How long can you hold your breath?
 

Me just 46 seconds. The average person can for 30-90 seconds. Freaking Tom Cruise held his breath for an excess of 6 minutes. That’s torture and impressive.

Just tried. 1 minute and 4 seconds.

I woke up passed out on the floor....

Lol

I've made it a minute before...decided it wasn't worth it to try for longer.

It takes practice. As a kid my brother and I has contests underwater to see how long we could last. I got up to 3.5 minutes. As an old geezer, no way I get to a minute.

6 minutes is impressive.

Some 56 year old guy just went almost 25 minutes!

https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2021/5/freediver-holds-breath-for-almost-25-minutes-breaking-record-660285

If you’re asking how long I used to be able to hold my breath, it’s 2min.

As a kid it used to be 2 minutes. Now nothing like that.

Being 70 I was surprised I made it to a minute.

Now after the forced COVID vaccines this may kill some of you!
Be careful! You might pass out and not wake back up!!

Yep, you can train to hold for longer. In addition to the training/practicing to hold for longer, there are also techniques to enable longer hold periods as well. TC, I believe, is a driver high achiever, and has time and money to ensure that he gets the best training/coaching. 6 mins is a long time. I can't remember how long I was able to hold for when I was younger.

I'm currently at 3 min/24 sec. If you have interest, "Breath" by James Nestor is a very interesting read. Erwin Le Corre of MovNat fame is also a good resource on the topic.

My record is 9mins but it took 3 zaps with a defribulator to start breathing again

I get the impression that you weren't exactly "holding" your breath.

OK starting now............................................... .................................................O K! Done.

This is why Scuba Gear was invented!!!

Less than Bill Clinton :D

Mike Nelson (Lloyd Bridges) - five minutes on one episode (I've been checking out Sea Hunt on Roku).
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1678998705.jpg

it's all practice, as a kid I could do 3 minutes with minimal exertion and my friend's dad would stay down spearfishing seemingly twice as long as me !! Nowadays ? peanuts, so it's use it or lose it... practice !!! Not sure how useful it is though (unless you drive off a bridge)

We have a winner, thread closed ;-)

Didn't exactly hold my bladder too :D

In a previous voluntary breathing holding I did hold my breath long enough to dive down to 100ft and back up in a 10 story high naval submarine escape tower