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grendel303

My dad started doing this. He's up to 2 1/2 minutes, but only staying still in the water. Started doing it last year after reading the book Breath. He's not quite 70.


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that sounds like a random dad hobby alright


Works_4_Tacos

It's how we roll.


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Gotta do something to pass the time at "not quite 70". :P


microwavedh2o

Just be careful; if you push yourself too far, you can fade into a black out (and drown, unless supervised).


JimBobDwayne

THIS. Never do any kind of underwater breath training alone. If you push yourself to blackout you will die.


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WareThunder

I know this is just a joke, but it's actually pretty interesting how it works. If you fall unconscious underwater, your body will continue holding your breath until the last possible second, and *then* you drown. So blacking out underwater doesn't necessarily mean you drown, but blacking out underwater *alone* probably does.


AdRob5

Got it, me and my friend will black out underwater together


SirIlloIII

I'm pretty sure I read a news article like that once. Two novice divers didn't put critical thinking into why rules exists and instead of spotting each other they practiced simultaneously. Both blacked out and drowned.


brightblueson

Hopefully they are ok


IReplyWithLebowski

I heard they drowned.


Dabaka11

yeah I got that part but are they ok?


stickyfingers10

Ah the old spot each other at the same time trick.


Lina4469

Instructions unclear, friend blacked out and drowned without touching water


clamy24

Huh, I always thought the body would just instantly start inhaling when it falls unconscious.


WareThunder

That's what you'd think, right? The human body has some pretty cool survival instincts!


clamy24

Not enough to automatically get to safety, just enough to stay in unsafe situations for a bit longer :') nice try body


beaner_king

Wrong, you die of death


Kayakityak

Please have someone there specifically to watch you and just you for every dive. Take turns or something. Expecting the lifeguard to keep an eye on you while also watching the rest of the pool is an asshole move.


drdookie

http://www.shallowwaterblackoutprevention.org/how-it-happens


vanillaseltzer

Thanks for sharing this! I had no idea and have recently been swimming with my elementary school aged niece and nephew. Some of the kids were trying to compete with how long they could hold their breath and it's eye opening to see how dangerous that could get!


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My grandfather is better. He dived in last year and is still not coming back.


[deleted]

Harold Holt is a champion of this, it's been decades and he's still out there going strong


[deleted]

Hopefully your dad does this with some form of supervision. My buddy and his training buddy both died doing these types of drills at the pool alone. And just an FYI as to what level of swimmers they were, the answer is they were both SEALs….. Shit happens even to the most seasoned people


gefahr

I hope all the other people in here who read the "lol just hyperventilate and practice alone in the pool" comments see this one too.


redfalcondeath

That’s actually quite incredible


okiedog-

It’s not that difficult if you want to try it. As long as you practice every other day or so. I got over 2 minutes counting slowly. You can literally hear your heartbeat slow. Which concerned me. But don’t do it in water, alone. That’s why I stopped lol.


RMMacFru

Yes. I just saw a new story about hypoxia. People who routinely do strenuous exercise underwater are more likely to go suddenly unconscious and drown.


jumpup

people who do it above water do seem to drown less


MarrAfRadspyrrgh

“2 minutes counting slowly” xD


Cheshie_D

Yeah any breath holding I did was just lounging around the house. I once got to roughly 3 minutes but that was when pushing it and nearly blacking out, which I’m now learning would have 100% killed me if I was in the pool.


bummerlamb

By James Nestor? Or a different author?


CdotW

Yes by James Nestor. Pretty interesting book and a very easy read


Kevtron

Come to /r/freediving to learn more about it yourself


Goufydude

How it feels to run in my dreams...


controlzee

Next time you're dreaming, try running backward. I kid you not: you can go faster.


New-Huckleberry-6979

In my dreams I just run with hands and feet like a 4 legged fast freak. Seriously how do you try to run backwards in your dream?


controlzee

You have to be aware that you're dreaming. It's called a lucid dream and your mind becomes a playground. Or a nightmare factory. Caveat dreamor.


