How Long Can You Hold Your BREATH?

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#21

hrmm as for First question I’ve held my breath for 3:05 thats my personal record

( no joking… I’ve been timed )

I just have big lungs

As for hissing sound I have no clue I have to do it for voice lessons all the time so I could see right now… :: starts counting :: 47 seconds… ( I need to work on that )

Uhh holding a sheet of paper to the wall… goodness where do people come up with this stuff :slight_smile:

4 seconds

I’ve played my trombone for 20 measures before… 4/4 sustained slow tempo… tho for 18 of the measures it was just an F and played somewhat quiet and I got a big breath b4 it

Dan

#22

1:53.

But of course, several people have told my that my brain has been oxygen-starved since at least 1975. Does that count?

-dave

#23

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Can any of you music people do that “circular breathing” thing? I saw Kenny G hold a note for like 5 minutes one time doing this.

#24

*Originally posted by dlavery *
**1:53.

But of course, several people have told my that my brain has been oxygen-starved since at least 1975. Does that count?

-dave **

Must… resist… can’t say… Okay, I think I will just keep that comment to myself for now.

How long can you make a sustained hissing sound on just one breath?

Another one is: How long can you hold a piece of paper on a wall using only your breath blowing on it?

For the sustained hissing sound, 37 seconds.

For the paper on the wall only 6 seconds (which I think was a fluke since I haven’t been able to do it again). A co-worker looked at me very strangely while I was doing this, I guess I should have closed my office door…

Heidi

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If I had a nickel for every time someone’s looked at me strangely, I would have my castle by now.

#25

The continuous breathing is called cyclic breathing… You can breathe in/out at the same time.

As for the hissing, 54 seconds.

For the paper on wall, 4 seconds.

#26

Originally posted by George1083
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Can any of you music people do that “circular breathing” thing? I saw Kenny G hold a note for like 5 minutes one time doing this.
**

I can, but only if i don’t think about it. If i try to do it, i can’t.

Originally posted by monsieurcoffee
** The continuous breathing is called cyclic breathing… You can breathe in/out at the same time. **

and actually, it can be referred to as either, though most musicians call in continuous. i guess if you want to be technical though…

#27

*Originally posted by George1083 *
**::drags the thread temporarily off topic::

Can any of you music people do that “circular breathing” thing? I saw Kenny G hold a note for like 5 minutes one time doing this. **

Slightly more off topic, of this thread but more on topic of Kenny G

http://www.china.org.cn/english/Life/43236.htm

#28

6 Minutes 14 seconds ,Ocean

thats Right! Tytus is a swimmer

#29

Nice… though don’t you start losing brain cells after 3 minutes or so? :slight_smile:

#30

Um… Huh? … ER

UH-OH

JK,
thats if your heart stops beating

#31

[quote=Tytus Gerrish]Um… Huh? … ER

UH-OH

JK,
wow man how can you hold your breath so long? do you have contests?[/quote]

#32

For all those people who can hold their breath underwater for more than two minutes or so, I give you all some credit.

Holding your breath underwater is harder because the pressure of the water surrounding you is greater than air pressure and that’s why most people can hold their breath underwater for less time.

Anyways, now that I’m done acting all Mr. Wizard like, my time (not in water) is:
40 seconds with no practice.

I’ll try to get that number up by the end of the weekend and post my new and improved time here then… :slight_smile:

#33

57 seconds…

#34

I can hold it for > 2 min underwater and it doesn’t feel any different than on land. I don’t understand what the correlation between increased pressure and holding-ur-breath-time is. It’s not like there is enough pressure to force that air out of your lungs and back into the atmosphere…

And wow, this thread was brought back after a long time. Is it because people are swimming more now that it’s summer? :slight_smile:

#35

isn’t it amazing that we are all so facinated with how long we can manage to deprive our bodies of oxygen before giving in to the impulses that over millions of years have evolved specifically to prevent us from doing such a thing?

#36

HI DAN HOW LONG CAN YOU HOLD YOUR BREATH NOW?

#37

I have heard that a majority of asians by default have narrower lungs/veins/whatever… A doctor told me when my dad had a heart attack… anyways, I can hold my breath for about 40 seconds…

#38

1:10.

Forgive my ignorance (I’m a flutist, I should know this), but how does one do circular breathing?

#39

i am pracicing for diving. I can hold my breath for about 3 minutes normally and my all time record is 5 minutes 6 sec wow that was long. i like contests too. feel free to email ir im me at breathholdchamp@aol.com thanks :):slight_smile: :smiley:

#40

My record is 6:24. I have been free diving for several years, that has always been fun.

-Bill