by: buck

Originally posted by: Mwilding

Originally posted by: buck
Whats the secret to holding your breath for so long? I would like to read more about this, I surf and the longest i think i have been held under is a minute and i felt like i was going to die.

Being held under is very stressful, physically and mentally, it greatly adds to your O2 consumption and the feeling of panic you develop as CO2 builds up in your blood. A straight brewath hold is much much easier and training can develop the ability very well.

Free diving revolves around relaxing and efficient movement to calmly propel the diver to his desired depth and back. There is more to it, obviously, but the center of it is definitely focusing on being relaxed and efficient. Be the fin...

Hyperventilate somewhat before you go under.
Learn that when you feel like you have to breath, let some air out. Keep doing this until you have no air left.

Great info, im going to look into this further, releasing some breathe makes sense.....

Hyperventilating before holding your breath accomplishes two things. 1. it raises the O2 level in your blood and 2. lowers the CO2 level. #2 is probably more important as it is rising CO2 levels in your blood that leads to the ever strengthening urge to breathe.

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: Mwilding
Hyperventilating before holding your breath accomplishes two things. 1. it raises the O2 level in your blood and 2. lowers the CO2 level. #2 is probably more important as it is rising CO2 levels in your blood that leads to the ever strengthening urge to breathe.

Yep. Generally extends your underwater time by a factor of 2.

There's a mechanism that says "get this CO2 out of me now!", you can taste it in you upper lungs and mouth. Just let out some air and you'll stay under another 15-30 seconds. repeat until there is nothing left.

I'm really not bragging, but once you learn how to "control your breathing" underwater you'd be amazed at how long you can stay under. The biggest is let some of that air/CO2 out of your lungs.

 

[Brainonska511]

Originally posted by: Mwilding
1. Can you hold your breath for 3 minutes? No, probably around 45 seconds (if not swimming).

2. Can you swim 220 meters? Easily

3. Can you swim 220 meters while holding your breath for 3 minutes? No

4. Can you do it if your swim is divided into two parts - 109M straight down and 109M straight up? No, the most I could do when I swam for my HS was 25 under, as many as I wanted over