I HELD MY BREATH FOR 13 MINUTES! #freediving #extremesports

HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE? ⬇️

I decided to give it a go and managed to hold my breath for over 13 minutes on the first try. 🤯

BE WARNED!! This type of breath holding has significant risks and is far more dangerous than normal breath holds. The extra oxygen means freedivers can hold their breath much longer, resulting in higher levels of carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide is toxic to humans in high doses and can result in symptoms such as fatigue, headaches, confusion, dizziness, heart issues, coma and even death! ☠️

Pure oxygen breath holds should NEVER by attempted without proper training, safety measures and a medical team on standby. 🚑

NEVER DIVE ALONE! 👌🏻

#holdyourbreath #freedive #apnea #diving #breathhold #athlete #freediver #blackout #dangerous #warning #underwater #swimming

[saltymammals]

DO NOT TRY THIS!!

This type of breath holding has significant risks and can be very dangerous. The longer breath holds can result in complications such as fatigue, headaches, confusion, dizziness, heart issues, coma and even death! ☠️

Pure oxygen breath holds should NEVER by attempted without proper training, safety measures and a medical team on standby. 🚑

NEVER DIVE ALONE! 👌🏻

Edit: Yes, it was 100% pure oxygen used in the video.

[TheKido]

Im an anesthesiologist and that is exactly what we do before surgery with patients to make them last longer without breathing while we intubate, we make them breathe pure oxygen, it is called pre oxigenation

[sic]

aint shit, my neighbors been floating face down in his pool since last night.... hes still there... hes really breaking the record

[juliettedarbyshire]

I love the
“Breath breath” in like a worried tone and he’s just like “I’m fine

[danbardos]

Total side note: A fun trick to do when holding your breath (unassisted mind you, i don't know about this pure oxygen stuff); is to slowly puff in and out your cheeks when you're really starting to feel the need to breath.

Turns out that it (simply put) cycles the air in you lungs and helps them to squeeze out every last bit of oxygen in your lungs. Try it, it works!

[bgfree]

I held mine for 10 seconds and passed out.

[Warwick]

I agree! My son did the same thing and hes been going for 5 hours! Im so proud of him

[Yaxxin]

This is a very good way to demonstrate just how little oxygen we have in our air and we still manage to survive

[neshmohan]

This Is working!! My Sister is Holding her breath Right now! Whooo!! its been 5 days! 😊

[NagasokyoKyotoshima]

Simplest explanation is that air we breathe in is only a small portion oxygen, while the rest are other gasses like water vapour, nitrogen, etc. The wanting to breathe more air reaction after 30 secs to 1 minute is usually because of higher carbon dioxide levels in your blood making it acidic. If you inhale pure oxygen, you essentially gave yourself more oxygen to air, which in turn not only let's you hold your breath longer, but also replaces the oxygen used in your blood. So that explains the 10 minutes of holding. Be aware that at this point, your lungs and capillaries will be filled with CO2, thats why it is adviced not to perform this since it can cause damage due to the acidity.

[Mikemikemike]

She could hold her breath for 7 minutes, but she couldn’t share the door with Jack
🧊🚢🌊🚪

[Evergreen]

My father has been a respiratory therapist all my life (38 years) when I was young he’d bring me to work with him sometimes.
He had this box type thing that a person could comfortably sit in I can’t remember if there was room to lay a patient down. Anyway the box was pumped with pure O2 like he’s breathing in the video.

My dad would time himself holding his breath under normal outside O2 and when he was done he’d go hold his breath inside the box.
He’d go from holding his breath for like 90 seconds to holding his breath for 5+ mins.
It was pretty amazing or cool to me as a kid

[nocturnalwolf]

Ex malaysian national champion here. I do at least 15mins under water breath hold for my warm up. The trick is to calm your heart rate.

