Stopping breath holding practice and games due to Underwater Hypoxic Blackout?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ah! Thank you! Is hyperventilating common before entering the water?

No.

Only for competitive sprinters and kids who try to imitate them. They do it so they can try to swim as much of the 50 meter as possible without breathing. It is a very bad idea.

https://swimswam.com/shallow-water-blackout-quiet-killer-facts/

[Anonymous]

OMG this is so stupid. Do you really expect to swim and never hold hold your breath? Do you never plan to swim underwater? Some people should never leave the comfort of their own house. I feel sorry for any kids you are raising under this umbrella of anxiety about normal things.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know a boy who drowned trying to hold his breath and among people who practice breath holding, whether for the purposes of free diving or therapeutic practices, it’s taken extremely seriously. Once you’ve trained your body to last, it becomes extremely relaxing and calming and you can easily lose consciousness.

It’s also how that guy from Inxs died, tho his breath holding was less of a wholesome family activity, but the point remains, it’s not actually that outlandish to be concerned about accidentally dying from intentionally denying yourself breath.

SP - I’ll add the boy who drowned was at school with lots of other kids but no one was paying attention to him. Close supervision would’ve saved him as you can pretty easily be revived from blacking out, but not if you’re unnoticed at the bottom of the pool or alone. Never swim alone. Or so the INXS guy thing alone.

Was this person at Univ of IL in the 90s? I had a friend whose brother died this way while swimming there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know a boy who drowned trying to hold his breath and among people who practice breath holding, whether for the purposes of free diving or therapeutic practices, it’s taken extremely seriously. Once you’ve trained your body to last, it becomes extremely relaxing and calming and you can easily lose consciousness.

It’s also how that guy from Inxs died, tho his breath holding was less of a wholesome family activity, but the point remains, it’s not actually that outlandish to be concerned about accidentally dying from intentionally denying yourself breath.

SP - I’ll add the boy who drowned was at school with lots of other kids but no one was paying attention to him. Close supervision would’ve saved him as you can pretty easily be revived from blacking out, but not if you’re unnoticed at the bottom of the pool or alone. Never swim alone. Or so the INXS guy thing alone.

Was this person at Univ of IL in the 90s? I had a friend whose brother died this way while swimming there.

no... it's not unheard of... while it's not something you should spend a lot of time worrying about, it's not super hard to make yourself blackout, and if supervision is lax, which it too often is, that's it.

[Anonymous]

Would box breathing to improve freestyle breathing be considered dangerous?