Pushing The Limits Of Extreme Breath-Holding

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Pushing The Limits Of Extreme Breath-Holding

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He held his breath for 17 minutes. How can you do the same? Check out our sponsor: betterhelp.com... to get matched with a professional therapist who will listen and help.
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@gazzwars5355 11 ай бұрын

"Breathing is so important, it happens without conscious thought" GREAT, THANKS A LOT DEREK

@M4TCH3SM4L0N3 11 ай бұрын

As someone with ADHD who forgets to breathe when doing anything requiring physical coordination, I contest this statement.

@UltraProchy 11 ай бұрын

SAME GODDAMNIT

@vicarrighi 11 ай бұрын

manual breathing activated

@dddd6606 11 ай бұрын

Also, you just lost The Game.

@Xingchen_Yan 11 ай бұрын

Same about blinking your eyes. If you don't think about it, it just happens naturally, like totally.

@calinacho7704 11 ай бұрын

I enjoy the fact that the subtitles describe Brandon's laughter as maniacal.

@dvorakgigachad1444 11 ай бұрын

thought i was the only one who noticed lol

@experimentalcyborg 11 ай бұрын

It's not wrong tbh

@UKLGEAS 11 ай бұрын

Subtitles are automatic for the most part. KZfaq can do them for you, or Adobe premiere pro can also do it. You just have to go through and check they're correct. Not had them transcribe laughter before, but in theory it could do it :/ @@KeksimusMaximus

@kulled 11 ай бұрын

@@KeksimusMaximus what do you suppose comment means? he's saying he enjoys it. tweaking on this guy for no reason.

@sixfootcreations273 11 ай бұрын

Brandon here - This cracked me up too, don’t know what to tell you 😂

@froniccruxis1049 10 ай бұрын

The end of his breath was so intense. His neck and chest convulsing and he is losing track of time. Such a great edit with him explaining it as well.

@bholdr----0 8 ай бұрын

I appreciate this vid a lot! So, for the haters, Re: 'He only held his breath for '@1:45 minutes'- try that while filming a vid underwater: no pressure, eh? (pun intended!). I tried it just now, and, though I'm a middle-age, outta-shape smoker, I found that I can easily hold twice as long (3:47- big deal :-\), BUT: I don't think I could've made the same level of improvement (NO way, I'd def fold first) that the poster did for this vid:. THAT is what I find impressive!

@SalesmanWave 5 ай бұрын

@@bholdr----0 Why did you reply to this comment and not the video?

@bholdr----0 5 ай бұрын

@@SalesmanWave I found the comment interesting. Should I not respond to comments, but, rather, only respond to the video? Edit- oh, I get it now- Is that such a big deal, such that you'd be a nit about it, and, what, try to score some interweb points? OK, ya got me! Zing! Score one for the poster police! 🤔 (I looked for a 'rolling eyes' emoji, but didn't see one- you'll have to imagine that I ended my post with that.)

@samohle8091 5 ай бұрын

@@bholdr----0King

@moonl1314 4 ай бұрын

@@bholdr----0 what a personality, wowzers

@opsyko3310 6 ай бұрын

"Stretching can help expand what you've got" - Veritasium 2024 Thanks that will be noted for future endeavours

@lucassamuel6069 6 ай бұрын

Jelquin explained

@rioriorio17 5 ай бұрын

Me when I’m jorquin and jelquin it

@kamnale1317 4 ай бұрын

that was back in 2023 im afraid

@falkeborg9432 4 ай бұрын

2023*

@charliecook-pt6gu 3 ай бұрын

i been stretching my penis for years, i see no expansion.

@MugiOverall 11 ай бұрын

Cannot believe that this man went through so much trouble just to remind me to manually breathe

@machieltipo 11 ай бұрын

Lmfao

@davidzwitser 11 ай бұрын

I feel like that wasn’t even a message in this video. It is probably something you have unconsciously in your mind

@adi_cs03 11 ай бұрын

@@davidzwitserever heard of a joke?

@Morkvonork 11 ай бұрын

Bippity Boppity, your breathing is now a conscious activity!

@Kagrenackle 11 ай бұрын

@@davidzwitser woooooooosh

@nahuelgonzalez2709 11 ай бұрын

This is breath taking

@theknowone9846 11 ай бұрын

YOURE breath taking

@user-_A_nonymou_s_ 11 ай бұрын

Just…. Just dont

@TheRafaelRamos 11 ай бұрын

Badum tsss....

@Java_Ram_जवा_राम 11 ай бұрын

*This...... is Elon Musk*

@RecRealMaster 11 ай бұрын

Sadly, the professional isn't breath taking enough

@bradbrad247 6 ай бұрын

As a free diver and spearfisherman, this was a lovely watch. Breath training and holding is a meditation. It's as much a physical practice as it is a psychological one.

@alexanderharris539 6 ай бұрын

Agreed. I was self taught and its really fascinating to see the methods I "devolped" are actually used by everyone else as well. Stay safe down there!

@bholdr----0 5 ай бұрын

@@alexanderharris539 Yeah. Especially when I was a kid/teen: my brother and I and our friends were competitive swimmers, and we would compete to see who could stay underwater the longest, and who could swim the farthest distance underwater without a breath. (And we'd hold our breath whenever we went through a tunnel, of course! I think all kids do that, eh?) One coach once did a lap underwater in a 50 meter Olympic size pool, so 100 meters, in about two minutes or a bit more (I think) I couldn't ever do that, but I can still hold for 3-1/2 minutes pretty easily (after prepping/packing and while staying still (no exertion)... I doubt I could do four, without my life depending it (or maybe with straight O2 before... or if I wasn't a former smoker). Cheers!

@karepku5028 2 ай бұрын

@@bholdr----0 did smoking really affect the performance of hold? i mean how? i mean i am an active smoker and can hold my breath for 4 maybe 5 if im not smoking lol

@udontseemeiseeuuseemeiseeu 2 ай бұрын

how long can u hold ur breath

@bradbrad247 2 ай бұрын

@@udontseemeiseeuuseemeiseeu about 7.5 minutes

@fireflyfireworks668 10 ай бұрын

Really interesting video, and very well explained. As someone with a background as rescue swimmer, I had the "fortune" to experience a pool blackout under controlled and supervised conditions. The really dangerous thing is, as mentioned in the video, when hyperventilating, is the feeling of sensation and happiness while actually passing out. You are (without help from others) dying without noticing.

@vero6807 11 ай бұрын

I've been consciously breathing the whole video, which is arguably more torture than what Brandon's doing.

@no3ironman11100 11 ай бұрын

You are now thinking of your breath again. You are now manually breathing.

