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What factors affect your ability to hold your breath?
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Wiki User
September 23, 2009 11:51PM
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The factors of how long you can hold your breath are:~
a) How big your lungs are
b) How fit and healthy you are
c) How much you have practised holding your breath.
d) Hom much CO2 your body is storing.
Good question!
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