Would you like some advice?
Hmm, yeah, though you don't achieve long breath holds with effort. It's more like relaxing into it. You can't "do" breath holding, you really do have to stop doing the thing that prevents you from holding your breath.
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@GeniesLoki you know how to make a man happy -
Yeah I thought you'd enjoy me framing it that way. It's 100% accurate though. Maybe you'd enjoy checking out a free diving course in the aftertimes?
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Forcing yourself to hold your breath for longer is the sign that you're about to fail. The actual process is more like "Hmm I notice that I want to breathe. Do I actually need to breathe or am I OK? I'm OK I think, so I'll just relax and enjoy myself. I can always breathe later."
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I should probably try this framing the next time I do breath hold exercises.
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Fascinating! Just learning this took me to 2 minutes (on the inbreath) which I really didn't expect, and it was much easier. Amazing what a change in perspective can do. Was also playing with holding after exhalation which seems much harder and I can barely do 30s.
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Yeah, breath holding without a lungful is both psychologically harder and also actually physically harder because you've got lower reserves to rely on. Two minutes is my lungs full count, I don't think I can do more than 30 seconds lungs empty either.
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