[alexrom1207]

I'm just beginning as well and I find that the more I try to fill my lungs with breath the more uncomfortable it makes me and therefore the more difficult it is for me to relax. It probably has to dowith straining my chest muscles in order to fit in more air, they therefore contract and use up oxygen. (This is pure speculation as I'm about the farthest thing from a medical expert you can find, so don't quote me on it.) I'm sure one of the medical guys on the forum can correct me later, but from personal experience I find that trying to get as much oxygen as possible limits my static. I've watched videos of stephan misfund (10min4second static world record holder) packing and he seems super relaxed while he's doing it. So like Sanso said, it may be that relaxation is the limiting factor and not oxygen. Thanks for bringing this topic up yoda turtle, I'll try different statics with different amounts of breath-up and see what results.