He succeeded in holding his breath for 17 minutes 4 seconds, setting a new world record for oxygen assisted static apnea. In this highly personal talk from tedmed, magician and stuntman david blaine describes what it took to hold his breath underwater for 17 minutes a world. On the set of the oprah winfrey show on april 30, blaine broke the world record by holding his breath for 17 minutes and 4 seconds proving. He is best known for his highprofile feats of endurance, and has made his name as a performer of street and closeup magic. He explains his journey from childhood, when he could only hold his breath for 3. David blaine has books on goodreads with 1086 ratings.
This video is awesome, and i believe he tears up at the end. In this highly personal talk from tedmed, magician and stuntman david blaine describes what it took to hold his breath underwater for 17 minutes. David blaine holds breath for worldrecord 17 minutes. Blaine currently holds the guinness world record for longest breath held, at 17 minutes. David blaine was born on april 4, 1973 in brooklyn, new york, usa as david blaine white. Master stuntman david blaine has wowed us all again by holding his breath under water for an incredible 17 minutes, 4 seconds. Id never given it much more thought than the observation that a young, healthy guy can probably achieve any given world record if he dedicates enough resources to the effort, and blaine certainly appeared to have done so. World record on oprah show part 2 david blaine youtube.
David blaine describes what it took to hold his breath underwater for 17 minutes in this ted talk. He has performed all over the world and has set and broken several world records. Magician david blaine set a world record for holding breath underwater when he stopped breathing for more than 17 minutes suspended in a. Sometimes i question the legitimacy of david blaine but this guy is 100% on the level.
David blaine breaks the world record for breathholding live on oprah. The 35yearold illusionist prepared himself by breathing pure. As david blaine breaks the record for holding his breath. David broke the world record at 17 minutes ad that was performed in front of an audience on oprah in 2008the current breath hold as of 2017 was set by stig severinsen at 22 minutes. The illusionist was pulled from a water tank in new york after blacking out. She investigates the hardest part of the breathholding stunts, and asks. How i held my breath for 17 minutes ted talk david blaine. In this highly personal talk from tedmed, magician and stuntman david blaine describes what it took to hold his breath underwater for 17 minutes a world record only two minutes shorter than this entire talk. The secret behind david blaines 17 minutes without air prop. In circular pool usually above ground you can get the entire pool.
David blaine to hold his breath for nearly 17 minutes on. How david blaine biohacked a 17 minute breath hold. David blaine holds his breath for 17 minutes and 4 secs to. David blaines attempt to break the world record for holding breath under water ended in failure overnight. The trick was supposed to end with the bullet in a small cup. David blaine holds breath for record 17 mins the magician david blaine has set a world record by holding his breath underwater for 17 minutes and four seconds. David blaines most popular book is mysterious stranger. Something i learned about freediving i think yesterday on reddit, the mammalian diving reflex, which is the physiological mechanism that allowed blaine to do that. How to hold your breath like david blaine, world record holder. Magician david blaine can be seen on video nearly killing himself as he shoots a bullet into his own throat during a crazy stunt. David blaine sits atop a sphere where he set a new world record for breathholding, wednesday, april 30, 2008, at 17 minutes and 4. In this ted talk video, blaine describes what it took to hold his breath underwater for 17 minutes.
Magician david blaine is planning to break a world record live on tv today by holding his breath for nearly 17 minutes. His journey to achieve this feat described below is. Books by david blaine author of mysterious stranger. Millions watching him hold his breath underwater for 17 minutes on the oprah winfrey show, or 75,000 bustling by as he spends a week buried alive outside trump place in new york. Eventually he decided that it would be easier to actually learn how to hold his breath for long periods.
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