The Secrets of Extreme Breath Holding

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Humans can hold our breath longer than we think by taking advantage of our body’s innate survival instincts - and then ignoring them.
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To learn more, start your googling with these keywords:
Static Apnea: Holding your breath without swimming or moving.
Apneist: Someone who competes in apnea-related contests.
Fight or Flight Response: A set of physiological responses to a perceived mortal threat.
Mammalian Dive Reflex: A set of physiological responses to immersion that overrides the basic homeostatic reflexes.
Diaphragm: A strip of skeletal muscles underneath the lungs that contracts and flattens when you inhale. It starts spasming as part of involuntary breathing movements when the body starts to run out of oxygen.
Spleen: An organ that primarily acts as a blood filter that can deflate to return blood to the circulatory system.
Carbon Dioxide Tension: The increase in CO2 pressure in the blood as oxygen levels fall.
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Credits (and Twitter handles):
Script Writer & Narrator: David Goldenberg (@dgoldenberg)
Video Illustrator: Sarah Berman (@sarahjberman)
Video Directors: David Goldenberg & Julián Gómez (@thejuliangomez)
With Contributions From: Henry Reich, Alex Reich, Kate Yoshida, Ever Salazar, Peter Reich, Arcadi Garcia Rius, Melissa Hayes
Music by: Nathaniel Schroeder: / drschroeder
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References:
Bain, A., Drvis, I., Dujic, Z., MacLeod, D., Ainslie, P. (2018). Physiology of static breath holding in elite apneists. Experimental Physiology. 103 (635-651). Retrieved from: physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.co....
Hutchinson, A. (2018). Pushing the Limits of Extreme Breath-Holding. New Yorker. Retrieved from: www.newyorker.com/tech/annals....
Panneton, W. M. (2013). The Mammalian Diving Response: An Enigmatic Reflex to Preserve Life? Physiology. 28(5): 284-297. Retrieved from: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti....
Petrović, Branko (2019). Personal Communication.
Schagatay E, van Kampen M, Emanuelsson S, Holm B. (2000). Effects of physical and apnea training on apneic time and the diving response in humans. European Journal of Applied Physiology. 82(3) : 161-9. Retrieved from: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1....
Schagatay, Erika (2019). Personal Communication. Center of Information Services and High Performance Computing. TU Dresden. Department of Health Sciences. Mid Sweden University

[@yesnt862]

My brother watched this now he's been underwater for three days now, I'm so proud of him

[@Om999-]

Doesn't he feel hungry 🤔

[@freakk5097]

He died

[@yaaraalouane]

💀

[@rajus7584]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@varie898]

He's dead but ok

[@beezzinha]

_"Do not try these at home!"_ Why do you think I opened this video on the first place?

[@perfect10bagfumbler]

Exactly!

[@sk8rdman]

@@zarintasnimshifa8233 Not any more. =( My condolences.

[@daphnebrown7157]

Kythra Kel yeah!

[@phabidz]

Try this at swimming pool duh DUH

[@voidisyinyangvoidisyinyang885]

I think this was a Wim Hof training vid.

[@choi6718]

Instructions Unclear, Ended up breathing in water

[@ruffels1496]

*Stays underwater so long you evolve gills*

[@natalieberry1400]

W h a t-

[@perseph0ne1608]

Instructions Unclear: *I’ve developed fins*

[@AL_O0]

Damn it, now I’m breathing manually again!

[@pelagiushipbone7968]

AL_O0 I wasn’t breathing manually until you said this DAMNIT!

[@azreeFR]

We are all going to suffer

[@vulpinecatastrophe9377]

This is why is hate talking about breathing

[@duffmunt]

Damn YOU!! If I make a habit out of remembering this comment your dead to me.

[@mastershooter64]

Lmao its so strange when it happens right you're doing something and suddenly you become aware of your breathing and you start to do it mamually its so cool how our breathing mechanisim is both vouluntary and involuntary

[@tedrivera1804]

I was able to hold my breath throughout this whole video. *At 2x speed*

[@piteoswaldo]

I could hold for 2 minutes. Exactly at the time he mentioned the diaphragm spams, they started hitting me.

