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This is a post by Jorg Jansen.

After another painful dentist session this week, it was a no go for the in-water training. Too much distraction by the pain prevents me of doing long workouts where I need dream-modus to enjoy it enough so that I can endure the pain.

So, instead of some long workouts I decided to test a few short workouts to see where I’m at. All without warming-up:

• Walking while holding my breath: 56 seconds
• Running while holding my breath: 28 seconds
• Walking with neutral lungs: 40 seconds
• Walking with empty lungs: 26 seconds
• Holding my breath while watching TV, 20 minutes after dinner: 2:38 minutes
• Holding my breath immediately after waking up: 2:58 minutes

I’m not writing down how long I could hold my breath on my bicycle and while driving in a car. Because that is stupid and dangerous and of course I would never do that!