@Cgraseck 11 ай бұрын

That's funny. As a free diver I always find myself holding my breath when I see people under the water. It's a strange to realize that you haven't been breathing for some time just because you are watching other people not breathing.. Cheers, Chris

@Swoost 11 ай бұрын

@@no3ironman11100 that doesnt work on me anymore, but when youre having a panic attack its like youre manually breathing while never catching your breath, even though physically youre fine and do have enough oxygen your heart start beating out of control which increases your need for oxygen. is terrifying. i dont think anyone has ever died from a panic attack, unless they had a heart condition i guess, but it feels like you are going to which just feeds into the self reinforcing cycle

@moos5221 11 ай бұрын

i hate when i concentrate on breathing and then i can't stop and have that weird paranoia that i need to keep focussing on it or i'll accidenatally stop...but it takes the littlest distraction and it's gone. but it's so weird sometimes. glad i never learned how to control my hearts muscle. xD

@un1c0rn52 11 ай бұрын

Haha yeah ive been eating for this video i feel like im suffocating

@TimeBucks 11 ай бұрын

This is fascinating.

@santoshdangi4935 10 ай бұрын

👍

@UmarrShaike 10 ай бұрын

Good brockcast

@faisalmalik037 10 ай бұрын

Nice❤

@vidyaseby8446 10 ай бұрын

👍👍

@santoshdangi4935 10 ай бұрын

👍

@meepmonstare 6 ай бұрын

This is fascinating. I live at high altitude (around 6500 ft) so i was waiting for him to bring it up. Genuinely, the increase of how long i can hold my breath at Sea level is amazing

@bholdr----0 5 ай бұрын

Yeah! I'm a former ski bum, and have lived in the mountains at 6k-ish feet, and when I would go down to sea level, it felt like breathing soup... I'd bet a person could train at altitude and then be able to hold a lot longer... Though it's the CO2 buildup that makes one feel like they need to breathe. There is a lot more O2 in a breath than people think (like how rebreathers don't take more air than normal scuba, but, rather chemically purge the CO2 to massively increase diving times... Still, it couldn't hurt. (Imagine what high altitude mountaieers or Nepalese Sherpas, acclimated to 12-16k feet could do? (I also recall reading that pearl/sponge/oyster divers can routinely hold for four, five, plus minutes while diving for their living, and like Sherpas, I wonder how much is training, and how much is genitic... Anyway, cheers!

@meepmonstare 5 ай бұрын

I agree. I'd love to research how much altitude adjustment plays into breath holding

@bholdr----0 5 ай бұрын

@@meepmonstare Yup... I don't live in the mountains anymore, but it would be informative to, say, run a half marathon (or other simaler hard- for me- endurance exercise) while living at sea level, and then live at 6k ft. for a few months (as a ski bum again?) and then do another half-marathon at se level, and note the changes. (Same goes for breath holding.) Very interesting. Cheees!

@djmo0re 10 ай бұрын

david blaine taught me this same trick. i've learned a lot from you guys too. well done. my longest was a little over 3:30, i thought i was something special, this dude just completely blew my little elementry school training into a full blown career. i knew it was possible. extremely inspiring. ANYONE can learn to hold their breath longer. just like anything else practice makes us progress. great video man!

@MotoVengeance 6 ай бұрын

Same I got 2:30 and then realized how long it had been and lost it 😂

@frododododo 12 күн бұрын

What a useless talent lol

@trezenx 11 ай бұрын

Brandon seems like such a nice and kind person, so much endearing and motivation from him. Incredible teacher.

@limenode 10 ай бұрын

Seriously. It's rare to see somebody so accomplished, with such a keen ability, that's also able to describe the mechanics of what they're doing, as well as the mental process, in a really useful, detailed way.

@John-vk8ot 10 ай бұрын

He is very passionate about science

@user-os7ec4dm8x 8 ай бұрын

Very gay too!

@Kepitano 7 ай бұрын

@@user-os7ec4dm8x I don't think he's gay unless you're joking 15:15

@ivoryas1696 7 ай бұрын

@@user-os7ec4dm8x Are... you being serious?

@a.c.2219 11 ай бұрын

I remember learning lung packing from Bear Grylls. I'd sit at the bottom of the pool as a kid for 3 or 4 minutes at a time. It was one of the most euphoric, meditative things to just be floating in silent weightlessness. There was a point halfway through where you just felt like you could stay down there for another hour as long as you didn't move.

@fredriksvard2603 11 ай бұрын

Sounds not entirely safe

@a.c.2219 11 ай бұрын

@fredriksvard2603 after watching this video I now think I was playing with death lmao.

@jonpatchmodular 11 ай бұрын

Can relate. Sitting down by the ladder, watching the pool or just closing my eyes, enjoying the cool water and the calmness... Probably one of the only things I did as a kid that even came close to meditation and deliberate relaxation.

@guiorgy 11 ай бұрын

Same here. I'd sometimes compete against others and would enjoy watching them breath in and dive again several times while I remained underwater unmoving.

@sidarthur8706 11 ай бұрын

that's partly why i can't swim. when my school would take us for swimming lessons i'd spend the time chilling underwater as long as i could because it was the most peace i ever got. the quiet was nice but i worry my brain might have been shutting down as well because of lack of oxygen

@henryweatherly8865 5 ай бұрын

as a doctor, i was pretty darn impressed with the explanation of the physiology of breathing. expertly done, as per usual

@shiroyukisnow 5 ай бұрын

I paused the video for an hour because I was on another tab scrolling, I was relieved to see he still survived at the end of the video.

@henrysanecdotes5323 8 күн бұрын

Watch at 2x speed to save brandon

@anoramba 10 ай бұрын

I fast forwarded through the ad to help Brandon out

@Da_Kow2020 2 ай бұрын

I'm doing the exact opposite, I've been paused for like 10 minutes😂

@despairdx Ай бұрын

everyones doing it on any video that sponser pays to youtuber

@Heisenberg612 11 ай бұрын

Learning how to hold your breath that long in that short of a period of time is honestly very impressive.

@tahoforbreakfast 11 ай бұрын

Very impressive yes but I promise you could do it too! I freedive and you could hit a 3 min breath hold just after a couple of days of training. It feels really surreal when you reach a point of total relaxation wherein not breathing feels just as comfortable as breathing.

@KNR90 11 ай бұрын

I went an extra minute on top of his time. I don't exercise at all, which doesn't help. Also I was in bed but in a state of intense anxiety which probably cancels out. But also slightly drunk. IDK if v that helps

@silverhawkroman 11 ай бұрын

@@KNR90something I noticed is that your entire body breathes through the skin, so immersing is important in this case

@zorbakaput8537 11 ай бұрын

@@KNR90 So you passed out. Does it count if you use chemicals (alcohol)? LOL

@ytrew9717 11 ай бұрын

and not honestly what do you think?

@user-tm5wp6lr1i 6 ай бұрын

tried this at home. worked like a charm, now i can hear colors and see sounds

@bahhaidebbarma8854 19 күн бұрын

😂

@UWRZoneTheCurrent 10 ай бұрын

1:53 Hyperventilation was a common trick amongst freedivers to extend the time spent underwater but as explained in the video, it is very dangerous as it only delays the urge to breathe, but doesn't provide more oxygen at all. It is so risky that the many incidents coined the term "shallow water blackout" for losing consciousness as a consequence of voluntary hyperventilation before the dive, differentiating it from ascent blackout, which is due to lowered oxygen partial pressure caused by a reduction in ambient pressure. The most fun way to push your limits is to throw a ball into a diving pool and start playing rugby with your friends. The average length of a dive in UWR is somewhere between 10 and 20 seconds, but these are very intense seconds, you'll be trying to take air in through your body's every hole :) It's a different way of taming the urge to breathe and making your body work more efficiently, but it does allow UWR players longer static apneas.