[@ariscool7028]

I could do it easily at 6x speed

[@epicSonicFanAm]

I actually hold my breath for the whole video On normal

[@alexmorales1897]

I wish there was a 100x speed

[@Sea_Leech]

@@alexmorales1897 the video would oy be like 1 millisecond lol, and im not doing the math for a comment

[@ineffablerei4268]

*"Don't do it at home"* Me: *"kay I'll do it outsi-"* *"Actually don't do it anywhere"* Me: *"awww...:("*

[@RoJupey]

Me : guess im gonna go to the moon

[@m1key261]

Me: I’ll do it somewhere that isn’t calling anywhere

[@jeppe19961996]

Yes, 11:54 minutes is the record for the longest natural breath hold. But if you add the option to inhale 100% pure oxygen before then the time more than doubles. Guinness World Records lists Budimir Šobat from croatia with holding his breath for 24:11 minutes as of 24 February 2018

[@QuizmasterLaw]

pure 02 causes cancer, unfortunately.

[@peterb8904]

@@QuizmasterLaw everything causes cancer

[@ajwojjajkq3799]

Jajaja

[@jakartagamer6188]

24 : 11 minutes? wat

[@pixelraid5742]

Right 11:54 is almost 12:00 and 3 * 4 = 12 Also we breath in O2 , it is the most useful part of the air we breath We breath in O2 because oxygen is diatomic in the free state with a double covalent bond.

[@Leo-zv2hs]

I can hold my breath for the rest of my life

[@suwinkhamchaiwong8382]

true

[@ninqueaiwe]

Nah, you will black out and begin breathing again. You can't kill yourself just by holding your breath.

[@kirby9901]

@@ninqueaiwe R/Swoosh

[@estoylaroca]

@@ninqueaiwe Oh really? I'll get back to you

[@andersonklein3587]

@@ninqueaiwe underwater?

[@Gregornmy]

"dont try any of this anywhere" people who came to learn how to hold their breath longer: 😐

[@meow1718]

exactly

[@NathamelCamel]

I've trained myself to calm down when I hold my breath. When I hold it, my heart rate dramatically drops my heart rate. It's a pretty good skill and helps with controlling panic attacks

[@neivetaylor1250]

That’s really cool! How does one train themselves to do that?

[@NathamelCamel]

@@neivetaylor1250 hold your breath a lot. Laying down doing nothing? Hold your breath. Waiting for something? Breath. Free time? Breath

[@balajisivaramakrishna7534]

Very good, Indians pranayama is the best solution for panic

[@Fritzafella]

Once in a pool, we were playing underwater tag, where you can only be tagged when ur above the surface. And the first tagger calls out when its time for all the survivors to swim from one safe wall to the other. Like four people were holding me back when I was maybe 15 feet from being safe. Instead of panicking, I calmly (and excruciatingly slowly) swam for almost a full minute to the wall.

[@SemperMaximus]

''Mammalian dive reflex'' first time hearing this concept in my life. I learned something new today. Thank you MinuteEarth.

[@feynstein1004]

You should watch the show You Can't Lick Your Elbow. I've seen the term there before.

[@fighterck6241]

Learned about it in anatomy and physiology. It's important in healthcare since CPR is more effective on patients after drowning incidents because of this.

[@tobiasdontmatter1868]

Second to say “this video was breathtaking”. Ironically making this the more original comment

[@RPGgrenade]

