Breath-holding exercises killed one, another critical
Former Member
Tragic news link
Lifeguard in critical, swimmer drowned in breath-holding exercise gone wrong at Staten Island pool
Quote:
"Joseph Lyons Pool is closed for the day after two men were found floating face down Wednesday.
One man training to be a Navy SEAL was dead and a city lifeguard was in grave condition yesterday after they tried doing breath-holding exercises in a public pool in Staten Island.
Bohdan Vitenko and Jonathan Proce, both 21, were found facedown in 3 feet of water in the Lyons Pool in Tompkinsville, where they were practicing techniques similar to those used in military training, authorities said."
"the pool is 3 1/2 feet across the entire surface. An adult can easily stand in it with their head above water," " (see this report)
Wonder if it is also dangerous to swim a 25m lap or as long as you can without breathing?
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You have to be careful with this and listen to your body. I know a kid that nearly drown swimming for distance under water. I forgot the distance but some people were like i bet you can't swim xx meters underwater. He passed out as he was coming into the wall and inhaled some water before he could grab onto the wall and sunk to the bottom.
As long as your training and being smart about it, I think it's fine. But competitive breath holding is kind of risky.
You have to be careful with this and listen to your body. I know a kid that nearly drown swimming for distance under water. I forgot the distance but some people were like i bet you can't swim xx meters underwater. He passed out as he was coming into the wall and inhaled some water before he could grab onto the wall and sunk to the bottom.
As long as your training and being smart about it, I think it's fine. But competitive breath holding is kind of risky.
