Hi,
I'm not freediving (though the topic starts to interest me), but I guess that this community is probably the best place to ask my question and get an informed answer.
A friend introduced a breathing technique to me that revolves around sets of hyperventilation, breathing out (not completely, just relaxing the lungs) and then holding your breath without inhaling again. When you need to breath, you do, hold it for 15 seconds, breath out and start the next set. It's all done lying down and relaxing.
After one week I got to more than 5 minutes without breathing in. I thought I made a mistake measuring at first, but I was able to reproduce the result. Or rather: I stopped at 5 minutes, as I got kind of spooked by that. The technique is super relaxing, but I'm not sure that tricking my breathing reflex on a regular basis is really that helpful. 5 Minutes on a mostly empty lunge just doesn't sound healthy).
I tried Google, but it is hard to find good results. Can anyone point me in the right direction?
Thanks,
Jörg
P.S.: This is the best article I found so far https://freedivingfreedom.com/risks...-cause-brain-damage-and-how-you-can-stop-it/; I'd like to know more before using the breathing technique on a regular basis.
I'm not freediving (though the topic starts to interest me), but I guess that this community is probably the best place to ask my question and get an informed answer.
A friend introduced a breathing technique to me that revolves around sets of hyperventilation, breathing out (not completely, just relaxing the lungs) and then holding your breath without inhaling again. When you need to breath, you do, hold it for 15 seconds, breath out and start the next set. It's all done lying down and relaxing.
After one week I got to more than 5 minutes without breathing in. I thought I made a mistake measuring at first, but I was able to reproduce the result. Or rather: I stopped at 5 minutes, as I got kind of spooked by that. The technique is super relaxing, but I'm not sure that tricking my breathing reflex on a regular basis is really that helpful. 5 Minutes on a mostly empty lunge just doesn't sound healthy).
I tried Google, but it is hard to find good results. Can anyone point me in the right direction?
Thanks,
Jörg
P.S.: This is the best article I found so far https://freedivingfreedom.com/risks...-cause-brain-damage-and-how-you-can-stop-it/; I'd like to know more before using the breathing technique on a regular basis.