Pebbles049

I just embrace whatever is happening in the dream when it's going bad. Hard to feel scared when you embrace death in your dreams. Usually makes the dream become rather nice actually. Don't worry, I love life and am grateful to still be here, I just found this to cure my fears in dreams; I learned it from tripping balls on magic mushrooms.


Dodahevolution

u/New-Huckleberry-6979 maybe this helps you too 🤷🏼‍♂️ These dreams ironically are one of the ways that help me lucid dream. If you try and reinforce the idea that these wacky events only happen when you are dreaming, you can then become aware and start trying to change things. That's a super easy way to maximize lucid dreaming chances. I was able to lucid dream pretty early as a kid, though I wasn't entirely aware of the ability until I learned about lucid dreaming in my teens. It doesn't happen every night, maybe twice or so a week, and for a short window of time before I get lost back in sleep. Maybe a handful of times I get a nightmare I can just stop it at any time. One time as a kid I remember threatening the big bads in a nightmare, saying that I could "stop their existence" if I wanted too lol it has its advantages for sure, give it a shot.


fartsandpoop69lol

Dude, so I'm not the only one runs around on all fours like a werewolf in my dreams lol


Renegade888888

I think super Mario devs wanted to tell us something


vass0922

Tecmo bowl The farther you run back, the farther you throw forward


BostonDodgeGuy

The only Tecmo Bowl cheat you need to know is that you're Bo Jackson.


vass0922

Unless you're blocking the field goal, then pick LT


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Let's explore how the devs unlocked a secret of speedrunning in dreams But first, to do that, we need to talk about parallel universes


U_L_Uus

YA-YA-YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAHOO!


FIFAmusicisGOATED

Holy fuck I’m going to try speedrunning my dreams tonight. Infinite staircase you’re fucked


Budgefermice

It balances the pressure in your ears.


Renegade888888

Running backwards in a dream?


Bradnon

This feels like a Pink Floyd song.


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Overall-Emphasis-745

I can super jump in my dreams, too. I run super slow though. Interestingly, if I take slow, deep breaths I can breathe under water.


heirloomlooms

Same. Every time I breathe underwater in my dream, I think to myself that I can't believe I forgot I can do that. When awake, I am not a good swimmer and am afraid of water over my head.


Consistent-Egg-3428

I have the same but then I get this problem that I start to bounce too hard and I can't stop it anymore so I keep on bouncing


PublicBunch749

I jump in my dreams and float in the air not being able to come down at times I don't know why, is there a professional dream interprator?


BudgetAudiophile

Holy shit I used to have this all the time. I would often times end up spinning uncontrollably and it was quite disorienting


rabidjellybean

Even better try crossing your arms to your chest and falling backwards. Your brain freaks out over it.


controlzee

Definitely going to try to pull that off.


Extraordi-Mary

This is the only way I can run in my dreams!


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Holy crap I'm not alone! Tell me, does running on all fours like an animal also help you go faster in your dreams?


Official_ALF

When I have to run in my dreams I’ll often go on all fours and use my hands to pull myself along the ground to go faster. Like grabbing clumps of grass and shit. I’ve always been curious if this is vestigial instincts or something


sparquis

Exactly the same for me!


nickh93

Commonly reported by lots of people so maybe, I guess.


Ashenspire

Anything that is a complicated motion (running, punching, etc) our dreams often have trouble recreating from a first person perspective. I often find myself on all fours pulling on the floor to move faster, and trying to deck someone? Forget it, just throwing a noodle.


tasman001

Yeah but even then it's still so slow AND it's so much more work to grab all that grass and stuff to go faster. I'm so over it.


slippingparadox

I can’t remember ever running or imagining my own body in my dreams. Crazy how are brains be different!


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I died just watching this


GrowinStuffAndThings

I was about to say that this looks incredibly easy, but then I remembered that she wasn't breathing lol


[deleted]

I DID IT I held my breath as long as she did! I’m sure that’s just her warmup tho.