[nicknotsogood]

I haven’t done it in water yet, but I found out that when your body goes into a super relaxed state. (Laying down or just floating) you’re actually able to hold your breath without the use of extra air in your lungs. You literally can just stop breathing for 20 minutes and so on, but the thing is the second you move it needs energy which in turns needs oxygen which in turn you need to breathe. But if you sat still and did nothing it’s theoretically possible to be under water for longer

[talia-dpsi]

Wow that’s actually so interesting! Awesome video dude

[nestcamo]

My initial response to this was it was B.S (bamboozling shenanigans).
Came to comments for more answers, didnt see anything helpful
So as a prolific paragraph guy myself, i knew i had a job to do.
6. Hours. Later. I am back to deliver my findings.
I know how many of you don't like paragraphs so i will jump to what i concluded.

So, is this real? Surprisingly, Yes. It is.
Now then, I'll cover the possible dangers, some sciency stuff, what i thought i knew, what i know now and i settled conflicting information. I'm not pushing a narrative, nor attempting to confirm a bias. My only motive is to inform you, dear reader, and only hope you learn something.

So, First of all, don't try this at home. First time ive ever even included this warning.
Why not? This is because of the mechanisms in which the body detects a high level of Co2 (hypercapnia) and detects low levels o2, oxygen (hypoxia) are done so in different areas and trigger diametrically different feelings and responses. Co2 gets turned into carbonic acid, which the body detects by the increase in PH. This is where the feeling of suffocation comes from when fighting the urge to breathe while holding your breath underwater. Low o2 levels, on the other hand, is detected in the bifurcation of the carotid artery. You may feel a bit loopy, then drowsy, and if no oxygen is introduced to your system, you drift off to sleep but its a forever nap. (All this has a point, i promise.)
So, when attempting to hold your breath for as long as possible, it is common to hyperventilate before hand. This removes the co2 in your system to a low level, allowing you to hold your breath longer before the suffocation feeling kicks in. The issue is, you can run out of oxygen before co2 levels are high and just pass out. Then your unconscious body will take a deep breath underwater and its ggs.
Prior to this rabbit hole, i believed that the body could only carry so much oxygen. That the use of an oxygen tank beforehand only served as an aide to remove co2, so the best you can do is have your oxygen levels at 100%. What this percent refers to is the amount of oxygen the hemoglobin in your blood is carrying. This is limited physically by how many red blood cells you have. What i learned while looking into this, that this isn't the only way oxygen is carried in your blood. Under normal circumstances 98% of the oxygen in your blood is carried by your red blood cells. The other 2% is diffused into your plasma.
To extend the amount of time which you can hold your breath, pure oxygen needs to be breathed in and done so with higher partial pressures compared to normal atmospheric pressure. This is referred to as oxygen 'supersaturation'. Caution needs to be taken when undergoing supersaturation because this is how oxygen poisoning can occur. I spent a solid hour attempting to find quantifiable data for 'this the amount of oxygen in the blood before and after supersaturation'. Alas, i couldnt find anything besides one source saying 'not much oxygen' while another said '10x the standard amount'. Still on the hunt for definitive quantifiable data, i was able to find my answer, ironically enough in the same place that all this began, with timing how long someone can hold their breath. What i learned was incredible and made this learning adventure really feel worth while.
So, the world record for unassisted with oxygen underwater breath hold is 11 minutes and 35 seconds! ( i know someone got 11:54, but there was some controversy behind it thats too far of topic).
The record for oxygen assisted underwater breath hold was a mind boggling 24 minutes and 37 seconds!
Its kind of funny that oxygen assisted is even a thing, because in every other competitive sport it's pretty much exactly the same thing as "blood doping". At the end of the day, what i really learned when attempting to find out 'how much extra oxygen can the blood have diffused into its plasma after supersaturation?' That the real answer is ' the friends we made along the way.'


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[adde]

Makes a HUGE difference!
I EASILY went beyond 9 minutes, breathing pure oxygen, layin still to lower oxygen usage, while trying to get my heartrate below 50bpm. (around 40-45)

[-Ryan_Gasoline-]

This is pretty simple coming from medical personnel, the pure oxygen heightens the amount of oxygen carried by the amount of blood you have, that's why larger animals like whales, dolphins or water buffalos can hold their breath longer, they have a larger blood to tissue ratio.

[lebronblewfinalsnottopne]

That's why there are 2 different world records for holding breath
One with breathing pure oxygen & without

[jimbobjimbob]

Thats how the casinos keep people up and going. Pump it in the rooms. You walk outside and it feels heavy.