Thursday, July 21, 2011

Holding the breath for 17 minute!

How long you can hold your breath? Maximum 2 minute, isn't it?  Medical journals state that normally there is risk of permanent brain damage with in as little as 3 minutes and death will inevitably ensue after a few more minutes unless ventilation is restored.

Wikipedia state that it is risk to hold breath because of the level of carbon dioxide in your blood which forms carbonic acid but not because of the low level of oxygen. Whatever may be, a normal person cannot hold his breath beyond 5 minute safely.

But here I am going to talk about a person 'DAVID BLAINE' who has held his breath for 17 min 4.4 second! without going unconscious in April 2008 which was 28 second more than the previous world record. But that was not easy for him also. He has practice too much and trained his body to be able to do that. To know that how hard he has trained for, go to the video.

What do you think after watching this video? For success, there must be continuous hard effort. But now this is not the longest breath holding record. According to Guinness World Record The longest breath holding record is  20 min 21 sec by Ricardo da Gama Bahia (Brazil) in September 16, 2010.go to Guinness World Records site


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