Posted on 09/17/2025 8:14:20 AM PDT by Red Badger
Guinness World Records announced on September 10 that Croatian man Vitomir Maričić just beat the world record for holding your breath.
Maričić held his breath for 29 minutes and 3 seconds.
How is that even possible? Even as a kid, the best I could ever do was a little over a minute.
Maričić is a member of the Adriatic free divers.
Freedivers train their bodies to cope with reduced oxygen levels.
They prepare by taking deep, oxygen-rich breaths and relaxing the mind to trigger the mammalian dive reflex, which slows down the heart rate, redirects blood to vital organs and makes the spleen release oxygen-storing red blood cells.
The skilled divers also work hard to increase their lung capacity and tolerance for carbon dioxide.
It's the CO₂ building up in our system that creates the urge to breath. Too much CO₂ can cause hypoxia and cause someone to pass out and cause damage to internal organs.
And Maričić is no exception.
Around the 20-minute mark, he said,
[Everything] got worse and worse physically, especially for my diaphragm, because of the contractions. But mentally I knew I wasn't going to give up.
It's really crazy what the human body is capable of with enough discipline and training.
Watch Maričić pull the feat off here:
VIDEO AT LINK...................
Gills.
Every Dim leader should take up the challenge.
I think a lot of these guys get a few minutes dose of pure oxygen before submerging, so it’s not totally unassisted.
Still, 29 minutes is crazy impressive.
Vince Gills.
I did this once in Tijuana...................
Wow! I passed out and drowned just reading the article ;^)
I think a lot of these guys get a few minutes dose of pure oxygen before submerging, so it’s not totally unassisted.
It’s only a record if he RE-STARTED breathing after the 29 minutes....
I don’t know about breathing, but none of my girls could go that long without speaking.
Pretty pointless record, like Joey Chestnut and Nathan’s Franks.
I did two full minutes once in a 6’ pool with no exertion. But snorkeling in the Jupiter Inlet in the late 1970s I was pretty decent, not sure of submerged length. Did 38’ free dive once in Palm Beach Inlet (Lake Worth Inlet is the formal name). I’m a female with a very large chest since adolescence so I’m accused of having an advantage.
I plan to watch Kameltoe Harris word salad on The View for shitz’ngiggles, and plan to hold my breath for 30 minutes!
At least Joey gets a free meal...............
“””””I did this once in Tijuana...................””””””
Sex takes you that long?
Best I could ever do was 4:06 without prebreathing pure oxygen. That was 40 years ago, doubt I could go a minute now.
Croatian diver sets new record by holding breath for 29 MINUTES
I don't know the details of his dive, but possibly taking advantage of freezing water to slow metabolism may have been a factor.
I was young.....................
There is a movie called ‘Last Breath’, now on Prime. I really enjoyed it - true story! Semi-spoiler alter - ‘29 minutes’ figures prominently in this movie too!
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