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Old 07-12-2007, 21:00   #66
frostfire
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Roger, TS.

Thank you for sharing the info, x_SF_med. I should have realized this if I had put my A&P and athletic training material to practice. Diamond push-ups in progress for punishment.

This may be laughable and an example of transition from hard ass to dumb ass, but I practice holding breath for the following reasons:
- Something I've done since I was small. It's as if I'm testing how strong the power of the will to overcome the nature (the point where you expand/contract the lung w/o air exchange). In a way....training the mind ?
- No scientific base for this one but personal experience, so placebo could be a factor. The higher my tolerance to discomfort induced by lack of air/O2, the longer my natural respiratory pause. That had greatly helped me in HP prone rapid fire w/ whole belly & chest touching the ground.
- I was hoping/believing it would help my underwater swimming.

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Originally Posted by x SF med
but can still swim 3 - 4 x25m underwater... that would be a much better test than a static breaqth holding contest.
wow, were you in competitive swimming? With all I got, I still struggle getting 2x25m
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