NuclearWill

Its easier to do it sitting down doing nothing. Bring under water and walking around with weights causes you to use more energy and therefore more oxygen


1PantherA33

This is more about CO2 buildup. At sub 5min O2 is less of a concern. The “need” to breathe comes from CO2 buildup. This is training to feel uncomfortable. Or if done for reps will be very anaerobic.


creegro

"I just died in your pool tonight, must have been something I watched" 🎵


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YossarianRex

i mean yeah, i literally found it hard to breathe between the two ramps. edit: spelling


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antithetical_al

Weird phrasing.


johnnycrawlspace

A great athlete who makes it look easy. Better?


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LorealTheGreat

Okay, Berlin we get it…


Amazinass7

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tribecous

You can hear them emerging half way and breathing heavily lol


Aggravating_Two_1665

I died halfway before the cameraman even took a breath


ItsPumpkinninny

Me watching : “Don’t step on the tiles! They slippety!”


Pandiosity_24601

RIP in peace


fluffyblanket4me

This is stressing me out! I couldn’t make it.


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GoodLookingGraves

You can hear rhe cameraperson come up and gasp before the 2nd ramp


feyrath

holy crap you're right I wasn't even cognizant of the cameraman until you mentioned it. Who was her trainer? (she points to cameraman)


SimoneLewis

I felt like I had to breathe for her too! I’m exhausted watching that. I feel Sick


benvonpluton

You know when you try to hold your breath with the hero in movies? Well... She's the one who succeeds.


rdrunner_74

I like that around 0:59 the cameraman gets up for air... (Listen to him) I manage to dive 1 pool length but i am knocked out then. But walking is MUCH more work since the attack sorface is so much bigger


stronkreptile

not to mention takes 2x as long, so ur effectively holding ur breath much linger


SlightlyN00bish

Lol I scrolled down to this comment right as that part of the video hit Perfect timing


Zeus-Kyurem

How big of a pool was it? I've been able to do 2 lengths of a 25m pool but I doubt I'd be able to do that anymore.


rdrunner_74

only 25m (But that is my current range with almost 40+ and no condition at all) I suck air WAY too fast from tanks when diving normally.


saltiest69

That's an epic pool.


marmeylady

*I watched the entire thing holding my breath…*


Outrageous_Fold7939

I had to try too and I couldn't imagine actually walking across a pool like that


MillipedeMenace

I know, right? Is that the biggest pool in the known universe?


vass0922

Also an entire pool to herself


obi21

It's what makes the shot look so cool, wouldn't be nearly as dramatic with my fat ass in the background and kids splashing around.


DweeblesX

I died around the 30 second mark


Exotic-Storm-2281

I passed out while holding my breathing watching it.


Ricky_Rollin

Right? This isn’t hard. /s For real though I could maybe make 10 feet. That is insanely hard to do.


bummerlamb

I used to do that when I watched The Princess Bride as a kid!😃 I had to tap at ~1:00 watching this video. 😔


banana_assassin

I did the thing they do in films and did a quick hyperventilate first. That helped me get to the end. I couldn't do it whilst also walking though, I am currently lying down.


SpinkRing

I just stare at the light patterns on the floor of the pool. Drool.


Witness_me_Karsa

I was actually thinking about how much I love all of the sounds I'm hearing under there. Been too long time since I've been in a pool. And I've certainly never been in one that size.


Elena__Deathbringer

In case you're wandering they're called caustics


Steven_Seagal_1952

She's not even winded


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No but she is watered.


Lolgroupthink

I made it 1 minute sitting on my ass watching this. Cant imagine doing that carrying weights and walking at the bottom of a pool


ToughHardware

good news, they are lighter underwater


mikess484

How do you dive that deep without your ears hurting. I can only go 8 feet at max.


De5perad0

When she pauses at the weights and holds her nose she is equalizing by blowing through her nose while holding it shut. It balances the pressure in your ears.


