breath hold

[what..the?]

Just been bored and seeing how long I can hold my breath after a few attempts my record is just over 2 minutes.

I dont know if this is any good for a non swimmer, free drivers can do many minutes

[stewey]

Next time you try it, take many deep breaths blowing in and out. Then think of of something silly, like how long is a pencil, and NOT how long can I hold my breath: you'll increase the length of time.

[joggerjayne]

I think 2 mins is good.

I can do just over 2 mins in water, but not just sitting here.

[mollykins]

Yeah thats good for a non-swimmer. Something else that's hard that you have to be able to do to qualify for a padi scuba diving licence is swim underwater for about 10 metres, breathing out all the way. Take a deep breath and see if you can walk (runnings forbidden else you'd get the bends if it was scuab diving to the surface for real) that far, breathing out at a steady rate all the way.

[joggerjayne]

** groan **