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7-Day Breath Hold Challenge
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Post Your Breath Hold (Week 51: Dec 15th - Dec 22th)
When you swim a few hundred meters in a single breath, you learn tricks to stay calm. The key is the following: Focus not on what you think. Itโs how you think. When you hold your breath. Talk to yourself. Slowly. Stretch out every word. 10 seconds. 20 seconds. Curious how to apply this to everyday life? Catch Stigโs video on better breath holding for increased focus & attention (video in first comment). ๐ ๐ก๐ฒ๐ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ? Here is how it works: Step 1: Take an inhale, start your stopwatch & hold your breath. Step 2: Post your time here, get feedback and points Step 3: Head on over to the Classroom & follow the instructions Let's go & double your breath hold! ๐งโ๐ซ
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The secret weapon to hold your breath for minutes at a time: slow motion thinking Stig explains how it works in this video:
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@Rory Lemon Awesome. Let us know once you had the time to try it a few times,
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๐ซ [PODCAST] 22 Minutes: Unlocking Human Potential
How long can you hold your breath? How long can you push yourself before your body gives up? Stig sits down with Navy SEAL David Rutherford to explore the physiology, psychology, and spirituality behind extreme human performance. Tune in & learn: - How Stig learned to hold his breath for 22 minutes - The biology of breath, COโ tolerance, lactic acid, and nervous system control - Why modern medicine misunderstands the mind-body connection - The psychology of pushing past fear and physical limitation - Breathwork as a tool for mental toughness, resilience, and healing - How anyone can begin training their breath today
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Post Your Breath Hold (Week 50: Dec 8th - Dec 15th)
Curious on how you take breath holding to the max? We shared a sample of the Full Exhale Diving video from the Breath Hold Mastery below. In light of some of the questions from last week about forceful exhale vs. passive exhale from @Ric Peterson and @Sven Kรถpke For 99% of the applications, a passive exhale will do just fine. Just gently let go of your breath for a few seconds. Any longer won't really matter as you'll reach an equilibrium and more air won't leave the lungs. After the exhale, the following amount will still be left in your lungs: Passive exhale (~50%) vs. forceful exhale (~25%) Don't want to jump in the water and have a buddy step on you? You can do a forceful exhale on land. 1. Take a full breath in 2. Engage your core: tighten your abdominal muscles; like bracing for a punch 3. Actively contract your diaphragm and abs to push out air; like blowing out candles on a cake 4. Keep pushing until you feel nearly all of your air has left your lungs Want to push it even further? Exhale through pursed lips, and perform a forward bend to push out all the air. NOTE: As always, never hold your breath under water alone; and don't push yourself too hard. When you feel dizzy, stop immediately.
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@Pier Luke Still looks pretty good, esp. when exhale dives get involved.
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Ever wondered how Stig stays calm swimming hundreds of meters in a single breath? Stig explains how in the new weekly post. Enjoy!
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What is your one wish?
What would be your one wish this Christmas for the Breath Hold Challenge Skool? Is it more videos? Live calls? New challenges? Something else? Help us outโwrite down the one thing you would like to see in 2026!
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@Jorge Santana Easiest fix; slow your exhale. If you feel overwhelmed by anxiety, double your exhalation. Let's say you inhale for 2 or 3 seconds, make the exhale 4 to 6 seconds. Do this for a few cycles and you should notice a calming effect.
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@Sven Kรถpke It is still is. @Jorge Santana You can find it here: https://www.breatheology.com/ptsd-liberation
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Mostly New Breath Hold Lounge
Hello everyone. This is the mostly new Breath Hold lounge. Some of you are probably wondering why a new one. The other one had a lot of posts, but not a lot of people used it anymore. So I am hoping to make this one more fun. This is also the place for questions if you have one. A few rules though. Make sure to post your breath hold times in the breath hold thread. If they aren't posted in the correct place then you don't have a chance on winning a weekly giveaway prize. They will also be removed from this thread and put in the other. The second rule is to be kind to the people posting in here. The third is to have fun. ๐
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@Phillip de Bruyn You are very welcome; we wanted the Skool course to match the version on our regular platform. Besides, it is usually not a bad thing to add extra training to a program. ๐
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@Phillip Marakowitz Yes, here are some articles that go more into details. Breath holding results in: - Decreases in venous blood pH, lower lactic acid concentrations, and suppression of post-apnea oxidative stress Source: Breath-hold training of humans reduces oxidative stress and blood acidosis after static and dynamic apnea by F Joulia ยท 2003 After eight weeks of training: - 9.1% decrease in heart rate - Forced vital capacity (FVC) increased by 12.4% - Maximum apnea length increased by 15.8% Source: The Effect of Static Apnea Diving Training on the Physiological Parameters of People with a Sports Orientation and Sedentary Participants: A Pilot Study by D Bezruk ยท 2024 After two weeks of training: - Increased red blood cell concentration by 5.06% - Extended hemoglobin oxygen saturation steady state duration by 15.48% Source: Physiological responses during static apnoea efforts in elite and novice breath-hold divers before and after two weeks of dry apnoea training by DI Bourdas ยท 2024 A meta-analysis of seven studies found that apnea training can improve markers of both aerobic and anaerobic performance, including potential benefits for VO2max and lactate tolerance Source: Effects of apnoea training on aerobic and anaerobic performance: A systematic review and meta-analysis by F de Asรญs-Fernรกndez ยท 2022
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