How long can you hold your breath underwater?

[{CLR} Naillik]

I decided to test myself for the first time in about a year today, got a friend to time me, I managed to get 94 seconds, was pretty happy, started at 60, went for 90, after like 20 tries I finally got 94 lol

[Savage_Hobo]

LOL... such a random question... I got to 2 min and 3 secs. Of course this is laying down and not moving (other than the thrashing on the floor after about 1:30)... lol

[Trooper110]

Think the last time I actually tried I was up around a minute and a half. That's probably been 8 or 9 years though, lol.

[K PhaNTOM]

I actually suck at this, max is 40 seconds. And I have never smoked

[mapes]

Did you know you can increase the time by hyper ventilating. The thing that makes want to exhale is not loss of oxygen in the air in your lungs but, the build up CO2. There's a technique I learned while scuba diving. Free divers mostly use it. Basically you want to inhale and exhale really fast three times. This get's rid of more CO2 outta your blood stream. Try it and retest...I'm curious.

One thing I should mention is never do this in the water. It can lead to whats called shallow water blackout...Meaning you pass out under water. BAD

[BenKenobi]

My dad always told me to exhale and inhale really quickly like 10 times before I ever tried to hold my breathe really long because it would help. I never knew why tho but yeah mapes that technique works for sho

[{CLR} Naillik]

I take 2 massive breaths letting all the air out with each one and hold the third.... works for me

[DougBob]

OMG, I haven't tried this in so long. In my younger days I could do a couple minutes max, I'd probably pass out if I tried now

[Rand{CLR}]

I can hold my breath for about 10 seconds. Maybe 12. I've had Asthma since birth, and my lung capacity is almost non-existent. I haven't had any kind of attack since I was about 8 or 9, but I really can't hold my breath for long, or inhale very deeply.

-Rand

[jeffro74]

1.5 min is prob my best.been a while tho

[{CLR}geneSW]

IIRC it's 1min 25 seconds.

[Jenan]

My max was about 2m5s when I tried at the end of one of my PADI certs.

And mapes is correct, hyperventilating to increase the amount of time you can hold your breath underwater is very dangerous. You get rid of so much carbon dioxide from your bloodstream, you actually run out of available oxygen in your lungs long before you feel the need to breathe. This will lead to blackouts and blackouts underwater = bad.

[AmazingRedd]

Think the last time I actually tried I was up around a minute and a half. That's probably been 8 or 9 years though, lol.

lol same for me, like around when i was 10. now when i go swimming at the pool or beach, im just under water for 30sec.

[Zantheus]

Havent tried but I can only hold mah breath above water for like 15s so Im guessing less under it

[killa_zn]

I cant remember, I woke up in the hospital.