For many, swimming is a source of joy and freedom, but holding your breath in shallow water can be fatal. In July 2022, Andrew Baker, a professor working on cardiovascular disease, and his daughter ...

Watch as ItsAndrewz pushes his limits to see just how long he can hold his breath in this intense challenge video. From training tips to the final countdown, discover what it really takes to maximize ...

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? Take, for instance, Croatian freediver Budimir Šobat. On March 27, 2021, Šobat held ...

“I have the video of me surfacing saying, ‘Am I dead, have I died?’ And then going, ‘What was [my time]?'” Winslet said. “Straight away I wanted to know my time. And I couldn’t believe it…The next ...

Did you know that the average human takes over 600 million breaths in their lifetime? As our key survival function, breathing is so necessary that it is primarily an involuntary act–it’s hardwired ...

A quick heads up to anyone contemplating holding their breath longer than Croatian freediver Vitomir Maričić: think twice. "I seriously think it was one of the worst experiences in my life," Maričić, ...

Most of us can hold our breath for between 30 and 90 seconds. A few minutes without oxygen can be fatal, so we have an involuntary reflex to breathe. But freediver Vitomir Maričić recently held his ...

HAMBURG, Germany — Nobody can take a deeper breath than Tom Sietas. The 31-year-old German has blown away the competition in the nascent sport of “free diving,” in which people vie to see how long ...

Earlier this year, Croatian freediver Vitomir Maričić set a world record with a breath-hold of a mind-boggling 29 minutes and 3 seconds He beat the previous world record by nearly five minutes — but ...