@Marionette_Doll 11 ай бұрын

I'm a freediver, so this video is right up my alley! I have a dry static breath hold of 9:15 and I'm working myself up towards the 10-minute mark. Breathing exercises were mentioned in the video, but I wanted to repeat just how important it is to be in the right state of mind. Things like meditation and yoga are huge, and pranayama (a meditation/yoga focused on breathing) is a great mix of all three.

@talkingbirb2808 11 ай бұрын

It's logical that right state of mind helps when you sit and do nothing, but does it help when you move during freediving?

@drkatel 11 ай бұрын

Lots of overlap with meditation. I teach mindfulness meditation and suggest some of the same relaxation techniques-making lists to the alphabet, for one. My personal preference for anchoring (to keep my thoughts from rambling) is to do a “body scan.” This must be why my BOLT was longer than I expected considering my torso is short, I’m not skinny and I’m not particularly athletic lol.

@TheNadOby 11 ай бұрын

Wait what, 9+ mins of dry, on air? That's wild! How is your wet goes? Never been freediver but had a 3:15 dry in my youth. Never taken personal records in water.

@scarlettardis2018 11 ай бұрын

Have you tried the wimhoff method? As a full-time smoker, non yogi and non freediver I got 4 and a half minutes laying on my bed first and only time I tried it. (I definitely didn't bother with the dammed ice bath neither) I've always wondered since then if any freedivers had tried to add it to their workouts?

@con5577 11 ай бұрын

@@scarlettardis2018 Wimhoff method is hyperventilating to some extent. Don't add it to freediving.

@kwcdude 11 ай бұрын

I love the explanation of how hyperventilating before holding breath is actually bad in very concise way as well as teaching us how to do it properly through other techniques. Thanks for the awesome video Veritasium!

@LiqqaRoni-cx3tx 10 ай бұрын

I used to do that while swimming. Didn't notice a difference. However I do remember a news story of a girl who unexpectedly blacked out during swim class while they were doing breathing exercises. Going back realizing I could've died because the adults weren't strong enough to pull me out, how terrifying. God's grace is real!

@mmark300 10 ай бұрын

I like to see how far I can swim underwater and I always swim further after hyperventilating, so this really confuses me

@job8 10 ай бұрын

It's so concise that it's not so clear. How would the amount of oxygen in your blood not being increasable because it's limited by the concentration of oxygen in the air while at the same time the amount of CO2 its controllable because it's expellable?

@DavidSartor0 10 ай бұрын

@@mmark300 Hyperventilating reduces the urge to breathe, but doesn't give more oxygen. Makes it much easier to lose consciousness.

@mrjakobt 10 ай бұрын

@@mmark300All you’re doing by hyperventilating is suppressing the natural urge to breathe. That can be very dangerous as that can lead to you becoming unconscious and breathing in water. As the video explains holding your breath is to a large extent depending on psychological aspects. As a lifeguard I increased my diving time significantly with similar techniques to what Brandon mentions.

@Scroolewse 9 ай бұрын

I like that you got into the scary drowning stuff right towards the end when you can see him getting uncomfortable. really nice tension

@KenesuEXE 11 ай бұрын

Actually so proud of Derek to last 2 and a half minutes! But, my God, 17 minutes is just WILD

@SmallSpoonBrigade 11 ай бұрын

And it's still nowhere near the record.

@danieliusb2234 11 ай бұрын

Thats what she said

@KodakYarr 11 ай бұрын

That's with pure oxygen, though

@kreynolds1123 11 ай бұрын

I do not want to diminish anyone's personal achievements. But I believe almost everyone can do 2.5 min. It's very likely you can too with a little training and practice in a pool. Give it a try with some friends. Enjoy and be proud of your personal achievements pushing your self beyond what you thought you could do.

@shimizen1693 11 ай бұрын

@@kreynolds1123 No, do not practice in a pool, that's how people die. Practice on your couch instead.

@corruo 11 ай бұрын

That was actually crazy how effective going through the alphabet and pausing between each letter was. I watched once through, and my first breath hold with you on the bed was about 40 seconds. My second one while you were in the pool was just over 2 minutes.

@parthsangamnere7087 11 ай бұрын

Same here

@sixfootcreations273 11 ай бұрын

So glad you like this strategy!!! - Brandon

@ToyKeeper 11 ай бұрын

I tried once while sitting up and kind of tense, and went a bit over a minute before I started feeling weird. I didn't try a second time, but I think I might try tonight in bed.

@flipnshifty 10 ай бұрын

Going against the body's natural mechanisms isn't healthy. They're there for a reason.

@Kaldrin 10 ай бұрын

Same here, impressive.

@MervinM123 2 ай бұрын

in my 20s I used to swim several times a week, after relaxing my body and breathing in a rhythmic way I could hold my breath for 4 minutes, my friends would not believe me until I did it in front of them, I now know that besides swimming under water often, being tall (6'2") also helps, I'm now 50 years old and have smoked for most of my life so my estimate of holding my breath now is probably 1 minute on a good day, thanks for the great video

@x9x9x9x9x9 10 ай бұрын

There is a weird mental state you get into while doing long breath holds underwater that can't really be explained but its very tranquil and I found having my eyes open helped a lot.

@ClawDragoon 11 ай бұрын

Brandon was genuinely so encouraging and charismatic

@sixfootcreations273 11 ай бұрын

I’m glad you enjoyed, we had so much fun shooting this video and we’re so grateful to Dr. Muller for having us on to share our fun!

@calholli 11 ай бұрын

This should be expected by everyone

@moos5221 11 ай бұрын

Yes, 100% this. You recognize people with a positive attitude to live and people right away, that's the way to go!

@DavidsDreamFactory 11 ай бұрын

Brandon is a legend! loved seeing him holding his breath the whole video

@volvo09 11 ай бұрын

That was insane.

@sixfootcreations273 11 ай бұрын

Thanks Dave, we love you too!!!

@blah204 11 ай бұрын

Only downside is that I garantee this video is gonna make a bunch of idiots hurt themselves lmfao

@mimetype 11 ай бұрын

Why is he dead sill in the tank but the water is making waves at the top?

@volvo09 11 ай бұрын

@@blah204 doubt it. I'm sure plenty of us tested how long we could hold our breath, and that's all people will do.

@TheAdvertisement 7 ай бұрын

The gimmick of keeping Brandon on the right side of the screen the whole time just to drive in that yes, he actually is holding his breath for this long, is such a fun choice.

