Holds Her Breath For Freediving World Record

[matt12867]

Im 15 and ive been freediving/spearfishing for 3 years but really just started practicing my breath holding not to long ago i can get 3mins.

[rod763]

Gosh, I hope you're doing those breath-holds with a trained buddy. Otherwise, if they're in-water - you're playing Russian Roulette.

[Vietnam07]

Amazing feat! Do you know of any books or website that teaches about free diving and breath holding. I am currently working on free diving and holding my breath longer, but can only do so for about 1 minute. Any ideas?

[rod763]

I totally condemn trying to learn freediving from books and/or websites. That's a good way to die soon. Take a proper course with qualified instructors.

[rod763]

Some people find it easier to do long breath-holds underwater. Hydrostatic pressure compresses the lungs, increasing the partial pressure O2 and so forcing more into the blood. Also, less effort is expended holding in that big breath of air. A recent breath-hold competition in Dubai required the divers to be 2 meters underwater.

[melissadawnonline]

i have video of me holding my breath 4 minutes and 18 seconds and i was deep underwater holding myself down. makes me wonder how long i could go if i was just floating on the top like her.

[GKSireland]

Hiya Melissa, cheery greetings from Ireland!

I found your videos by accident several months when I was looking for freediving stuff; with your natural ability & affinity with the sea, you should give freediving a go.

I don't think there's any doubt that you could become a very accomplished freediver - & if you could fit in the time to train, I wouldn't be surprised to see you in the American team.

Just keep your smile while you're at it!

:)

[rod763]

ZOunds

[Sushi1987]

Nice video although its the old record, as you mentioned.

Thank you for posting the video.

[rod763]

Well, blenkage, you're totally wrong. Karoline Meyer held her breath for 6:13 as you see in the video. The current women's world record is over 7 minutes, and the men's is just under 9 minutes. Extensive research on competitive freedivers shows no brain damage. Your spelling makes me wonder a little about the condition your brain is in !

[blenkage]

bullshit the human body braincells start rapidly dieing after 3 minits if that woman really held her breath for 6 minit she would be siverly brain damaged.

[misterprime]

monks can hold their breath for more than 30 min.

[rod763]

Yes, but they do it by purposely losing consciousness at the beginning of the breath-hold. Competitive freedivers must complete the breath-hold with full consciousness and no loss of motor control. Recreational freedivers must complete dives with full consciousness, or they die.

[jurre87]

Yes the braincell starts to die after 3-4 minutes WITHOUT oxygene, when you hold your breath you still have air in your lungs. When the oxygene level gets too low you black out and then your brain starts to take damage.

[rod763]

Hypoxic blackout is, in fact, a protective mechanism which acts to PREVENT brain damage. It is the body's last line of defense against hypoxia. There's a great deal of research and imaging of freedivers' brains, people who routinely hold their breath for 5,6 7 minute s and more.

[604Dan604]

Yes, that's true if your heart stops beating. But if you take a full breath of air you can last over 4 minutes without your oxygen saturation falling below %80.

[rod763]

The world record depicted in this video was for WOMEN and was shot in June, 2001. It was the WOMENS world record at that time.

[Ranmagirl10]

its not a world record ive seen i guy hold his for like 9 mins

[rod763]

The world record depicted in this video was for WOMEN and was shot in June, 2001. It was the WOMENS world record at that time.