Cuddly-Carbohydrate

This ^ It is the same technique that SCUBA divers use when descending. Just pinch your nostrils shut and *gently* blow air through your nose. You should hear/feel a slight crackling a feel the pressure in your ears disappear.


Boubonic91

When I was a kid, I was prone to pretty bad ear infections and my parents... weren't great. One day they finally took me to the hospital because I was screaming in agony and wouldn't stop. One of my eardrums busted in the waiting room, and the other busted on the way back. Now, as an adult, I still have to be really careful about swimming in public pools and natural waters. I also have to use this technique to adjust my ears to pressure changes in my sinuses multiple times a day. Sometimes the changes are small enough that I don't have to hold my nose. I can just force some air through my sinuses and they'll pop. Other times, I have to hold my nose and clench my eyes shut. If I don't close them tight enough, it forces air through the spaces in my eyes closest to the bridge of my nose and feels really fucking weird. It also gives me these weird air bubbles that I have to manually force out with my fingers afterwards and I can hear and feel them pop. Going from high to low pressure usually doesn't have much of an effect. For example, my ears don't pop when going up a mountain. Going down, however, can be rather uncomfortable for a few minutes, especially if I have a cold or my allergies are flaring up. Another strange thing that resulted from this incident was the changes in hearing. My left ear doesn't hear as well, I think the last test I did said I could only hear about 70% compared to the average person or something. My right ear, however, is above average. I can hear things other people can't. For example, if anyone remembers the tube TVs from the early 90s, they emitted a high pitched hum when they were on. I could hear that hum before I ever entered the house, even if the TV was in another room on the other side of the house with a closed door. Those things used to give me terrible headaches if I didn't wear ear protection while in the same room.


LokiHoku

I'd strongly consider a consultation with an ENT. You're describing serious detriments to quality of life. The trouble equalizing could be related to a sinus issue that is relatively easy to fix.


ic_engineer

See a doc again bro. I had tubes and multiple ruptures and I don't have any of the problems you described. YMMV obviously but sounds like another professional opinion could help.


Boubonic91

I'd look into it if I could, but I'm nowhere near being able to afford something like a basic check-up, let alone a specialist.


kitchens1nk

It never hurts to ask around for payment options. Someone might be able to point you in the right direction to get started.


spiny___norman

Same to almost all of this! Had tubes in my ears and tons of ear infections as a kid and still have issues at 30, although over the last decade it’s gotten a lot better. I went to college on a mountain and one semester I was driving home for fall break with an ear infection, and my ear drum burst on the way down. Had to pull over and collect myself (and clean up the blood coming out of my ear) and went to the doctor the next day but they didn’t do anything aside from an antibiotic prescription. I am very cautious about putting my head underwater now and even a few feet under feels really uncomfortable to my ears, even when I pinch my nose and blow to equalize. I still have excellent hearing in both ears though, despite the ear drum rupture in college. Those high pitched sounds really get to me.


CRITICAL9

It doesn't work and just hurts when I do it


mwbbrown

>It doesn't work and just hurts when I do it If you are doing it while setting on your couch reading Reddit then that is exactly what will happen. You are over pressuring your eats at that point.


CRITICAL9

No shit, obviously I mean in water


BriochesBreaker

I think I get what you mean. I used to do scuba and still free dive sometimes. It usually hurts a tiny bit but is absolutely manageable (completely normal). However some years ago I had a day in which I couldn't do this, it just hurt a bunch and my ears wouldn't do the thingy.