@Msalaine 10 ай бұрын

I have the body type they describe as the best for this stuff… I’ve always been able to do about 3 minutes as a breath hold. This has encouraged me to try and practice to see if I can do one of those ridiculous like 7-8 minute holds

@maltezachariassen7496 11 ай бұрын

As a teacher, I really hope people can appreciate how brilliantly Brandon creates a positive learning environment WHILE also pushing someone to exceed their limits - both physically and psychologically

@melissajames308 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for noticing this, I think it's really important in any sport but rarely noticed or discussed

@svenzetterlund2459 11 ай бұрын

"Be brave, do it afraid", I liked this

@JoshuaTootell 11 ай бұрын

While I have only used one flight instructor so far, but this is my experience so far in learning how to flight. Very relaxing and positive. The guy even knows that I'm prior military, and an athlete, and is still super calm with me.

@mountainmover777 11 ай бұрын

I used to do this as a kid in the bathtub... I would totally relax and stay as still as possible. I was pretty impressed with myself when I made it to over 2 minutes.. I can't imagine holding my breath for this long. Insane!

@squitlertron 11 ай бұрын

Bro i'm just imagining your mom walking in on you and freaking out thinking you've drowned

@fprintf 11 ай бұрын

I used to do this at the bottom of our backyard pool. I'd swim down there and just lay on the bottom. How my Mom didn't freak out is beyond me... GenX stuff I guess!

@LabGecko 10 ай бұрын

@@fprintf I did the same at the city pool as a kid (before the internet, heh). Freaked lifeguards out a few times, but my parents were always telling them "No, he's just a good swimmer."

@billmcdonald180 10 ай бұрын

1. Is it easier for Brandon to hold his breath underwater like this, or in an air filled room? 2. How has different depths underwater effected Brandon's times? 3. How long can Brandon hold his breath in series (takes a breath or two in between holds)? 4. If Brandon were stranded in a space ship, had only the air and heat in the tiny ship or space suit, how long could he hold out for a rescue? 5. While astronaut programs would prefer to teach quick problem solving skills in any time they have left, do they practice any of these breath holding skills and if so, how long can they extend their time?

@rusca8 10 ай бұрын

The 1, for sure underwater. You don't get the Mammalian Dive Reflex with a dry face

@emilyscloset2648 10 ай бұрын

There is a channel I watch that ends their videos 'peace in every breath'. The one phase has increased my length of breath holds from the 1 min 30 to somewhere 2-3 mins. Focusing on the light and peace, nothing else matters

@boomfiziks 11 ай бұрын

Please be careful with the breath holding. During my teen years, I was a lifeguard. While interviewing for a second lifeguarding position at an indoor pool that also taught scuba diving, there was an emergency. While my future boss was giving me a tour of the pool, we heard yelling at the diving well. We ran over, we dove in and pulled a boy out of the 16’ diving well. A group of kids were doing a breath holding competition. The boy hyperventilated before holding his breath. He passed out while holding his breath. We had to do chest compressions, and we got a regular pulse, but he died on the way to the hospital. 😢😢😢. It’s amazing what the human body can do and the things we’ve learned, but I see this as a pointless activity/competition. Whether in or out of the water, I don’t allow people (especially kids) to partake in breath holding competitions. That was the first time I ever had to put my cpr training into practice…and the kid died. Thank goodness we had a lot of highly trained people show up and they were appreciative that I acted quickly, but that experience messed me up for a while. 30 years later, I’m still haunted by that event. Please, be cautious of this and do NOT have children attempt this!

@josephjoestar953 11 ай бұрын

I normally call it quits after the urge to breath dies down, because at that point it's just scary.

@mrtie6799 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for drawing attention to this It’s called ‘shallow water blackout’ and almost no one knows about it unless they’ve experienced it first hand like you

@Flashv28 11 ай бұрын

Dont tell this dude the % of people surviving cpr in hospital is ≈ 15 %

@mikejettusa 11 ай бұрын

Very good points. I hope people take them seriously.

@boomfiziks 11 ай бұрын

@@Flashv28 I realize that, but not doing anything the survival rate is basically 0%. Yet an AED survival rate is nearly 75%, but their chances drop nearly 10% every minute…unless CPR can be administered. CPR helps to maintain their time and success of revival when an AED is enroute.

@Mxrasaki 11 ай бұрын

I'll have to say, his ability was breathtaking

@-danR 10 ай бұрын

And, tanks to his method, it holds water.

@hb1338 10 ай бұрын

.. except that he wasn't taking breaths.

@XboxAffrayer 6 ай бұрын

Tried to see how long I could watch this video with 1 breath. Made it to 6:41. This guy on the side is a champ for sure!

@TheArtmatician 2 ай бұрын

Wow, but 6 minutes is crazy, man

@sondererlyn 3 ай бұрын

this mans fingers wrinkle faster than he loses his breath. absolutely breath taking

@smellylettuce 11 ай бұрын

I used to be able to go about 4 minutes. I can't imagine how he's able to manage this long. Pretty amazing.

@garrysekelli6776 11 ай бұрын

He takes heroin before performing this act.

@onurarabac7111 11 ай бұрын

with breathing 100 percent oksijen tank before static apnea and it is like doping so it is against the sport spirit

@physco4641 11 ай бұрын

@@onurarabac7111 10+ mins with normal sir isn't bad.

@onurarabac7111 11 ай бұрын

@@physco4641 what do you mean with normal

@Lumi_nance 11 ай бұрын

@@onurarabac7111maybe the performer in the video did 10min with normal air. At least, that's what his comment imply

@Sora-bo2rl 11 ай бұрын

I can’t just hold for 2 minutes. This guy is a superhuman

@ocoolwow 11 ай бұрын

It probably isn't very healthy for you anyway

@voidrendx6601 11 ай бұрын

@@ocoolwow imma caution you hold your opinion on things you dont know anything about, cause no. its not unhealthy

@A-Negative 11 ай бұрын

Try Whim Hoff. You’ll be able to do 4 mins in a few weeks no problem. Plus you feel great after.

@leroyreynolds7366 11 ай бұрын

@@voidrendx6601 His opinion is very much a logical one, pushing the co2 blood levels beyond normal for extensive and repetitive intervals will have a negative impact on your body. This will have to be studied and data will have to provide the evidence on what are the repercussions. His wording is also very much an assumption and he is not stating any fact, as would your assumption that it is not unhealthy, for this is not normal levels of holding ones breath, these would the the upper extremes.

@MrQuay03 11 ай бұрын

@@ocoolwowit is healthy to have controlled stress on your body. (Same as exercise)

@nindoninshu 10 ай бұрын

1:00 "it happens without conscious thought" pretty much every viewer: starts consciously breathing

@sorrynotsorry8224 10 ай бұрын

In my early teens, before I stopped swimming competitively, I could hold my breath for around 4-5 minutes. I was around 5'10" at this point and weighed around 40kg (88 lbs). There were a few tricks I had but staying calm and relaxed was definitely the most important.

