Lung test: If you can breathe to the end, you have swimmer lungs. Know how healthy are your lungs

The industrial Harsh Goenka is known for his peculiar and thoughtful posts on social media-and his latest one is no exception. The video, shared on the microblogging website X, quickly became viral for its unique and interactive approach to testing lung health. The video, which is shared by Goenka and is now widely distributed, provides a simple and engaging test to check your lung health. The concept is simple: A red dot slowly moves in a vertical line as you get the command to breathe after taking a deep breath. As the point drops, it crosses different checkpoints on the screen, each representing different levels of lung capacity. The test starts with the word “inhalation” at the top, which the viewers should breathe deeply. While the red end undertakes its slow downward journey, it goes labels such as ‘Hold Your Breath’, ‘Smoker / Drinker’, ‘Average on Earth’, ‘Healthy Lungs’, ‘Sports Player’ and Finally ‘Swimmer Lungs’. These labels serve as milestones to indicate how long one can breathe – which may reflect their lung strength or lifestyle. If you can hold your breath at ‘On Earth’, your lungs are considered average. Reaching ‘healthy lungs’ indicates a good lung capacity, while lasting until ‘sports player’ or ‘swimmer lungs’ indicates excellent breathing fitness. Read also | 5 Tips for the maintenance of stronger lungs that join the trend, Goenka shared a screenshot of his own result, showing that the red point reaches the ‘sports player’ level. He wrote it and wrote, “State of my lungs.” Here’s how users respond to social media: One user wrote: “@grok” – suggesting a surprise or questioning the test. Another said, ‘I’m not a swimmer, but I reached that level. Make me happy. “A third user shared:” I smoked from 1978 to 2020 with half a cigarette and eventually rose at about 2004-05 to 60 a day and stayed at that level for 15 years. I stayed on February 28, 2020. Then I could still breathe for a minute. But I don’t think it’s your lungs. A fourth user said, “I don’t swim … but my lungs are just as good. ‘