Yeah this is pretty common practice in freediving, and is overall fairly safe when accompanied and not going very deep. The first method is achieved through meditation, deep breathing and other methods of self-awareness and relaxation under stressful situations. The second one is as you described, they go into a pool and generally hold their breaths while floating face down (with someone to help them, of course). Generally if the water is below 25ºC the effect seems to be greater (freedivers are the ones who do this stuff the most, they have practice) The third one can be achieved not just by ignoring, you can decrease the power and frequency of the spasms by practicing what're called diaphragmatic exercises. The balloon stomach and stomach vacuum exercises help in increasing the flexibility of the diaphragm, making the contractions less intense, more controllable, you can feel them beforehand and stop them for the most part. Also. If you want to take this stuff seriously, you need to understand that these people use packing and vacuum exercises to push their lungs a little bit beyond normal capacity, both in terms of emptiness and fullness. Packing means to breathe in fully, then grab air with your mouth and force it into the lungs. While the vacuum exhale is done with a stomach vacuum to get more air OUT of your lungs than is normally possible, it's the opposite of packing, allowing them to practice with very low oxygen for short periods of time. Finally, these people know how to breathe once they're done so they don't black out. When completing a breath hold, you obviously let all the air out, breathe in deep and fast in and out for a few seconds, then after a while you breathe in deeply, hold your breath for about 3 seconds, and release, repeat this until completely comfortable. This method lets you get all the lost air back in a hurry, but doesn't get to the point of hyperventilation due to how short it is, followed by slow and controlled breathing with short breath holds to let the lungs extract a bit more oxygen at a time, to stabilize the body's O2 supply.

[@12gabriel3]

Yeah, and you can train your co2 and oxygen tolerances separately

[@eagleeyemind4800]

Amazing, thanks for your insights!

[@meadowsirl]

Please note "Some brain cells start dying less than 5 minutes after their oxygen supply disappears."

[@jellyyz6335]

Are u serious or u kidding

[@thehiddenninja3428]

But that's 5 minutes after fainting.

[@jube8835]

Same brain cells doesn't mean deathly amounts Just some

[@nikki11111]

o h d e a r

[@tauIrrydah]

They wont start dying until there's insufficient oxygen in the bloodstream.

[@younessamr6802]

they say that high level of accumulated co2 that triggers the breath, low level of o2 comes second

[@booJay]

Exactly. I was kind of disappointed that this video never talks about that and flashes over it quickly with only a brief text. It's the buildup of CO2 that causes the desire to breathe, not the lack of oxygen. Anyone can prove this to himself by hyperventilating aka diver's trick (in order to get rid of excess CO2) prior to holding his breath to experience this firsthand. You'll find you'll easily hold your breath twice as long without much effort.

[@thehiddenninja3428]

@@booJay Pause at 1:57; there's a footnote

[@porters.5811]

Yeah, you're body doesn't really have a signal for low O2, which is one reason this is so dangerous. Some people will breathe to lower the CO2 in their blood, and as a consequence, they can run out of oxygen and drown before they start feeling any discomfort.

[@macaroon_nuggets8008]

@@thehiddenninja3428 he/she knows. Did you not read the reply?

[@giuliovattai770]

hey minute earth! i appreciate your work, but i think you got something wrong, the diaphram spasm, or as we call it contractions, come primarily from rising levels of carbon dioxide, and not from low oxigen. That is why the first rule in freediving is never ever hyperventilate, if you do that your oxigen level will not rise much, but you lower drasticly your carbon dioxide level. In that way you wont feel the urge to breath and you can black out with out warnings (contractions). Comes from a 40m deep and 5 min static breath freediver. sorry for my english btw.

[@tominim]

Giulio Vattai yeah I’m sorry but you spelt oxygen wrong you spelt it oxygen but it’s spelt oxigen!

[@c50m4]

Pause at 1.58

[@nuralimedeu]

@@tominim No, he's correct, 'oxygen' is the right spelling.

[@rendezvousonmemorylane]

He didn't get it wrong. It' written in the bottom of the screen.

[@MotoCat91]

"sorry for my english" and then proceeds to speak more clearly than the majority of people that speak English as a first language.

[@KalijahAnderson]

I used to do this when I was a kid. I would hold myself under water and try to see how long I could hold my breath. I got up to just any of 3 minutes. I haven't practiced in decades but I can still do just under 2 minutes. No where near record level though and I never knew about the diaphragm part of it.

[@buttercupkat]

"Don't do this at home." Well, I'll just do it at my local pool- "Actually, don't do this ANYWHERE!" Aww, I wanted to be the coolest kid on the playground riding on an underwater merry-go-round!

