How long can you hold your breath for?

[BlueBloodedBlue]

First try was 52 seconds. No idea if that is good/bad!

Yes, I am bored silly

One minute-how many other people have just tried?

Ha, just us then?! 30 seconds :-( Though I do have asthma and a cold, so maybe that is contributing to my poor attempt!

😂 great thread!!

@Butternutsqoosh

So, how long then?

75 seconds.

Just timed, 40 seconds. Although I'm 36 weeks pregnant and so lung capacity is somewhat diminished currently!

Bloody hell! Not long! 34 seconds 😂 I must have long covid!!

39 seconds. Nearly passed out at the school gate queue

62 seconds but went a bit blue

47 seconds. Is this something I should be practising?!

Do you mean hold an in-breath, or breath in and then breathe out slowly (but not breathe in again), or hold once I've breathed out?

Certainly not as long as when I was a teenager and could swim 25m underwater. I could do about 10m when I tried the other day.

The time it takes to drive the length of the Hatfield Tunnel!

33 seconds. Rubbish

61 seconds, I used to play this game when i was bored waiting for the train:)

Just tried, 56 seconds, reckon I could deffo go further with more effort.

Like a PP I used to be able to swim 25 meters underwater quite easily.

Long enough to get me through the Clyde Tunnel.

90 seconds
brass player lungs

I can do more than 25 in a 50m pool going properly underwater as in minimal movement, big push off. I also breathe on the 4 doing front crawl and I can go a long way on that, especially with a pull buoy. Its definitely down to training and practice.

63 seconds - the end was hard!

45 seconds

91 seconds. Omg I am winning! I could have held on longer if I had been determined, too.
Used to play the clarinet in my teens but that was 35 years ago!

Another Glaswegian. Long enough to go through the Clyde tunnel. It is an essential skill.

89 seconds. Used to play a woodwind instrument.