I was watching this documentary on free diving, and was wondering how it was possible for these guys to hold their breath for so long compared to every one else
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I’ve done some freediving, and by doing it you just get better at it. At some point you recognize that the first urge to breathe can be ignored, and then it gets easier. I went from one minute to over two minutes under water – not sure how long I got to as I wasn’t wearing a watch/dive-computer, but I could easily see how people could pass out once past that initial urge to go up and get a breath. I really only did that one summer, so I got better at it fast. I was in shape, and TBH kicking out all the way to where I wanted to free-dive down was at least 1/4 a mile, so that got me in even better shape yet. With free-diving it was the first time I could see veins on top of muscles on my abs.
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