[@meow1718]

haha fr

[@sidney8305]

*Don't try this at home* Me: Well I can try at my friend's- *Actually don't try it anywhere!* Me: What the-

[@Alexx15]

Lmao fr

[@kruton93]

I took a bath the other day and found out i can hold my breath for 2 min if everything is calm around me. I think the method that helped me was releasing air every few seconds. I think the CO2 that builds up in your body is also a huge stress to your systems, so if you periodically breathe out bubbles slightly and release the built up C02, your body doesn't go into panic mode. I failed a few times though because if you breathe out too hard, you're releasing precious oxygen as well.

[@spoonge_bab967]

Its not really holding your breath if you exhale

[@strawhat9197]

Cheers to the Badjaos here in the Philippines for being able to hold their breath for 12 minutes

[@Cpt_John_Price]

Thanks to their large spleens

[@sanctious]

Is there video of it? In a study by Shagatay Et al their dive times were very short. Like 20-30 seconds. But they do so many dives a day that they actually spend maybe 60% of their time underwater and holding their breath. I don't recall reading anything about their static holds though. 12 minutes is more or less consistent with reports from Ama and Haenyo divers in Japan and Korea, respectively, as well as old Greek sponge divers saying that previous generations could do 15 minute dives.

[@shade9592]

*the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Brunei But yeah... no mention of the Bajau people who have *genetic adaptations* that allow them to hold their breath for more than 10 minutes.

[@chanuthgunawardene7579]

You make such good videos to hold your breath for!

[@TheHylianBoy20]

This video was very breathtaking, beautiful artwork.

[@ElPikminMaster]

This will help with my Hamon training.

[@johanandhira5429]

Simply put : 1. Don't panic 2. Remember point #1 3. Absolutely never ever panic especially when your entire face completely submerged underwater and your lung is literally gasping for air 75x in a row

[@MamaVonJJ]

this video was breathtaking

[@YouAreBreathing]

Before the warning at 0:24, I was about to try it at a hospital in case I need medical attention afterward. Darn you warning.

[@rafaelp.l.5713]

Im so proud that im in country where branko is from🇭🇷

[@lucialori9161]

🇭🇷🇭🇷🇭🇷

[@X4Alpha4X]

im kind of upset that you never talked about the fact that our body doesn't respond to the lack of O2 but instead to the buildup of CO2

[@gildedbear5355]

Same here. My understanding is that your body has no way to actually detect blood O2 levels. Which is why you put your mask on first if the plane you are on loses pressure.

[@c50m4]

Pause the vid at 1.58

[@kondenkor]

@@gildedbear5355 we have methods to measure oxygen levels our brain just doesnt respond that much to that.

[@macaroon_nuggets8008]

They did

[@gildedbear5355]

@@Paonporteur interesting!

[@harktrocity]

The attention to detail on the buckets scene made the video even more enjoyable.

[@SKyrim190]

Honestly, the first one doesn't seem like a dangerous or prejudicial thing to "hack". Maintaining a calmer state of mind in a emergency situation may help

[@Master_Therion]

Every time I try to hold my breath it escapes through my fingers. Worst still is when I play sports. I can catch a ball, but I can't catch my breath :(

[@feynstein1004]

Perhaps someone's taking your breath away unknowingly? :P

[@Master_Therion]

@@feynstein1004 Gasp!!!

[@mithil1711]

Video length is 3:14 Pi confirmed!

[@beresrobert4262]

This video will never be complete

[@mithil1711]

@@beresrobert4262 😂😂

[@blue9139]

Ok in the future i eill become famous for finding pi in air

[@mithil1711]

@@blue9139 huh?

[@megaball-ps8tq]

Who’s the best breathholder

[@tinyducc8250]

I actually already hacked the no panic style at 12 I'm 14 now. Though it isn't fully developed but it sure does extend. My suggestion is going for a relaxing position to decrease internal panic.

[@dancingtriangle2711]

*thats because humans need air to survive* I never knew that before!

[@snailgirl6]

Interesting. Now we know techniques to win those "hold your breath" contests kids often do...but without proper training, you'll probably won't get very far. I also love how the internal organs all have adorable faces on them!!!