@colehewitt9827 10 ай бұрын

88lbs?? I'm 5'10 and at one time i was 112 lbs and i was severely underweight

@sorrynotsorry8224 10 ай бұрын

@@colehewitt9827I was skin and bones as a kid. It took another year or two after this for me to start putting on weight.

@diamondking169 10 ай бұрын

5’10 and 88 pounds is practically fatal there is no way

@essschesss6471 10 ай бұрын

@@diamondking169 yeah unless he has a medical condition I don't believe it

@sorrynotsorry8224 10 ай бұрын

@@diamondking169 It's not... There were a couple other kids I went to school with almost identical builds.

@RealShadowspirit 11 ай бұрын

These people have the will power to reduce their breathing addiction, it's amazing

@titusgray4598 11 ай бұрын

Everyone that has ever breathed will die, ergo breathing causes death. Thus, not breathing is how these people are able to not die. They’re cheating death and that is why I am calling the police.

@ryuguy032197 11 ай бұрын

life gives us beathing and lemons.....we need to throw both of those away🤣

@Noodlyk18 11 ай бұрын

I remember finding a random article about this when I was like 15, giving some exercises to do. Got me from 60s to around 3.30, then about 4 after learning the urge to breath can be ignored more or less safely. Still not recommended to do this without someone nearby just in case, but it's super interesting stuff. I'm willing to bet the people who do this are at least a little bit addicted to the feeling of relaxation/euphoria associated with it, it's very meditative especially when submerged. I totally get it.

@remixtheidiot5771 11 ай бұрын

i agree. my favorite thing to do any time my family goes out to swimming resorts (assuming water slides are out of the question) is just finding a nice spot and holding my breath for as long as possible and imagine I'm in one of those sensory deprivation chambers. I nearly drowned once as a kid when I accidentally found myself stuck under a floaty filled with people once and couldn't swim away from them, so perhaps fhere's some adrenaline rush in it for me whenever I do it. Challenging and overcoming that trauma or something.

@influentialnobody8960 11 ай бұрын

Ive heard people just die , since the breathe reflex is ignored if they go too far they just blackout and die

@aarondavis8943 11 ай бұрын

I remember getting to about 2 minutes within days after reading Ganesh for school (In the book, they use meditative techniques to hold their breath) . It was surprising how quickly my breath holding improved at that age (13 years old). Eventually I got to about 3:30 if I remember correctly. I just got 1:30 which surprised me as I smoked for 30 years and only quit 3 years ago. I reckon I can get back to 2 minutes by tomorrow 😁

@aarondavis8943 11 ай бұрын

@@influentialnobody8960 I think it's pretty rare, though, because the moment you black out your body _typically_ goes autobreath mode, even after breath holding training. Still, probably best to not do this in a pool with no one else around.

@HeySpecified 4 ай бұрын

As a national level swimmer,this video taught me quite a few ways to understand my breaths. while swimming even 1 wasted movement could decide if u are going take extra breaths while swimming or not which would heavily affect the position u are going to be at those wasted movement and extra breaths can take your rank from 1st to 3rd or even below.Every movement has to be precise.Thank you for this video😭💖

@ulalaFrugilega 9 ай бұрын

Before I even start I realise how much I trust this guy... After, I REALLY enjoy breathing!

@kashmirha 11 ай бұрын

I love his laughter. So energetic. So prositive.

@sixfootcreations273 11 ай бұрын

Thank you! We had so much filming this, when I watched it with CC on it said maniacal laughter when I was laughing and I nearly spit my drink. Glad you enjoyed, we are so grateful for Derek having us on this episode!

@HuntersDad. 11 ай бұрын

😂 I absolutely love Brandon's laugh, it's fantastically crazy sounding and catchy lol if I would've seen maniacal laughter in CCs I'd have died omg 😆

@TheRlovett 11 ай бұрын

Yes I agree, I get a sense he has reached some euphoric state through this work. A very powerful mind. The ability to turn off thoughts is just amazing

@umbrascitor2079 11 ай бұрын

I remember teaching myself how to extend my breath hold in a swimming pool as a kid. Figured out breath packing, and counting time really slow so that by the time I reached a count of 100 I'd been down about 2.5 minutes, eventually breaking 3-3.5 minutes by counting even slower. Developed the capacity to swim from one end of the pool to the other, back, and over again on one breath. The water has to be at a comfortable temperature to get a better time. I live in a colder climate now and pools are chillier, so my body consumes more oxygen to stay warm and I have trouble holding my breath so long.

@coulie27 11 ай бұрын

same story here. my slowed thought was always running a sports play in extreme slow motion. a batter running to first base. Now can do that 0.25× on youtube. ⚾😎🙏

@SSJ3Tim 11 ай бұрын

Same here on every count! I think my record was just over 3 minutes, and I was also able to cross my parents' pool multiple times on a single breath. I did use hyperventilating as well because, at the time, I believed that it oxygenated my blood. This video is the first time that I heard it only removes carbon dioxide! I was happy to find I was pretty easily able to hold my breath for about a minute forty during this video, just sitting here at my desk, and that's without breath packing or really getting my heart rate down.

@mmark300 10 ай бұрын

@SSJ3Tim I like to see how far I can swim underwater and always swim further after hyperventilating, so this part of the video confuses me. Maybe it becomes more detrimental after a longer period of time than I am able to hold my breath and swim.

@XiaolinDraconis 10 ай бұрын

Have you tried peeing? That's how I stay warm in my friends pool.

@XiaolinDraconis 10 ай бұрын

@@mmark300how far, or how long? If you're measuring distance then your variables are all over the place. How could you possibly control speed while hyperventilating? You have to measure time under while in motion.

@shegosilver4722 10 ай бұрын

We've watched our vid, done whatever we want, done all the ads we wanted, but this guy on the right is still holding hus breath

@sammuslu2992 10 ай бұрын

He has taken my breath away,wow well done 👍🏼

@noahtemple8312 10 ай бұрын

I've been freediving since about the age of 7. Whenever I dive, music will start to play in my head, as I go longer and longer the more it becomes noticeable. It's kinda like the mantra that Brandon talked about, after a while, my mind would be completely clear and the only thing left was a wordless song. It's actually extremely therapeutic, I reckon everyone should make a habit of holding their breath underwater.

@BeatisMcScoots 10 ай бұрын

as opposed to breathing underwater?

@Eierkrauler420_ 10 ай бұрын

Im a Professional scuba diver, occasionally doing free dives and I can 100% relate to your description (ok maybe 95%). It’s just, when your alone and hear nothing but some tides, it feels indescribably calming and relaxing .

@noahtemple8312 10 ай бұрын

@@BeatisMcScoots Although I do enjoy SCUBA diving, I find the silence of free diving more calming and enjoyable.

