Re:Pushing the Limits of Extreme Breath-Holding
by postsantum on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @11:35AM
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It seems Guillaume Néry's career haven't damaged his brain. Of course, this is a single data point, but he has been freediving for twenty years
https://www.deeperblue.com/what-does-a-freedivers-brain-look...
Re:Pushing the Limits of Extreme Breath-Holding
by rurban on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @06:52PM
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I can do around 4m, but I don't try anything longer than that, on purpose. I once did a little short film of mine with the title 3:30 to see if looking at a blank face for that time is interesting enough. It worked but the audience still thought that I was cheating with some film trick. So diving 50m makes a better demo.
Re:Pushing the Limits of Extreme Breath-Holding
by xyhopguy on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @12:35PM
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used to do this during swim practice. unbelievably relaxing and amazing how far you can swim without a breath with a slow buildup. we used to go up to 4 lengths aka 100m
Re:Pushing the Limits of Extreme Breath-Holding
by drharby on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @02:40PM
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I recall louis zamperini did similar exerxises to increase his VO2 max
Re:Pushing the Limits of Extreme Breath-Holding
by 0xdeadbeefbabe on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @12:44PM
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What stroke? Seems like you'd choose a minimal stroke.
For me the idea of controlling my body and mind to do such a feat felt like a huge accomplishment. It requires fighting off reflexes, relaxing my muscles and reducing my thoughts to the bare minimum so as to use the least oxygen possible.
Control and determination are tested and it feels great to overcome these things.
I stopped practicing apnea because I didn't have any data on how it could affect my brain negatively but I still am very proud of my accomplishment. Also before I started I couldn't swim a full lap underwater without coming up for air but now I can do it without any problem.