Holding Your Breath Underwater World Record Broken!

[dChan]

From my Xanga:

David Blaine just set a new world record for holding his breath underwater on Oprah. It was witnessed by someone from the Guiness World Records so he also holds the Guiness record. His time was 17:04.4 beating the previous record of 16:32.xx beating the record by a little over half a minute.

It was really amazing to watch him hold his breath for so long! He is continuously pushing the limits of the human body and now he has his first Guiness World Record! Congratulations David! Not only are you an amazing magician but you are an amazing "endurance" artist.

According to David, the next thing record he wants to break is the record of staying awake, which I believe is 11 days. Hopefully he can do it and bring hom another Guiness World Record.

Danid Blaine is really amazing and he never ceases to amaze the world.

 

[Dene]

I would say loopy rather than amazing, but all the same . 11 days awake is not healthy, I would never encourage anyone to do more than 3 or it could cause serious psychological damage.

 

[dChan]

lol, Oprah actually asked him if he was afraid that he might go crazy. His answer, "I hope I havn't already."

I was really thrilling during the last part of his time underwater. He was already about ready to pull himself out of the water at 16 minutes but I think the two trainers(or whever they were) started counting louder so he realized that he only had just a little more to go.

 

[Lotsofsloths]

How do you hold your breath more than 5 min without passing out?
Fake?

 

[Dene]

Practise, just like anything else. The lungs, I guess, would get used to the strain.

 

[fanwuq]

That's not broken! I think whales can do that for hours. Even better! Fish for years!

 

[dChan]

How do you hold your breath more than 5 min without passing out?
Fake?

It was on Oprah and attended by someone from the Guinness Book of Records so it is definitely not fake. Besides, David is known for doing things like this. He trained for a year to accomplish this so I don't think we should be throwing around words like "fake." (well more than a year if you count the last time he tried to break the record)

EDIT: lol @ fanwuq ! Okay, maybe I should have mentioned that the category was for the Human species.

 

[Rama]

I would say loopy rather than amazing, but all the same . 11 days awake is not healthy, I would never encourage anyone to do more than 3 or it could cause serious psychological damage.

I specially logged in for this one, it's true, I played a computer game for almost 4 days straight and it happened three years ago, but I was ill for a few months afterwards and after seeing the doctor finally he told me I had Bronchitis.
I am also constantly tired that's why I don't cube that much.

Well it damaged my health system 'a bit', all I can say is that I don't suggest you do an 72 hour cube marathon.

But I am planning to do something about being tired constantly.

 

[fanwuq]

At first I thought you were talking about most cubes solved underwater. 17Min. Someone (Chris) can do a 4x4 BLD underwater if he can hold breath for that long at the same time!

 

[cmv0116]

Well, he did 17 mins after breathing pure oxygen for 30 mins before hand. I think the record of just holding your breath without extras like breathing pure oxygen is around 8 mins.

 

[dChan]

9 minutes I believe. That is the one he tried to break last time.

It is still quite a feat though as you really need a lot of mental effort and physical training in order to stay underwater this long without breathing.

 

[Hadley4000]

I frankly think a stunt will go wrong eventually, killing him.

He is amazing, though.

 

[Lotsofsloths]

How though?
Wouldn't you pass out from lack of oxegen in your bloodstream?

 

[pjk]

Here's a video on it:

 

[Dene]

How though?
Wouldn't you pass out from lack of oxegen in your bloodstream?

Do you mean how does he hold his breath for so long? Effectively, yes his bloodstream would run out, but there is a lot more oxygen there in the first place than you think. I assume this is when the body goes into overdrive and the heart looks for any scraps of oxygen left.

 

[*LukeMayn*]

Dene..... Assume makes an Ass out of U (you) and me...
do you get it.... because assume without ume is ass...
BTW if there are any killers out there, don't try to drown this guy.

 

[Dene]

Dene..... Assume makes an Ass out of U (you) and me...
do you get it.... because assume without ume is ass...
BTW if there are any killers out there, don't try to drown this guy.

Yes I know the saying. And yes I was thinking the same thing. Suffocating this guy to death is going to be a mission >.<

 

[alexc]

Wow, that is amazing, this guy never ceases to amaze me!

 

[Pedro]

OMG! I can barely do it for 1 minute O.o

 

[Lt-UnReaL]

I would say loopy rather than amazing, but all the same . 11 days awake is not healthy, I would never encourage anyone to do more than 3 or it could cause serious psychological damage.

I specially logged in for this one, it's true, I played a computer game for almost 4 days straight and it happened three years ago, but I was ill for a few months afterwards and after seeing the doctor finally he told me I had Bronchitis.
I am also constantly tired that's why I don't cube that much.

Well it damaged my health system 'a bit', all I can say is that I don't suggest you do an 72 hour cube marathon.

But I am planning to do something about being tired constantly.

I've done this before for a bit under 4 days...but you say SERIOUS psychological damage? Like...how serious?