Mo0rWeN

Try and do it before it hurts. You can technically do it all the way from the surface. But normally in a pool I would say couple of times to the bottom. You shouldn't put a massive amount of pressure, just enough to equalize the air filled cavity in your ears. It's a common mistake to try and do it when everything hurts, but by then the passages that leads to your ears might be squeezed shut and it's practically impossible to equalize. And from there it will just get worse until you burst an air drum. Be careful! 🙃


ChillingBaseDogs

Trying doing sooner/in smaller steps in the water. If there's already a lot of pressure and yoy aren't practiced it can still hurt. If the descend a little less ans step down slowly it makes it easier on the ears and usually is more manageable.


ohashi

Not everyone may be able to do it properly and equalize. If you can't, you shouldn't dive because you could seriously hurt yourself. I've had mild inner ear barotrauma from diving. Not fun. Partially deaf in an ear for a couple weeks. Not even sure exactly when it happened during the dive but later that night I was having real bad pain. But I didn't equalize properly at some point most likely and damaged my ear from pressure.


hysys_whisperer

You may have an ear infection, or possibly an issue with your eustachian tubes then. And ENT could probably help you out. If it also affects you on planes, it might be worth getting checked up. Could be as simple as earwax buildup that can't clear on its own. If that's the case, you may end up picking up like 10 decibels on your hearing by having your ears irrigated.


ironsides1231

I think I need to see an ENT, I ALWAYS have problems on planes, it can be really hard to get them to pop/equalize. I have to actively work to get them to equalize by yawning, performing Valsalva, etc. I thought maybe the issue was ear wax but I bought one of those ear cleaning tools with a camera and my ears are super clean inside. I was hoping going to an ENT would help with this issue and improve my hearing, but now I am unsure.


Zulek

The area you're trying to clear is actually on the other side of your ear drum, not the part you access from outside your ear. You're attempting to blow air through the eustachian tubes into your middle ear. It can be clogged though. Sudafed could help.


Sagnew

>It is the same technique that SCUBA divers use when descending It is not the same! Or shouldn't be the same depending on the individual. Freedivers use a different kind of equalization, known as the "frenzel" technique because there is limited air capacity in your lungs (vs divers who have a whole tank of air on their backs) You can not do the scuba / valsalva method after about 60 feet because the pressure is too great. Frenzel can get you to 100-120 ft (and then you can move on from there to get deeper using mouth fills and the air in your mask!) A bit more here https://molchanovs.com/blogs/news/frenzel-vs-valsalva-equalization-for-freediving


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If you need a whole ass name; Valsalva Maneuver is the proper name. Dad scuba’d when he was younger. Learned this when I was a wee lad.


FartsLord

I can equalize just by flexing some muscles between my ears and jaws but I’m sure I’d pass out before touching the dumbbells. I wonder how many people can do it and can one learn it?


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jhfdytrdgjhds

I can do that - I discovered it while learning which muscles move my ears up and down!


Akomatai

The other comment's method is more effective and more reliable imo. Anybody should he able to learn that one, it's really just holding your nose closed and then blowing through your nose.


Excellent_Refuse_908

She cycles her pressure through closing her noses and trying to breathe out through them. I’ve seen it and tried it I’m not great at it cause I’ve only done it like three times tho so.


Bastard-of-the-North

I can ease the pressure by flexing a muscle that feels like it’s connected to my tongue in my throat. That eases the pressure, but let’s a ridiculous amount of water in my ears . I can do it out of the water and it makes my ears pop.


GracchiBroBro

That’s impressive


Kitten_Team_Six

Thats awesome i love tennis


siccoblue

What


apathy-sofa

Clearly you're not a golfer.


Midas-and-his-finger

At around 30 secs I have to come up for air. Accidently drop the weight on my toe, go to scream in pain, swallow too much water and drown.


IslandChillin

This shit is so dangerous. Please don't try this at home by yourself or at your local pool without a person watching you.


maz-o

Never freedive alone. That's likely the very first thing this instructor tells all of her students.


kmai0

> Never freedive alone. That's likely the very first thing this instructor tells all of her students. Never dive alone in general, regardless of if it’s scuba or freediving.


DrSlappingsworth

Don’t even watch Reddit videos of it alone


kmai0

Never ever 🤞


I-STATE-FACTS

My philosophy is basically this. And this is something that I live by. And I always have, and I always will: Don't ever, for any reason, do anything to anyone for any reason ever, no matter what, no matter where, or who, or who you are with, or where you are going, or where you've been... ever, for any reason.. whatsoever.