[@mastershooter64]

At first i could only hold my breath for 1 minute but after practice now i can hold it up to 2mins and 45 secs

[@adambier2415]

master shooter64 i can go 3 something using the Wim Hof method. And that’s before the contractions and without using the cold first.

[@mastershooter64]

@@adambier2415 wow nice bro and whats the wim hof method you can hold your breath for more than 3 mins above water me too but in water idk why but in water i seem to be able to hold it for only 30 secs lol

[@irek1394]

did 4:05 few years ago in school and never again as i felt like fainting after that :/

[@adambier2415]

@@mastershooter64 I just read someones comment that the Wim Hof Method should not be used for breath retention under the water. And Wim advises anyone doing it to do so seated or laying down. It's 30 deep and somewhat fast breaths followed by holding your breath after the last exhalation. That's round one. You go for 3-4. The breaths are fully in but only relaxed out - you don't force the extra air out. It created an abundance of oxygen and a lack of CO2 in the body. By the end, you feel really great. Your bodies PH becomes less acidic. Your stress levels dissolve. You can ward off infection. There is also some cold exposure that has really helped me handle the cold. The breathing also helps with the cold but works even better with the cold exposure. It's pretty awesome. Dr. Rhonda Patrick, Joe Rogan and Russel Brand do interviews with him as well as a bunch of other channels here. And there is a free class on his website as well as his free app.

[@WafflezYTL0lsubplsr0adto300]

Love the thumbnail. It looks so CUTE!!!!!!

[@fearfulfox1873]

The mammalian dive reflex is one of the best ways to stop a panic attack, fill up something with some cold water and then dunk your face in it, it doesn’t always work nor is it the best way but it helps me to calm down pretty quickly

[@Sophix0mp]

I used to be able to hold my breath for about 3.5 minutes when I was a kid. For some reason I practiced holding my breath and got pretty good at it. But I'm about 95% sure I didn't reach much further than 3 minutes 40 seconds. I timed myself now for shits and giggles. I managed about 1:15 but I'm not exactly relaxed in this very moment. I could have managed more but the wife is telling me to get of the toilet. So I guess that's it for now.

[@nich4469]

Don't try this at home ...nice minute earth good catch😁😁😁😁

[@megaball-ps8tq]

Or don’t try this anywhere

[@getoutofmycar9264]

I WILL TRY IT

[@santoast24]

Man, I REALLY wanna see you guys have a special video in a debate this coming year like you did in the last presidential cycle. I just hope this year both sides of the coin care to watch it. You guys are amazing (And better then MinutePhysics ;) ) Keep it up my friends

[@hepa00lepa]

No one ever believes me when I tell them about this stuff. Thanks for the video! Now I have some easily accessible and digestible evidence.

[@EliteGeeks]

The issue is not Oxygen deprivation, but carbon dioxide expulsion - you can live a while with no Oxygen, like 6 minutes to 20 minutes, but that toxic carbon dioxide is another issue

[@ninosegers]

so rising the C02 levels will lower the amount of time we can hold our breath.

[@liamspain7133]

@@ninosegers No, I don't know what OP is talking about. The CO2 levels we breath in aren't enough to effect our bodies in a bad way, though we do have to expel it to prevent build up. While holding your breath, you would die from lack of oxygen before the CO2 has any affect.

[@thehiddenninja3428]

Pause at 1:57; there's a footnote

[@EliteGeeks]

@@thehiddenninja3428 yep, I use to be able to hold my Breath for nearly 9 minutes... learned lots of tricks to holding your breath for long periods of time, but that was the 1980s, I am no spring chicken anymore, MAYBE I can do 6 minutes now, my O2 level would drop to below 60% sat, if I did that over and over for about 30 to 40 minutes I would get bad headaches on the back of my head... fucked up feeling

[@VitorMiguell]

"how to hold your breath longer" "don't try at home"

[@thetruegoldenknight]

I love that "dangerous" warning, because with someone exploring the X side of life for as long as this, well, it's easy to say there are those out there who would use words like "kinky" or "exciting".

[@ethanotoroculus1060]

1:06 I just want to take a moment to acknowledge the difference in animation styles from the human to the other ape.....