@noahtemple8312 10 ай бұрын

@@Eierkrauler420_ Even more so when you dive in a lake. I live in Fiordland New Zealand and almost exclusively dive in fresh water. There is very little to see, and even less to hear. Literally just your own heartbeat

@2KHunter 4 ай бұрын

JESUS AND GOD LOVES EVERYONE SO MUCH TURN TO THEM BEFORE ITS TO LATE

@Lennybird91 11 ай бұрын

My best over the summer in the pool after trial-and-error was 2:13 so that's impressive how quickly you got to 2:30+! I learned right away that hyperventilating was counter-productive. I learned to relax the muscles and get into a trance state. I didn't consider lung-packing, but I tell you what worked for me to extend my time: I would slowly trickle out the air in my lungs after the first minute or so after. I would sink to the bottom of the pool. Then, when the CO2 sensors are screaming at me to surface to breathe, I try to fool myself by acting like I'm slowly coming up and then hold a little while longer before finally surfacing.

@josepha3805 10 ай бұрын

Oh man this is so scary, I can't even try it! I just do some ice bucket

@Zuignap 9 ай бұрын

I can get 2 min laying in bed and start breathing after that, I'm scared of damaging my brain if I push it any harder. Haven't tried in water and frankly think that's a bit more scary seeing how you can drown if you black out

@Lennybird91 9 ай бұрын

@@Zuignap Yeah understandable! Definitely not the safest thing lol. Just to note, the body has sufficient oxygen for the brain generally for about 4-5 minutes. As the video notes, what you're feeling is the buildup of CO2.

@bholdr----0 8 ай бұрын

Yeah-practice, conditioning, etc, like everything. I used to swim competively, and climb (at mid altitude) recreationally, and when I just now tried to hold, economic attempt, I got to @3:30+ (am 45, a smoker, 5'8, 175, in barely 1/2 decent shape...). Probably could have done more if it was consequential, maybe. Thoughts?

@фдф 6 ай бұрын

@@Zuignaphavent watched the video, but isnt it easier to hold your breath for longer underwater?

@We_all_die 6 ай бұрын

Interesting side note - lung packing will also stop your hiccups. It works by holding your diaphragm in place for an extended period, hiccups are your diaphragm spasming. Hold your deepest breath, keep topping it up so it’s as full as possibly, for as long as possible. It works

@BigParadox 9 ай бұрын

When I was maybe 14 or 15 I held my breath for 4 minutes, lying on my bed. At 3:30 my lungs started to violently do the breathing movements, I could not really stop them from doing that, but I did not breathe. I did not let any air in, because I wanted to keep going for the last 30 seconds, up to 4 minutes. At that time in my life I was into free diving. I could swim 50 meters under water, and I had learned about the potential dangers of hyperventilating. The trick is to hyperventilate to some extent, but keeping a safe margin to avoid the point described in this video, i.e. one should get out a lot of carbon dioxide but not so much that, when holding your breath, your oxygen goes too low before the carbon dioxide reaches the high level that gives you the urge to breathe. The general method for that was to hyperventilate 8 times, then breathe normally 8 times then hyperventilate 8 times more and then keep your breath. And when I held my breath while lying on my bed there was also no real danger, because if you pass out (which I didn't), you automatically start to breathe.

@bomberex7809 11 ай бұрын

I have sleep apnea so I basically sleep in a hyperbaric chamber every night. I suspect its one of the reasons that despite being a bit on the heavier side 170 lbs at 5'8" I have decent breath holding ability. I also used to swim and play French horn in middle school into high school and practiced breathing technique and breath holding.

@veritasium 11 ай бұрын

I was also a French horn player!

@bomberex7809 11 ай бұрын

@@veritasium The few but the proud

@JustAnotherBuckyLover 11 ай бұрын

That's... not how it works. CPAP/APAP isn't anything like a hyperbaric chamber, and neither a hyperbaric chamber nor CPAP/APAP is going to increase your capacity to hold your breath. It's literally just some air at reasonably low pressure for most people (usually not more than about the pressure it takes to blow bubbles through a straw into a tall glass of water) stenting open your airway so it doesn't get blocked (think of one of those wacky inflatable wavy arm things, or a bouncy castle - the constant flow of air blows it out and keeps the tubes expanded, but when the flow of air drops, they collapse in on themselves). That's assuming that you have OSA, of course, and not central sleep apnea like I have - where my brain literally just forgets to breathe, and I have to be ventilated and on oxygen at night because otherwise I spend 90% of the night with precipitously low oxygen levels and stop breathing over 100 times an hour, for up to 90 seconds at a time. Unfortunately, because the pressure and type of ventilation I need are more complex, the ventilation causes my alveoli to collapse if I come off the ventilator too fast when I wake up, and let me tell you, THAT is not fun at all.

@bomberex7809 11 ай бұрын

@@JustAnotherBuckyLover I don't use a CPAP. I meant to say my dad has sleep apnea and he tells me my snoring sounds just like his sleep apnea snoring. Like I stop breathing multiple times during the night. I am not medically sure that I have it. But from the accounts of friends and family, I probably will take a sleep study soon. The hyperbaric chamber was referring to my snoring reducing my air intake.

@eSKAone- 11 ай бұрын

He meant hypobaric, but it's still not the same.

@aaditya2024 11 ай бұрын

Hey Derek, if you're reading this, thank you so much for inspiring me each and every time I watch your videos. I am 17 year old boy with seemingly impossible dreams, but you change my perspective every single time. For example here, til this date, I thought largest breath holding record was max 4 or 5 minutes, never Googled it, but 24+ minutes?!! That's crazy! That was new example for me that nothing is impossible if done with determination, thank you so much again for doing what you are, I hope to meet you in future.

@farrel_ra 11 ай бұрын

Mantapp

@claudioclaudio7953 10 ай бұрын

When he explained the mental state during a breath hold, it instantly reminded me of meditation, it's exactly the same thing

@bishop1412 14 күн бұрын

I started breathing in my teens, haven't been able to stop since. But I think I'll get there one day

@superhydrocarbon 11 ай бұрын

This video has VERY strong “The Tenet” vibes. The way Brandon describes the technique and walks us through the mental journey with such preciseness is like a master training a new person, both physically and mentally, for an epic fight.

@oOBeagleOo 11 ай бұрын

Also the prestige vibes

@yusufyusuf1998 10 ай бұрын

fck your vibes

@HowieStephens 10 ай бұрын

The secret to this magic trick is... IT'S REAL

@Incognito-uc9ts 11 ай бұрын

Brandon is just a guy that loves what he can do, smiling all the time

@sixfootcreations273 11 ай бұрын

Thank you I’m so glad you enjoyed the video, I really do love what I do and I hope others can feel the same joy and excitement!

@whuwhaaa2 4 ай бұрын

Wow, I actually held my breath for almost two minutes when he asked us too. I had no idea I could do this.

@maemilev 10 ай бұрын

i think u got a valid point on breath holder that are tall and skinny are better at holding breaths. met many short swimmers, all are bad holding breathers. And your breath holding score was impressive!!! Anyone above 1 minute and 30 seconds are above average fit!

@krissam7791 11 ай бұрын

There's a TED talk from David Blaine where he talks about his personal record (17 min iirc), starting all the way from him wanting to do it as a magic trick to him realizing that doing it for real is easier and performing it, I highly recommend it.

