how many meters can you swim without taking a breath?
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yeah, i got about 50 before, when i was swimming in highschool...i dunno now...
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Your heartrate will slow down as you keep holding your breath. Once you start breathing again, it will increase to above normal for a while and then settle back to normal.\n\n(Assuming you are not exerting additional force, such as swimming underwater)
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Humans typically breathe between 12 and 20 times per minute, with children breathing faster than adults. Babies may breathe as much as 40 times per minute. Adults normally breathe about 500-700ml of air at a time. An average 14 year old takes around 30,000 breaths per day.
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300 meters (or 1000 feet) is about as far as a human being can go without the aid of a vessel. Dive depth records are a little over 300 m.\n\nThe Eiffel Tower is 300 meters tall, which is not very far at all considering how deep the ocean goes. The ruins of the Titanic, for example, are at a depth of 3,800 meters (which is about 2.5 miles). The pressure at that depth is over three tons per square inch - enough to crush you in an instant!
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The world record is around 115 feet for a head-first dive.  I have no idea how much more you could do if you went in feet first.
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well, i'm only familiar with american swimming so i will give you that:\n\nthe longest distance swam period i don't know.  i would imagine someone at some point attempted to swim across an ocean.  depending on how far they got, that would most likely be the record, but as far as organized timed swims are concerned, there is an american record for a distance of 26 miles-385 yards\n\nchad fallin...13:10.28.00 and robin boughey...14:07.27.90
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Practice doing your butterfly at a slow pace. It will feel awkward because you are sinking but visualize the position of your body. Visualize your body following your head. Each movement will be exaggerated when swimming slow. Practice this until the motion feels comfortable. Pick up the pace concentrating on your body position. You will notice that as you speed up your body will be in a more comfortable position.\nPractice without breathing, then practice breathing every stroke. The key to the timing is a keeping that small second kick, even when your taking your breath. Practice with fins to get the feeling of your kick.
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I'm also amazed at the answers including the preceding one. It's true it's all about bouyancy. But is bouyancy affected significantly by the dissolved oxygen in the tissues? According to the ref., bouyancy is just about lung capacity, bone, fat and muscle ratios. And of course the salinity of the water. Also, panic-induced body tension can reduce lung capacity and muscle performance.  \nAnyway, a change in tissue oxygen level would happen slowly; it's a diffusive process. Second, the density difference of water with and without dissolved oxygen has to be minute since oxygen is only sparingly soluble.
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It's only a mile for crying out loud.  Don't worry... if you can swim 2000 yards in a regular pool without stopping at a pace of around 50 seconds per 50 you will have no problem.
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I can hold it for only 39 seconds, but the average time for a person is 2 minutes. David Blaine is planning to hold his breath underwater for 9 minutes!
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Swimming is an excellent way to lose fat and very low impact. Just remember that in order to lose weight, you must stay in the heart rate zone (135-160) for a good and constant period of time, like 20-30 minutes each time. Work up to it if you can't swim for 30 minutes straight.
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world record : 8minutes 58 seconds by Tom Sietas.\n\ni heard some pearl divers holding their breath 13 minutes but it is a hearsay..
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Both of the answers above are excellent advice. I am a Scuba instructor and like to add to their advice.\n\nRecreational diving is normally up to 40 meters. Please review your certification standards and follow them. If you are certified to dive that deep I would consider not doing it. You should be comfortable in the enviroment you dive in.\n\nIf you always dive over 40 m and always experience Nitrogen Narcosis, I suggest you dive shallower to lessen the occurace.\n\nDiving deep can be fun but it is also very dangerous. You really have to be on top of things. As you know many things can happen other than Narcosis. Remember that diving is a sport and you should enjoy the dive. I have been diving for 30 years and have done deep decompression dives but my favorate depth is about 10 to 35 m.\n\nPlease dive safe. Follow the rules and standards. You will dive for years to come.\n\nHope this helps.
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the basic of swimming is that u must breath in i.e fill ur stomach with air then streach ur legs nd hands nd start flapping them like a bird(only legs) nd as far as ur hands r concerned move them in the backward direcion like dis(ur hands->,<)\n\n 1 <(position of ur hands in the forward direction)   then             2 >(backward direction)
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Take a deep breath.\n\nAs you lower your head under the water, slowly blow out through your nose.  With practice, you will learn to do this very slowly or in short puffs to make your breath last longer.\n\nGood Luck!
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what is incredible about swimming is that it is horizontal exercise,and like flying in mid-air! For some people it might be the only horizontal exercise they ever get.. Because you are in the water you are able to move more weight with less resistance,and exercise your cardio-vascular system ( if you progress into laps,especially) A great body workout!!
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Sietas also holds the current world records in static apnea of 8 minutes and 58 seconds submerged in a pool without breathing, set on December 12, 2004.\n\nDavid Blaine recently attempted to break the record. He just came short, doing 7 min. 8 secs.\n\n3 mins. is considered very good for freediving spearfishing.\n\nHope this helps.