How to hold your breath underwater?

Many people may not know that holding your breath is a good way to exercise your lung capacity. Lung capacity is one of the important functional indicators that reflect the growth and development level of the human body. Therefore, lung capacity is an indispensable item in physical examination from elementary school to university. Friends with small lung capacity may feel troubled, because lung capacity is related to human breathing, which is very important. The editor now recommends a method to improve lung capacity.

Use breath holding correctly. Holding your breath means closing your glottis tightly and exhaling as hard as you can after taking a deep or shallow breath. Usually, you need to hold your breath to cooperate when completing exercises that require maximum static force, such as heavy weight-bearing, weightlifting, wrestling, tug-of-war, arm wrestling, etc. Holding your breath has the following positive effects on exercise: holding your breath can reflexively cause an increase in muscle tension, which can create the most effective contraction support conditions for the relevant movement links.

The time you hold your breath is related to your lung capacity and oxygen consumption. The longer a person can hold his breath, the greater his relative lung capacity.

The way to practice holding your breath is: take a deep breath first, inhale until you can't inhale anymore, and then exhale until you can't exhale anymore. The whole process should be calm and even. It takes about 5 minutes from the time when you feel a slight dizziness or sleepiness to when this feeling completely disappears. At this time, start holding your breath and look at the time. You will find that holding your breath for one and a half to two minutes is very easy even if it is your first time practicing. If you feel uncomfortable, such as you can't hold it anymore, or you feel dizzy, stop immediately and don't force it. Just practice a few times a day, but the interval between them should be at least 1 hour. You will soon improve to around 3 points. However, if the feeling of sleepiness and dizziness intensifies, do not practice anymore to avoid brain deprivation of oxygen. And don't force yourself to increase the length or volume of your training.

Holding your breath can improve your lung capacity and help with exercise. However, the editor still wants to remind everyone, especially young friends, not to practice holding your breath for too long, because holding your breath for too long can cause a series of adverse reactions such as dizziness and hypoxia, and in severe cases may even cause shock. It is better to practice holding your breath in moderation.