News for hackers. Stuff that matters.
Re:Show HN: Can You Hold Your Breath for 40 Seconds? by greggyb on Sunday February 19, 2023 @11:15AM (#34858822)
I have ~always been able to hold my breath for multiple minutes. I am very un-fit and have been for most of my adult life.

Am I secretly the paragon of health?

Re:Show HN: Can You Hold Your Breath for 40 Seconds? by 762236 on Sunday February 19, 2023 @11:18AM (#34858851)
For a CO2 tolerance test, you continuously exhale (a tiny trickle) to ensure no accidental inhale. See if that makes it harder for you.
Re:Show HN: Can You Hold Your Breath for 40 Seconds? by greggyb on Sunday February 19, 2023 @11:55AM (#34859304)
When I was singing, I could hiss for 90 seconds without specific practice. For definitional purposes, a hiss was an unbroken, continuous, audible, 'sss' sound. This was an exercise our chorus director sometimes did with us.

I get bored more than anything else. Just did 70 seconds with one deep breath of prep. I have not sung in years.

Re:Show HN: Can You Hold Your Breath for 40 Seconds? by jcims on Sunday February 19, 2023 @11:24AM (#34858924)
Same. When I was a kid I would regularly go for over two minutes... I could get to three every now and then but barely. Haven't tried timing how long I can hold my breath in probably a decade. Unfortunately the site doesn't keep going so I tried with my phone, started squirming at 2:45 and made it to 3 minutes.
Re:Show HN: Can You Hold Your Breath for 40 Seconds? by af3d on Sunday February 19, 2023 @12:18PM (#34859580)
Nice! I was literally struggling just to hold it for 40 seconds. Of course, long ago I could easily hold my breath for 3 or 4 minutes. (A cousin of mine was able to do it for over six minutes or so. He could also dive to much greater depths than anyone else.)