[@wolfiezzzz]

Hey minute earth staff/member idk what to call u guys 😂 but can you guys talk about genetic modifications?

[@MinuteEarth]

You can call us anything you want! MinuteEarthling? 'Nute? What do you want to know about genetic modifications?

[@wolfiezzzz]

MinuteEarth hahaha thanks, how about glowing cats?

[@derkonig1006]

@@wolfiezzzz And I want to know something about pink elephants 😂

[@wolfiezzzz]

Der König do your research before thinking it’s fake 😂😉

[@derkonig1006]

@@wolfiezzzz It was a Joke…

[@daniellechan8737]

This is a great video that children can know easier and happier too

[@Narsuaq]

Oooh! I'm so gonna do this at home!

[@sagarshrestha5800]

Once I tried to hold my breath putting my head inside bucket with water in it, I nearly died and felt really weak to even take out my head from the bucket. Since then I've never tried such foolishness attempt.

[@Nurutomo]

lol

[@TheRealZen00]

The world's best breath holder is Guybrush Threepwood, who is this imposter?

[@cai6972]

Did u just make up that name?

[@darthmortus5702]

@@cai6972 He is the hero of a series of point and click games and he does not need to breathe at all when he is underwater ;)

[@hannahwalters3602]

Interesting. Have a blessed day

[@ihateeverything4355]

the calm urself technique is the best!!

[@DarkIzo]

you forgot artificial hyperventilation increasing the oxygen concentration

[@bobrobert6277]

they might not have told because its pretty dangerous or they didn't do research either way it's lame

[@masterkoga1541]

held my breath for half the vid

[@TotalStoicism]

That is pretty good, I did same. It was sturggle. When younger, I was able to hold my breath at best 2,5 minutes but I have lost that ability.

[@rockspoon6528]

*Will try this at home.*

[@ketsuekikumori9145]

MinuteEarth: Don't do this! Me: Challenge accepted.

[@JLyck]

I Tried to hold my breath through this entire video. I died!! :(

[@kabkab8441]

J Lyck YOU WON!!! Now you can hold your breath FOREVER!!!

[@JLyck]

kab kab I am not producing CO2 which in the future will be illigal, so I’m doing my part!

[@CarFreeSegnitz]

J Lyck Producing CO2 from burning fossil fuels ought to be illegal. The CO2 you breath out is carbon-neutral as has all of the breathing done for the past 300 million years. Of course, I expect you only made such a dumb-ass statement because you're a climate-change-denier. Your reply will undoubtably be dozens of pages of links to climate-change-denier psuedo-science. Prove me wrong.

[@Zorieon]

RIP

[@JLyck]

@@CarFreeSegnitz I only tired to be funny, which apparently failed miserably! Only an idiot would be in denial about climate change. The science is in, duh. I dont know what you mean about breathing being carbon-neutral. I think you talking your ass of! I dont know why you need to belittle a random dude on the internet. I guess you have something to work with at home. Best of luck!

[@AP-dc1ks]

Famous german prodigy Timmy (9) holds his breath in his pool since he was 7.

[@Watermelon-db1ld]

The amount of pokemon seen in minute earths videos is amazing

[@twodogzdogue8710]

11 MINUTES! UNBELIEVABLE! is this a channel for School age Children?

[@alexwang982]

Eyy look at the video time 3:14

[@blue9139]

It's you!

[@SahilKhan-dc7mm]

Pie π

[@finalvelocity8k]

I hold my breath while writing this comment 😂😂😂

[@tabaks]

Continue!

[@finalvelocity8k]

🙄 😅😓😵☠️

[@icciiom6611]

Me too but I learn how to save my breath so I can hold it longer 😀

[@roy4173]

So the heart slows down only if you're completely still underwater, but does it remain slow if you're swimming or actively diving? How does the heart rate here compare to exercising on land? Can slowing your heart rate this way extend life expectancy if everything else is controlled for (the same diet, same amount of exercise, same amount of everyday stress)? I've seen longevity often tied to slower heart rates for other animals, so I'm just curious.

[@QuizmasterLaw]

Remains slow.

[@darthjustice7898]

My sister tried this, she's been in there for 2 days, so proud of her.

