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I'm very curious: once you've practiced for a bit, are you still having a gigantic fight with your brain/lungs to take a breath, or is that "put off" until, in

• anitil 8y ago
  Not GP, but have trained freediving and used to spearfish almost daily. There is usually an easy period until the desire to breath starts, from 1 to 2 minutes in. The next minute or so is tricky, you get contractions as your body tries to breathe. After that you start to slowly zone out, but you're no longer in pain. Eventually the world closes in around you. When spearfishing you're typically fairly conservative and never get past the first easy section.
  • exikyut 8y ago
    Huh, so that uncomfortableness thing actually lengthens with time. Interesting. </completely_naive> :) Adds learning how to hold breath safely to todo list (Todo list falls over)