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hold my breath longer?
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To practice holding your breath longer you should concetrate on the quality of the training and not the quantity. So set aside 15 to 30min a day some place quiet and comfortable like on the couch or the bed not while you are driving your car or cooking in the kitchen
Pre-breath holding breathing- Relaxed body, small breath in with the diaphram (low belly should move and not the chest) hold for one or two seconds then a long exhale, seven to ten seconds hold the exhale for one or two seconds and repeat. Adapt that breathing pattern to what is comfortable to you, the goal here is to lower the heart rate and to prepare you mind, after 3to5 min of that take one full inhalation, begining in the belly then to the chest, sholders and neck followd by one full exhalation. One to two normal breaths followed by your peak inhalation, same as above, and hold.
Start your watch but don't think about the time or look at it. At some points the hold will be painfull or stressfull but do your best to just keep the body relaxed. When you have had enough, you will exhale and probably spit all over the place then breathe in and out short and quick 6 or 8 times to move the gas.
Do 3 sets and call it a day. If you keep a log you will be suprized how quickly your times will increase. Up to a certian point.
That's when it gets tough.
Don't do any of this in the water, unless you have someone expierenced watching you, and that does not count lifeguards!
Have fun
To practice holding your breath longer you should concetrate on the quality of the training and not the quantity. So set aside 15 to 30min a day some place quiet and comfortable like on the couch or the bed not while you are driving your car or cooking in the kitchen
Pre-breath holding breathing- Relaxed body, small breath in with the diaphram (low belly should move and not the chest) hold for one or two seconds then a long exhale, seven to ten seconds hold the exhale for one or two seconds and repeat. Adapt that breathing pattern to what is comfortable to you, the goal here is to lower the heart rate and to prepare you mind, after 3to5 min of that take one full inhalation, begining in the belly then to the chest, sholders and neck followd by one full exhalation. One to two normal breaths followed by your peak inhalation, same as above, and hold.
Start your watch but don't think about the time or look at it. At some points the hold will be painfull or stressfull but do your best to just keep the body relaxed. When you have had enough, you will exhale and probably spit all over the place
then breathe in and out short and quick 6 or 8 times to move the gas.Do 3 sets and call it a day. If you keep a log you will be suprized how quickly your times will increase. Up to a certian point.
That's when it gets tough.
Don't do any of this in the water, unless you have someone expierenced watching you, and that does not count lifeguards!
Have fun
Dude..i was in your shoes like a month ago! it's crazy how much i've learned about holding my breath and stuff~ Word of The Wise: Ask questions.. even if they seem dumb or w/e ask away! when i started out my bigest problem is claming down before a major hold.. it's still a problem.. so i'd do you longest breaths right before you go to sleep.. maybe like 30 minutess.. at least for me it's when i'm most relaxed :t my aim sn:icy water43, msn:xyser2005@yahoo.com if you wanna hit me up with questions or just talk about holding your breath then feel free to..i dunno where you live but here in good ol' portland no one else i know holds their breath so AIM and thise fourm is the only place i talk about my new found passion.. and at least for me talking about what i enjoy really makes it fun! good luck! oh and for me it helped me A LOT if i listened to music while holding since it relaxes my body somehow and then time doesn't seem as long!! do your best time and the next hold just add 5 seconds even if you feel like you'll die .. well kind.. of lol.. don't go too crazy..ah... yeah after awhile my fase feels like it is burning or getting hot and then my pulse goes up kind of but after that i know i'm kind of used to feeling all the new things happing from holing my breath