[@CN-kf8xj]

Who else was manually breathing through this whole video lol

[@shinchanthebest]

67 LIKER AND NOTIFICAITON SQUADD AND 3 MIONUTES AGO UPLOSADED!

[@RyeOnHam]

I used to do these things to dive in the ocean for abalone. Just me and my swim trunks. I later found a pair of goggles on the beach and used those for a while. I never timed myself. Just got enough to cook up on each trip. Not sure how safe any of this was, but I was pretty young.

[@s3cr3tpassword]

I'm excited for minute earth videos cause I always try to find the Pokemon Easter egg

[@danielgrantham9537]

Actually you feel like you need to grasp for air because of the CO2 levels.in your lungs. Not because of a necessity of oxygen. This is because the acidity of the blood around you lungs changes based on the CO2 content. I'm quite disappointed that something so simple was overlooked in this video...

[@badrunnaimal-faraby309]

Read the footnote that flashes in the bottom-right during that part.

[@danielgrantham9537]

@@badrunnaimal-faraby309 it wasn't there when i watched it. mission accomplished

[@patrick.gilmore]

FIRST! More importantly, if there really is enough O2 left when the spasms start to double your time, does that mean we aren't anywhere near danger?

[@FuliCuddlesFangirl]

Patrick W. Gilmore stfu

danger no, but blackout yes, after blackout you got like 3 more minutes before your brain starts to get damaged.

[@FuliCuddlesFangirl]

Đivector Kyané no u

[@genessab]

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[@durdleduc8520]

Being out of breath for any point in time probably isn’t good for you. Most humans likely haven’t gotten to such extreme circumstances so there wasn’t appropriate evolution to adjust to the amount of oxygen we actually have available, and I’m almost entirely sure you start feeling bad side effects far before the point of blacking out. Lack of oxygen to the brain, thus illogical decisions or confusion, et cetera. It’s also always important in all animals to always have spare in case of emergencies. Spleens storing spare oxygen-filled blood, fat storing spare energy, it’s all about saving it until you really need it. Draining to the very drop of oxygen before being consciously alerted of the danger goes directly against that premonition of always having spare. Also also, it’s not a good idea to wait for the last moment of anything to finally pull away. (Why wait until your hand is actually burning before pulling it away from a hot stove?) It’s must safer to be enticed to get more air before it’s needed than to do so only moments before you could drop dead (or black out, but you get the point)

[@bladeoftheruinedking2543]

Very smooth sponsor transition

[@pegamationproductions6062]

This video was "breathtaking".

[@nich4469]

Legends has it if you say minuteEarth three times you get hearted MinuteEarth MinuteEarth MinuteEarth I know this won't get hearted but I wanna try k😅 EDIT:Thanks for the likes!!😇

[@tabaks]

Lies.

[@anjx1018]

:0

[@JK_JK_JK_JK]

Next: The Extreme Secrets of Donald Trump! 😏

[@tabaks]

Wow, boy, you sure are in bad need of those medications.

[@sunflxwer._seeds8387]

I can hold my breath for 1 minute and 12 seconds originally. -Keep reading for information on how to hold your breath I timed myself holding my breath and paused the video when I needed to take a breather. For information on how to hold you breath longer read what is listed below. •Distract yourself listening to a song you like or watching a video. •Take a *HUGE* inhale holding 100% of air you inhaled •Dont look at the timer when timing yourself • *YOU MUST STAY CALM* •Dont time yourself by counting (Can cause stress) •Lay down and try not to move • *DONT* do this under water unless someone is watching you (You could possibly pass out or drown) •inhale 100% of air, lay down or sit, *DONT* move, Don't count, distract yourself, and stay calm/relax •Try to go past your limits and reach your goal!

[@skinz1234]

HI been watching your vids and i just went for my first breath hold!!! i cant ignore the CO2 urge to breath!!! I try to ignore it but still have to breath when the urge comes!!! Even when i resist! After about 20 seconds!! What can i do? Thanks

[@The_sound_Of_Thunder]

Hack? You guys sound like elderly parents trying to be hip with kids who lack a vocabulary to express simple ideas.

