lung capacity and how long a person can hold their breath
Was this realistic? A: the average person can hold their breath for about a minute and a half in desperation. i believe the world record is well above 8 minutes now, but those people have lungs 4 times the capacity. The brain is starved of oxygen at 4 minutes and brain cells begin dying rapidly.ttp://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_long_can_the_average_person_hold_their_breath_under_water. The average person can hold there breath for about 30 to 40 seconds, not that long uh.
You are literally stretching out your lungs so that they can hold more air. The average human female has a capacity of four liters, and the average male six liters. Endurance training can increase those numbers, but only slightly. Lung packing, however, can add up to three liters to a person's lungs.One diver named Herbert Nitsch even has a reported 14-liter capacity.yclist Miguel Indurain has massive lungs for a non-diver (8 liters), and they were reportedly large enough to displace his stomach, which gave him a trademark paunch. Chances are you won't need to hold your breath for 20 minutes in your lifetime, or even 5 minutes.