Once we've determined somebody's body density, one of the experiments we'd like to try and here is to work on the constant exhale, and to work on a constant exhale, experimenting between the constant exhale through the nose, or the constant exhale through the mouth. And what feels most comfortable to the individual? And one of the experiments is how long can you go exhaling through the nose, how long can you go exhaling through the mouth, before you run out of air. And so in here, it's a very controlled experiment, because it's a very safe environment. And it's simply the number of strokes that you take based on a certain water speed. And then when you run out, you simply stand up. So The goal is to help someone discover kind of the ratio of how much time they spend exhaling when they're focusing on the nose, and then how much time there spend exhaling through the mouth, which one can happen faster, which one will naturally happen faster. And you may be surprised, it's not as simple as you think. Because people will react differently as they exhale through the nose and through the mouth. So I'm going to set the water speed at a fairly easy speed. And I will just constantly there'll be constant exhale, either through my nose, it'll be through my nose first, and then through my mouth second. And what we'll do is count the number of strokes that I take in each one of them, I'll do my best to keep the same effort as far as the exhale is concerned. And we'll just see how long each one of them lasts.

Not positive about the actual account, I think it was 21 through the nose and 12 through the mouth. So we'll check it, but it's about half. For me. It's almost half as many strokes when I breathe out of the mouth. So that tells me that if I want to get rid of a lot of air, and again, I know this makes sense. But it's different when people get in the water. It's not always what you think is so I know that if I want to get rid of a lot of air that aren't going to exhale through my mouth because it's just going to allow me to get rid of more air more quickly. If I want to have a slight trickle, then I'm going to use my nose. And so you'll see that as I go through this exercise, I'd use both my nose and my mouth, one to control a constant exhale, and to make sure that all the air is out by the time I turn my head for the breath. And so sometimes it gets a little bit more complicated, but the things we learn, when we kind of analyze what we do, you discover things. So give it a try.


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Constant Exhale?