@dhudach 11 ай бұрын

This is fascinating. Do we know if there are long term impacts doing this on a regular basis, benefits as well as negative health issues? The obvious benefits that stand out would probably be ability to control breathing, endurance. But are there other subtle benefits. And what about the negative health issues like damage to brain cells? What do the health studies suggest? As always, another outstanding topic and video.

@srellison561 11 ай бұрын

I was wondering about damaging brain cells, also. On the other hand, 4 oz of alcohol kills about a million brain cells, so it's probably less of an issue holding your breath than knocking back a few drinks after work.

@karlrovey 11 ай бұрын

Given that he isn't passing out, he's not teaching the threshold for brain damage.

@dhudach 11 ай бұрын

@@karlrovey With all due respect, passing out seems to me like short term impact. I was wondering about studies that track people who do this over a long period of time. I can imagine that changes to body chemistry and biology would be subtle and not noticeable in the short term. But over a long period of time, years for example, the effects could accumulate.

@NONO-hz4vo 11 ай бұрын

I was far more curious about this than the method behind building the skill. We know there are long term affects associated with a lot of endurance pursuits that I would think this would mimic.

@CuteLethalPuppy 11 ай бұрын

There have been studies that indicate breath holding can cause brain damage. Search for: breath holding brain damage, That said in some cases involving actual diving the brain injuries might be due to "decompression sickness" (the dissolved air in the the blood "fizzing" out) or similar. But for other cases, it's already a fact that a human brain requires quite a lot of oxygen. If the brain didn't need that much oxygen there would be fewer stroke victims in the world... So. don't over do it - go look up the number of minutes human brains can go without oxygen and stick to below the lower number.

@jeffreygerber 10 ай бұрын

Blissfulness, clarity, and focus come as a direct result of learning to calm and control the mind and body. Imagine if schools taught this before reading, writing, and arithmetic!

@xliquidflames 9 ай бұрын

I am a native Floridian so as kids, we grew up in and around water. We were always in a pool, lake, river, or at the beach. As kids, we would see who could hold the longest and I always won. Then, I got a mask and snorkel and fins one summer and absolutely loved it. We would go to the Ichetucknee River to go tubing and to Blue Springs to swim. I stayed under the water. Just by doing it so much, I got to where I could stay under for a few minutes. I was always the one to go down to the deep parts of the spring and retrieve peoples' mask if they dropped it. Everyone else was afraid or couldn't make it long enough to go that deep. It just takes practice. I havent done it in years, though. It really came in handy at the beach, too. Body surfing was always fun. You don't need a board to ride a wave, just a good breath hold.

@Frontman15G 11 ай бұрын

Veritasium is probably one of the best youtube channels ever

@fabrb26 11 ай бұрын

It's like saying that bio-soup is the best meal in that dispenser ever. Some would say it's the Snickers bar or Mr Beast.

@veloce5491 11 ай бұрын

@@fabrb26 that makes no sense

@jeffr_ac 11 ай бұрын

Agreed.

@rajrigby8385 11 ай бұрын

These are the mantras at 7:39 Come what may Seek a direction not a location Think free, live wild Fear is a waste of imagination Rest before productivity does Worthless shapes of self pity, go! We are all museums of fear Don't learn to sail boats upside down all concepts begin on trial Pretend. Enjoy Rest before progress does [rest]. Focus on the process Disarm yourself first Complete what is next Be brave: do it afraid Scuttle the lead Do not hide what you seek

@sixfootcreations273 11 ай бұрын

I’m glad you enjoyed these! I have them up in my lab/work space to keep me mindful of my intentions and they’re so helpful when I do these long breath holds!

@frankyd9986 5 ай бұрын

its really good content to see an ad for Betterhelp with a guy unable to breath underwater right next to it.

@jboblk 6 ай бұрын

Its amazing what you can achieve with a little practice. My PR is about 4 minutes but i havent been able to achieve it a second time. 3 minutes is my normal max above water.

@leafan101 11 ай бұрын

When I was a kid my brother and I would do holding breath competitions all the time. I definitely remember getting past 2 min. Trying the initial test with Derek I got 2:03 and then doing the alphabet thing (thanks Edward Lear) brought me up to 3 min. I am not really the body type mentioned but it was very interesting to hear about packing. I have never heard the term but my mom once described a similar breathing exercise to get to sleep that has kind of stuck with me and I have done a lot since childhood. You breathe in as much as you possibly can, making sure you do it over 10 seconds. Hold for 5 second, and then take in even more in 5 one second breaths. Hold for 5, then breath out for 25 seconds continuously, literally emptying out as much as you possibly can. I guess it was probably doing that all the time that helped me hold my breath longer.

@leafan101 11 ай бұрын

Anecdotally it seems to help me get to sleep when I am tired but just cannot turn my brain off. Who knows if it really helps though; maybe it is just the counting that helps turn off the brain, like counting sheep.

@LukasTheBlue 11 ай бұрын

As a swimmer an addition i would add is when the body starts to suggest that you need a breath start to breahe out. Only do the smallest "bubbles" possible and only one "bubble" per second. This helps me get past the wall for the last 30 or more.

@asymmetricfuzion970 10 ай бұрын

I would never be interested in doing it but I absolutely love that this type of performance art exists within the magic and illusion space because it means that it does really blur the line between is this an illusion or is it real? It’s very cool

@The8blackwidow8 11 ай бұрын

What the hell? Mark Rober, Real Engineering and now Veritasium uploading on a single day. Today is a good day.

@amincesare 11 ай бұрын

Crazy just noticed that Good day indeed

@evankear 11 ай бұрын

And Steve Mould

@shashikiran5385 11 ай бұрын

Yea and hacksmith

@VicJang 11 ай бұрын

I did the test with Derek and got 1 min 40 seconds. Another great video! Thanks so much for sharing with us.

@evertchin 11 ай бұрын

i guess i am a natural as well. i can hold at least 95 seconds without much effort and without any prior training.

@VicJang 11 ай бұрын

I tried again today with some of the simple techniques mentioned in this video and got 2 min 30 seconds! I’m not sure if there’s any real reason to try getting better if I’m not regularly swimming/diving, but it’s fun being able to hold my breath longer I guess.

@acuppajoe 10 ай бұрын

4:28 Anyone else thought the guy's name was "Alex Cigarette" and how ironic it'd be if he could hold his breath for so long? 😅

@360.Tapestry 9 ай бұрын

i had been training my breath hold with wim hoff method. makes sense that hyperventilating (lowering your ability to hold your breath - putting your body in a tougher position) would contribute to increasing your overall ability to hold your breath

@Gibbon4k 11 ай бұрын

I have nothing to say but "WOW". I am just amazed by the thing you manage to do

@martinvergaravargas4301 11 ай бұрын

I loved this video, it feels very therapeutic to hold the breath. My personal record by just breathing a lot before holding is approximately 5 minutes now I just want to see how much more I can achieve with these advices.

