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Pushing The Limits Of Extreme Breath-Holding
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This is how people can hold their breath for tens of minutes. Check out our sponsor: betterhelp.com/veritasium to get matched with a professional therapist who will listen and help.

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A huge thanks to Brandon Birchak for all his help with this video. To learn how to hold your breath for 5 minutes, or see one of Brandon’s performances, visit eliteperformancedesign.com/ and Sixfootcreations.com/

A special thanks to Juan Valdivia for his expert advice on the science of extreme breath holding.

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Top Comments of this video!! :3

@MugiOverall

7 months ago

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

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@gazzwars5355

7 months ago

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

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@opsyko3310

2 months ago

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

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@froniccruxis1049

6 months ago

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.

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@calinacho7704

7 months ago

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

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@vero6807

7 months ago

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

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@kwcdude

7 months ago

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!

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@seemingly_useless8700

6 months ago

The human instinct to hold your breath when you see someone submerged

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@nahuelgonzalez2709

7 months ago

This is breath taking

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@Heisenberg612

7 months ago

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

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@bradbrad247

2 months ago

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.

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@fireflyfireworks668

6 months ago

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.

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@Mxrasaki

7 months ago

I'll have to say, his ability was breathtaking

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@a.c.2219

7 months ago

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.

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@noahtemple8312

7 months ago

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.

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@meepmonstare

2 months ago

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

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@trezenx

7 months ago

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

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@KenesuEXE

7 months ago

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

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@henryweatherly8865

1 month ago

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

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@djmo0re

6 months ago

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!

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