[@Splashstar216]

the longest I've held my breath (head above water, mind you), was over 2 minutes back when I was a kid, like probably 11 years ago. it's too bad I don't know where the exact record is. I wrote it down somewhere, but I'll surely break that record again someday!

[@avalpsychicguy]

I love seeing those Pokémon cameos. ^_^

[@user-dq9nx7ut3c]

1:07 now this is a challenge to find all of the pokemon

[@zzmarxos]

That first one actually worked but i just need to learn how to calm down better with more control or sum

[@cyprianastiffler9994]

You: telling me I shouldn't try this Me: training myself to hold my breath, does it anyway

[@jcclips3354]

I’m watching this while I’m drowning

[@sanctious]

Actually with minimal training you can probably at least double your breath-hold time. I teach freediving classes. Interesting how the video never mentions CO2. What's interesting is that the feeling of needing to breathe isn't caused be decreasing oxygen -- it's caused by increasing CO2. I even prove it to people by having them do a breath hold and giving up before their oxygen-saturation (measured with a pulse-oximeter) registers a drop. To be fair, the video is less than 3 minutes long in content and still did a great job explaining some of the basic.

[@MedlifeCrisis]

The dive reflex is seen in pretty much all vertebrates, but it is more pronounced in marine mammals

[@Computment]

Hello

[@East_1305]

Thanks god this video exist! I was trying to make an escape plan from this Zombie Apocalypse via a sea near my house. Luckily they can't swim underwater and can only float at the surface, so i was planning to escape to a near island by swimming underwater so they can't track me, and im kinda afraid that i might get drowned! Let's just hope those zombie can't evolve and learn how to breath underwater while throwing a trident or something 😄

[@jackthmp]

Do a video on brown adipose tissue and extreme cold training.

[@hoaxer1490]

hearts when u start holding your breath: *oxygen usage 100*

[@RoScFan]

Well, time to try this at home.

[@MattisProbably]

They will also breathe in and out rapidly to get a higher concentration of oxygen in their blood. I tried that once and just by doing that alone I was able to hold my breath for 4 to 5 minutes.

[@maythesciencebewithyou]

That's because by hyperventilating you exhale too much CO2. The breathing reflex is triggered by sensing high CO2 levels in the blood. The body can't measure it's oxygen levels. You don't get more oxygen by breathing faster, in fact when you have less CO2 your brain gets less oxygen as your blood vessels constrict. CO2 diluted in your blood works as a buffer. Your blood ph would rise. You might black out from lack of oxygen without even realizing that you've run out of oxygen.

[@MattisProbably]

@@maythesciencebewithyou Oh interesting! Then what I watched was complete BS and I almost killed myself, awesome! 🤣

[@maythesciencebewithyou]

Well, you do keep on producing CO2, so eventually you get to the point that your breathing reflex kicks in and forces you to breath. It depends on how much you hyperventilate. Too much and it becomes really risky. Of course you'd feel dizzy and realize that something is wrong, and get the feeling of fainting and thus be able to react to it willingly. But your breathing reflex would not kick in automatically as long as CO2 is low. You could test out what you can handle, but it really isn't advisable. You've probably seen people breath into a bag when hyperventilating in movies. That's so you can breath the CO2 back in which you exhale into the bag. Underwater, you might pass out and drown before you reach the surface.

[@chatnoir1224]

What about "hyperventilation" technique? It worked for me when i trained to swim longer underwater in a pool.

[@juliapopescu2857]

I will try it in summer

[@cccaaawww8685]

I thought this would teach me how to hold my breath longer but here’s the way I do it pretend to be dead and just don’t move as in that speeds up usage of o2 but just let the water move you and hold breath

[@tyrantqiu5440]

The elephant ( 1:08 )oodly looks like a Pokemon , phanpy from gen 2

[@Nhatanh0475]

I think I should try to hack it but in a lower sequency to train my breathing skill when I sundenly get drowned like remain calm and more.

[@nickgehr6916]

*That "warning" suggesting my brain to try it*

[@Randomdudefromtheinternet]

(1:06) Phanpy used Dive Phanpy fainted