Need some help

[LuckyDeep6]

I need help with my breathing, I read these forums of guys breaking 5mins. i want to do that. I can't seem to get past 3:30. i do better in the water than i do dry. please help me with this, any and all tips would be awesome. Thank you
-Puppy-

 

[cody909]

All i can tell you is. we all had to over come this barrier. My PB personally is 5:01 about 10 seconds from a black out. I have writen how i do it. ill repost:

Holding your breath for me is 90% mental and 10% physical. It’s all about relaxing. My first time holding my breath actually trying was 1:40, about 3 min later I got 2:40 I was stoked, but I tried about 2-4 times every day and by the 5th day or so of pushing my self it I hit my Personal best: 5:01 minutes. I was extremely happy. I just found my limit. At about 4:50 I started seeing clouds, white bricks (Lol) and feeling really good, Dizzy, I felt
Extremely high (not that I would know what that feels like right!? ).

Its all about your pain tolerance. If you can tolerate the pain for 3 minutes then that’s great, practicing your ‘static times’ (not moving) It just builds confidence and tolerance sure its good but the best way to get better is to actually get in the water and dive, When I dive ‘Dynamic’ (using your muscles while diving) if I am relaxing (barley using energy) is about 2 min to 2:30, Using energy changes it dramatically. If I use energy non stop at the bottom then my time is about 50-60 seconds. Savor your energy. Less motions = longer bottom time. REALLY IMPORTANT!

When you start pushing your self to farther limits and longer times then you will start to feel contractions (unwanted body movements, muscle spasms) they are fine, it actually builds my tolerance when I do Static and Dynamic breath holds. I start getting contractions at around 2:40 or so. but this is how I do my breath up.... It has worked for me, I am no pro. Just a beginner learning about my own body and what works best:

1) Relax 5 min - normal breaths
2) Exhale fully
3) Inhale fully
4) Exhale fully
5) Inhale fully - Pack your lungs (Take the biggest breath you can take until you cant fit any more air in)
6) Take your self into a different world, (think about anything but the pain)
7) You will have the urge to let out air, don’t do it.
8) Let the contractions hit, Once they start, they don’t stop (I get them around 2:40 or so)
9) The more you can control them, the less energy you use, therefore holding your breath longer
10) if you start feeling dizzy, seeing clouds, feeling good, then stop, that’s the verge of a blackout, at least what happen to me (I got “This” feeling at the 5 minute mark

I have never used a CO2 table or an O2 table I don’t know how they work and I don’t understand them. If someone can help me out, point me in the right direction that would be fantastic.
I Hope this helps, Let me know of anything I am doing wrong. Or I can change. I have found 95% of this info out on my own by just exploring how my body works.

-Cody

It has worked for me, i would like you to try it.
It does involve a lil bit of hyperventilating but i know the risk and i still use my technique.
Try it out.
Lemme know how you do.
It has worked for me

 

[LuckyDeep6]

Thanks cody, It actually was your post that i read that got me stoked on 5min. I'll let you know how i did, give me a couple days. Thanks for posting, the more info i get the better.
-Puppy-

 

[cody909]

Thanks, Just a few days of pushing your self you can do 5 min. thats all it took me. If you stop practicing you lose it all tho :/, I tryed and hitting 4 min and i havnt trained for about a month now, i struggled after 3 and had to start.
PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICEroflroflrofl

 

[drunkinbda]

just a few notes lucky.

firstly do NOT do this alone unless you are lying comfortably in your bed. In the water, you could easily blackout, and be careful even sitting at a desk. Passing out and knocking your head isnt good either.

secondly, the term "pack your lungs" was used. What he describes isnt exactly "packing", so you might end up confused if you read the term later in the forums and think of it just as a full inhale.

just another thing is that the dizzy, light headed feeling isnt just from max breath holds. One good way of showing why hyperventilating is a bad idea for diving (although there are a few different negative effects it can have), is that you can hyperventilate, do a breath hold, get dizzy and pass out after holding for 15seconds, let alone a max time. Professionals doing max target dives and such may use this technique, but the safety details surrounding them is top notch.