Just Try Not to Breathe
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How to Relax and Breathe Deeply for the Swim
The body at rest consumes much less oxygen than an active body. Travis would try to relax and breathe deeply, almost super charges system. The really troubling thing was that Travis had pretty much exhausted all of the normal ways of extending his breath holds. He could ignore spasms in his diaphragm and choose not to breathe until everything grayed out and disappeared. But that was the problem. He wasn't quitting or giving up.
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