@frightenedsoul 7 ай бұрын

Try and watch an engaging KZfaq video on your next attempt. I honestly feel like distracting your mind without expending calories to engage it by trying to distract it with your own imagination is super beneficial.

@sphenopalatineganglioneuralgia 10 ай бұрын

This was such a cool idea for a video! Veritasium--such a great channel.

@demogorgmax2624 10 ай бұрын

I’ve always had a naturally high lung capacity and I wanted to find out how long I could actually hold my breath. About 4 months, before any practice, it was able to get 2:07 underwater. Now, after learning some breathing techniques and overall practice, my record is 4:14. I’m still trying to improve that number but I’m certain it won’t go above 4:30

@artit91 10 ай бұрын

I did 4 after 10 years of smoking and smoking parents. I'm sure you can make it 8.

@1BP6 10 ай бұрын

With wim hof method you can easily reach well over 5

@Blaquer17 10 ай бұрын

I learned in yoga to take the sensation of closing my eyes, and do that over and over again (with my eyes closed) and that is the deep relaxation method I used. I was a breath holder as a kid, and would lie in the tub practicing holding my breath. I remember getting a stopwatch for my 12th birthday and using that to time my breath holds. I got up to 120 seconds and was super excited. Hadn't tried again recently, but got to 100 seconds when trying to keep up with Derek's longest hold.

@ambulocetusnatans 10 ай бұрын

I do Qi Gong, and we are taught that holding your breath is very bad. In fact there is one unscrupulous cult (which I won't mention) that uses a modified corruption of Qi Gong to make their victims more susceptible to brainwashing. Holding your breath is really not a good thing to do.

@mangotreebs7749 10 ай бұрын

I hope you had some adult supervision while you held your breath in the bathtub :/

@frightenedsoul 7 ай бұрын

You should do much better as an adult with bigger lungs. I am out of shape and have no practice and on first attempt I got a minute and a half.

@Alexandertygreat 11 ай бұрын

I really enjoy breathing. This really does give me a new appreciation for breathing. When praticed effectively, just deep breathing exercises is better then any anti-anxiety meds available.

@SumitKumar-jn7sb 5 ай бұрын

1:34 pH actually decreases when acidity increases, in the tissue capillaries carbon dioxide reacts with H2O in blood due to the action of carbonic anhydraze which is the fastest enzyme in the body forming HCO3- and H+ to be transported to lungs to be expired out ,this H+ in blood decreases pH making it more acidic,

@KamalozesPolkam 13 күн бұрын

as a swimer This Helped me alot in like mind games focusing relaxing swiming long distances breath Test in water when you dive from standing alot stuf so yeah that awensome

@karthiksriram6323 11 ай бұрын

11:13 That "When have I not breathed for a minute? Maybe never in my whole life" kicked something in me and now, I want to try it too

@happmacdonald 11 ай бұрын

On the one hand: this skill can be an *incredibly* dangerous thing to practice. I feel like you should never do it without a spotter. On the other hand, for some survival situations where you may be trapped in an environment with no fresh air flow its a skill that might help tremendously to buy time until you can be saved. 😮

@biosdilt1399 11 ай бұрын

I like to do apnea but outside of water just laying on a bed, it's already a great exercise, but yeah it's pretty dangerous to do it in water

@storey662 7 ай бұрын

I’ve always assumed we had some sort of physiological response to being underwater, otherwise infants wouldn’t instinctively know to start holding their breath when learning to swim.. but I guess I never really considered how amazing that is! I learned a while back about how humans don’t have the ability to determine if something is wet. That’s why it’s sometimes difficult to determine if an object is just cold or if it’s wet based on touch alone. If our hands feel cold, our brain also kind of assumes it might be wet. All that to say, it makes total sense that a drop in temperature on our face would trigger all those automatic responses - decreased heart rate, releasing super-oxygenated blood cells, etc., since we don’t have a dedicated “wet or dry” sensor to rely on! It also explains the phenomenon of cold wind blowing directly into my face causing me to suddenly lose my breath - I bet my brain thinks I’ve just been dunked underwater! So fascinating!

@boogaan8759 6 ай бұрын

I know that no one asked for it but I started with you and lasted 97 seconds. Seems like a good score in comparing it is over 2 times longer

@thetangaledbug7670 11 ай бұрын

Don't Take Sponsorships From Better Help..!

@WhereToby 3 ай бұрын

Why

@ryno4ever433 2 ай бұрын

@TheToboLow because it's a scam. They use therapists with little or no certification. It sucks for literally everyone from the patient to the unqualified therapist.

@tree453 11 ай бұрын

13:22 skip ad. you're welcome

@ChiefMakes 7 күн бұрын

When I hold my breathe and it starts getting hard it feels like a chill radiates from my spine that makes me breathe

@Vexcenot 3 ай бұрын

I feel so accomplished that I can exhale longer than a big KZfaqr I can now die happy

@JL_____ 11 ай бұрын

I didn't realize he was talking to the same guy doing the breath holding until 16:00 lol🤣🤣🤦‍♂

@karoleq3129 10 ай бұрын

Me too, I've realized few seconds earlier

@nicksrub 11 ай бұрын

@Veritasium one of my favorites of your videos! AMAZING that you're still going strong after all these years!

@richeybaumann1755 5 ай бұрын

One of the few upsides to having been born with moderate asthma: I learned how to survive without being able to breath properly for extended periods of time. I've long since outgrown the asthma, but my body still remembers how to survive with minimal O2. That plus my large physical size (meaning larger lungs) makes it easier. I was following along and managed 2:07 while just sitting at my desk watching the video and knitting.

@GOUST3D 6 ай бұрын

The scariest part about this is how he's implying he could just let it overtake him and he'd still be comfortable. That is quite an enlightening thought.

@jhonbus 11 ай бұрын

That was a neat trick, breathing the pure oxygen while already sitting at the bottom of the tank. Not only do you get the benefit of the pure O2, but the increased pressure (1.2 atmospheres if tank is about 2m deep) you get an extra 20% more molecules into your lungs than you would at normal pressure.

@shimizen1693 11 ай бұрын

Someone who knows his stuff ;)

@Chiberia 11 ай бұрын

I wish you kept the timer going when you invited us to breathe together! I retimed and hit 1 minutes 58 seconds, but I'm in that tall/skinny camp and also played trumpet in competitive marching band for years which is basically exhaling consistently while running for 15 minutes straight (granted, that was over a decade and a half ago). I have a naturally high resting heart rate - I'd be curious if that comes into play.

@andoapata2216 11 ай бұрын

I hit a 5 min ad lol

@wasd3108 11 ай бұрын

and you didn't think of checking the seconds in the video and subtracting o.o I also held it for straight 2 minutes easily until it was like, yeah I would need to breathe in soon 189cm 76kg I am surprised, I don't do any sports for past 15 years. I sit at my PC daily for more than 10h and I don't eat healthy. And I think I do very shallow breathing (maybe that even helped it)