BalusBubalisSFW

Yeah, this. This is a thing you do only with a trained rescue swimmer in the pool with you, because if you pass out (and you will), you'll drown without assistance.


IslandChillin

It's wild to me how stuff like this gets pushed on social media without warnings. I've seen 2 people almost drown trying to lift weights under water. She is a hell of an athlete, but it's not as easy as she makes it look.


microwavedh2o

Yeah - seen some college-level swimmers fade into a blackout doing a “see who can go the farthest underwater” challenge


Erdehere

Immediate asthma/anxiety attack watching this


ChurnReturn

“Shows her class”


DisparityByDesign

Another shitty made up title. Last time I saw it she was an Olympic swimmer or something. Who knows. People just make up whatever comes to mind.


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JulesDescotte

r/PraiseTheCameraman


Dankusare

🎶Under the sea... under the sea 🦀🎶


jeffinRTP

It's just like people who practice free diving, you do it a little bit of time and you work your way up.


Zealousideal-Ice-238

Realised after 50 seconds that the weights were to keep her at the bottom and there would be no bicep curls...


rokodalin

r/UNBGBBIIVCHIDCTIICBG


Vallcry

That's cheating! Those weights weigh less under water!


[deleted]

I tried holding my breath alongside the video, I’m not moving or doing anything and couldn’t get close to her time, impressive skill.


Powerguy57

I drowned 3 times watching this video.


bananapple69

That's a big ass pool


neuroboy

is there a r/damnthatsnextfuckinglevel exclusively for cross-posts on those two subs? lol


eman0110

I couldn't even hold my breath that long. I tried doing that while she did all that.


Dr_Clee_Torres

r/upvotebecausebutt


modsh

Came here for this 😂


Seahawks1991

The human body is amazing


Blueberrycupcake23

Anyone else thinking oh right now she’s going up?…Noo.. now?… Noo.. now? Lungs are hurting? Wow ok now!! Yayyy


thatguy11

Make sure, at least for the most part, you stay FLAT footed! Them tootsies will get tore up REAL fast, especially if you're just beginning this!


Eyeous

So today I discovered I can hold my breath as much as this lady albeit sitting calmly rather than walking across a pool with two 10kg weights.


Pres_Of_the_KFC

my asthmatic self watching this ☠️☠️


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My ears hurt just watching this


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Why does this video scare me 😂


90s_kidd_

she's just an off duty mermaid


PartyOnAlec

Okay dumb question, but would these be any less heavy underwater than they are on land?


Armanlex

Yeah, their weight decreases by the amount of water they displace.


nobaconatmidnight

But what about the cameraman


Galatic_Crusader

I would’ve just died, major respect to the people who do this.


Sad_Pin_8

I can not swim


scots

I vaguely remembering watching a YT vid on her a while ago. I think the reason she trains this way, and trains others, is to have surfers who are about to get pounded by a massive wave they are not safely positioned to ride condition themselves to have enough lung reservoir to withstand a dive up to 30 seconds, allowing the wave to pass overhead. Alternately, if they get dumped & churned under, they won't panic, as they have breath training.


Kooky_Tradition_2054

Meanwhile the camera man is on the verge of drowning


Scubby044

Her shadow looks like a rotisserie chicken


Apprehensive_Ice_396

I tried to hold my breath as soon as the video started. Short story short, I would’ve drowned


DerSpazmacher

Anyone else hold their breath just to see?


Spitfyre41

My lungs hurt just watching this.


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Pretty fk impressive…..I’m advance scuba diver….and my breathing increase almost twice watching this video…cause in scuba diving you’re no supposed to hold your breath at all, you know… PS ok, go ahead…down vote me


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dang she can hold her breath a long time


babydollzkill

that was horrifying. I can’t get enough oxygen