Air Consumption

[REVAN]

and i would find this where?

Use your search engine!

https://www.amazon.com/Breatheology-Stig-Avall-Severinsen/dp/1928649343

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[Skeptic14]

Breathing may be an "involuntary biological process", but that does not mean that a person automatically knows everything about it and how to improve/optimize it. That's a bit like saying that since need to eat to survive, people automatically know everything about nutrition and diet without taking the time to study it or learn from others.

I don't think it's anything like saying that...

For one eating isn't involuntary and the analogy would be a little better if you were comparing chewing strategies instead of dietary science...

 

[REVAN]

I don't think it's anything like saying that...

For one eating isn't involuntary and the analogy would be a little better if you were comparing chewing strategies instead of dietary science...

If you don't eat, you get hungry, which compels you to eat. Hunger is not a voluntary response, you just get hungry. It is very similar to apnea. In apnea, CO2 triggers an automatic response to breath; that can't be stopped. The breathing contraction is an involuntary response, the same as hunger. Whether or not we make a conscious effort to deny action to resolve the involuntary response is another matter. We can choose not to eat or not to breath, but we cannot stop the hunger or the contraction to want to breath without taking some specific action.

I think there is more in common here than you admit to. Just the same, if you want to use the chewing analogy instead, that works too. How you chew will affect the efficacy with which your digestive system can absorb the nutrients of the food you consume. How you breath will affect the efficacy with which your lungs can perform gas exchange for the air you respirate.

Eating and breathing are similar. Go too long without consuming enough of the right thing the right way, and you will die.

FYI: I know I've seen Breathology as a digital e-book download if you can't easily get the paper version. An online search should be able to dig it up, for those interested.

 

[Skeptic14]

So, out of curiosity, how much of a benefit do you think an expert chewer gains regarding digestion vs an average chewer?

 

[Basking Ridge Diver]

We can choose not to eat or not to breath

You can choose not to breath? Seriously? lol - can I watch?

Eating and breathing are similar. Go too long without consuming enough of the right thing the right way, and you will die.

You can go with out food for what weeks? Going without breathing is 3 or 4 or 8 mins? I am not sure I see it as similar... I may be missing your point...

 

[REVAN]

You can choose not to breath? Seriously? lol - can I watch?

Yes, you can watch right here:

I'm getting the feeling that some of you have a fairly poor grasp of how the body functions. Breathology will help with specific parts of that if you make the effort to learn from it.

WARNING - Do not attempt to copy what you see in the video without training and a safety coach trained to recover a diver from a possible blackout or samba condition. Failure to comply can result in death.

 

[Basking Ridge Diver]

Failure to comply can result in death.

So - you can chose to die over life - by choosing not to breath? I am not sure I am that brave...

 

[ScubaJill]

I'm going to second (or third?) the recommendation to breathe from your diaphragm. Though I don't know the physiological reasons behind it, breathing so your stomach moves up and down, rather than your chest, is supposed to prevent hyperventilation, which is often the result of shallow breathing. I'm a slow and steady breather on land and I keep that same breathing pattern in the water, unless I'm using my lungs to make a depth change.

 

[lowviz]

I'm going to second (or third?) the recommendation to breathe from your diaphragm. ...

I'll fourth it.

... Though I don't know the physiological reasons behind it, breathing so your stomach moves up and down, rather than your chest, is supposed to prevent hyperventilation, which is often the result of shallow breathing. ...

If you continue to breathe in a shallow, top of the lungs manner you will begin to gasp. It is an involuntary reflex brought on by carbon dioxide buildup. This is a bad thing as it signals to your primal self that something is very wrong. DEEP INSPIRATIONS AS STIMULI FOR RESPONSES OF THE AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM - Stern - 1968 - Psychophysiology - Wiley Online Library

 

[REVAN]

So - you can chose to die over life - by choosing not to breath? I am not sure I am that brave...

If you are going to spend time on, in ,or around water, being able to bold your breath is an important safety skill. There are times when electing to breath can be deadly (like when your airway is submerged).