Thread: David Blane's new world record..

I'll say it now: if this deviates from discussion of mediation it gets moved.

Power of mind over body, the body can control the heart. The best way to slow your own heart rate is to slow your breathing, many of us do this when we WILD. The body requires much less blood if it's completely relaxed, so by meditation and slowing your breathing, deeply relaxing your body can bring your heart rate down dramatically. When I meditate I'm sure that it's near 60.

Yeah, I used to slow my heart down by relaxing and breathing slowly.

Though I was far from any pro at it. Just something I practiced out of curiosity, to see if I could.

Originally Posted by detail

As many of you may have heard, David blane (a magician) set the new world record for holding his breath for 17 minutes! He did this by slowing his heart beat down to 20 beats per minute. Does anyone know how he did this?
Thanks

From Wikipedia, not necessarily verified though:

"On April 30, 2008, Blaine attempted to break the record for holding one's breath. The attempt was taped at The Oprah Winfrey Show and aired live that night.

Blaine held his breath for 17 minutes 4.4 seconds to set the Guinness World Record, surpassing the previous record of 16 minutes, 32 seconds set by Peter Colat of Switzerland.

Prior to his attempt, Blaine prepared by breathing pure oxygen for twenty-three minutes. The show also reported on his training regimen, which included sleeping in a hypoxic tent. During the attempt, his heart rate dropped to about 50 bpm."

Not that it's relevant, but I'm somewhat skeptical about this accomplishment. He is, after all, a magician, whose other previous "feats" have been shown to actually be tricks (for example, employing stand-ins during his alleged feat of remaining in a block of ice for a week). Not saying he didn't really hold his breath this long, just maintaining a healthy dose of skepticism. No matter what, the guy is still impressive to me.

Originally Posted by detail

As many of you may have heard, David blane (a magician) set the new world record for holding his breath for 17 minutes! He did this by slowing his heart beat down to 20 beats per minute. Does anyone know how he did this?
Thanks

Lol, my brother once told me to hold my breath for twenty minutes as a child when I was little, I believed him for about two seconds then I just knew it was impossible (or I'd die probably).

It was a trick. What was the previous record? 7 minutes? This is what magicians do, make convincing illusions. There's just no way to hold your breath for that long.

17 minutes?
thats insane

I watch this show every once in a while, (Don't remeber the name of it) where this magicin (guy in a black mask with white designs on it) shows how all of these tricks are done. I don't doubt for one second that some time in the near future he'll show us how it's done.

Originally Posted by 27

It was a trick. What was the previous record? 7 minutes? This is what magicians do, make convincing illusions. There's just no way to hold your breath for that long.

Apparently the previous one was 16 minutes, too long.

david blain is a phony he did it by looping the film and switching different people like he did with the ice thing chris angel is even worse they are both fakes who do special effects and cg because their magic is for tv only

oh i forgot to mention why do you think they havent decaled it an official world record and by the way your in the wrong thread expecially for garbage like this

Originally Posted by PaleRider

From Wikipedia, not necessarily verified though:

"On April 30, 2008, Blaine attempted to break the record for holding one's breath. The attempt was taped at The Oprah Winfrey Show and aired live that night.

Blaine held his breath for 17 minutes 4.4 seconds to set the Guinness World Record, surpassing the previous record of 16 minutes, 32 seconds set by Peter Colat of Switzerland.

Prior to his attempt, Blaine prepared by breathing pure oxygen for twenty-three minutes. The show also reported on his training regimen, which included sleeping in a hypoxic tent. During the attempt, his heart rate dropped to about 50 bpm."

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you guys must of missed this, he breath in almost pure oxygen making his red blood cells take in more oxygen. without outside help (pure oxygen) then it would be impossible.

It's impossible for someone to hold there breath for so long without passing out

David Blane is silly.

17 minutes?! what the hell!.. I used to amaze my friends by holding my breath for 3 minutes, but 17 minutes is just insane lol, I bet he ended up with braindamage

If guinness took it as legit then I HIGHLY doubt that it was all an illusion.

I'm not sure this is still relevant to lucid dreaming so I finally get to use this thing