How I Learned to Hold My Breath for 4 Minutes
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My name is Mike Boyd and I make videos documenting my process of learning stuff as quickly as I can. This is my new series, Average Mike. In this episode, I work at learning to hold my breath for 4 minutes.
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Congrats on reaching your 4 minute goal! You truly are a master of the [Diving Reflex] hidden ability. It was really fun working together on this video!
What is this, a crossover episode?
Hi tier zoo I love your vids!
Hi
Omg didnt expect to see you here
Could you do a video on the Bee build?
Someone: what's your skill?
Him: absolutely
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Whats that mean
@@ranran8674 it means that he has very much skills and this comment is just a joke like
- how much money do you have?
- yes
Bryan concepcion đđđ
Thanks for the likes guys, didn't expect it to reach atleast 2 likes tbhđ€Ł
My brother tried this! Heâs been holding it for 3 days now! So proud of him!
Found the exact comment that has been copied
Blinks twice
is he still holding breath i think u need to check him
Dont tell mom!
Wow thats over 2000x the world record
Mike: âI did it!â
girl: ...
Mike: âI fuckin did it!â
girl: *pats hand
Lmao
Omg hahaha
Langoige
He's an emotional man if you haven't seen his videos before.... He cries when he succeeds in a personaly difficult challenge sometimes.
@@xpndblhero5170 Same with his wife.
me holding my breath outside: 2 min
me holding my breath underwater: 10 seconds
Any idea how to get around this? Iâm the same
Death By Astonishment idk either
dunno why that happens
Weirdly enough, my time goes up underwater.
@@deathbyastonishment7930 attend freedive classes you will fill much better and go tru it
@@deathbyastonishment7930 I think it may be because it is slightly more difficult to get a full breath when you have the extra pressure of the water pressing on your chest. I have tried taking the breath outside the pool, then getting in, and I made 2 minutes 40 seconds.
(Face down in the pool)
"Omg Mike, you're at 7 minutes alredy! You gonna go longer?.... Mike?"
Already *
This is sooooo underated
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This made my day hahahaha
Jonathan Joseph Sahat Tambunan rEaLLy?!?
@Mike Boyde, just want to say that this was the first video I watched when I decided I was going to hold my breath for 4 minutes. After 8 weeks of above-water training I had the opportunity to have an experienced spotter for some in-water training. I hit 4 minutes on the first attempt. This video definitely helped that seed grow, so thank you.
Where to start?
@@dasderspi3 you literally just watched a video explaining where to start
@@one_step_sideways did you jump to practicing in water or did you start with an app outside of the water like in this video?
@@shapho4056 Start with an app, it's safer
I just did it for 2 minutes. First attempt.
18 more seconds and he would have been a true legend
I just got an new goal
lmao facts
My ex said the same
@@becomingachristian LMAOOOOO
@@becomingachristian bro đđ
Mike, at this point, I don't think anyone will think you're cheating or faking. You are the most hardworking and honest person! Thanks for another great one!
stfuckup his obviously cheating :P
Next video: *Learning to fly*
FlorKiler how is he cheating? Jealousss
Simply Rem I still appreciated to gesture.
FoxBalls woosh, he was kidding
Man i canât even hold my breath for as long as the Minecraft drowning bubbles
Depression Hits underrated comment
Same here!
You should use Respiration III
ReddoHotto ChirriPeppa nah use respiration my dude
Justin Murphy ok
I just wanna say you're very inspirational my guy. I'm the same when it comes to wanting to learn new things, but I never thought to record or document anything. I became both happy and sad at the thought of so many things I missed. But watching you made me realize the obvious. That there's always more to learn, and for that I thank you.
2 years since this video was published and I find it 11 days into my breath holding interest. I hit 4mins10secs yesterday on land without knowing about the diving reflex. This really makes me excited about unlocking longer times!
Any updates?
@@bacon.cheesecake death
@@bacon.cheesecake he's dead
@@aw-g đ
@@aw-g lololol xD
Thereâs something sooo satisfying about him saying âhour zeroâ
Creed The Kid yeah I think itâs his accent lol
There should 100% be a compilation of him saying "day one, hour zero"
He says aaur ziro
Its like hes saying our zeroooo
Time?
Hopefully the diving reflex isn't patched in the next update
Ikr
Brae Lee the glitch didnt exist in 13.30 and it was only found out in update 20.03
It did sadly yesterday
flod the memer dang, looks like they got us with update 20.19
Kek 45 itâs good they donât work on patching glitches on weekends
Great job man! The hard part about holding your breath is when your being active at the same time like swimming. Itâs much easier to hold your breath when your calm and relaxed.
Wow really??
@@mcmach1 yes
Yes so true for me. When i am calm, I can hold breath more than 10 secs. When I move my body. Hands or feercan onky last three or four secs. Dunno how to fix this
â@@hobiexplorer4857Breathing exercises. Cardio training. Take a lot of really deep breaths before trying to hold it. Keep working at it and you will get better.
You can go longer. With one deep breath you should be able to sit calmly and hold it for at least 30 seconds. It's not the lack of oxygen in the blood making you give up. It's the impulse/urge to breathe. You have to endure through it.
With proper breathing technique before attempting a hold the blood will be enriched with oxygen compared to normal so it'll last for much longer than we're willing to suffer, before literally passing out.
It actually helps me greatly to look at the clock. The constant flow of seconds is somehow calming and drastically drops my heart rate whereas I immediately panic while closing the eyes and holding my breath.
@II-V-I I found exactly the same thing. I started yesterday trying to hold my breath and watching the timer (after a minute or so with eyes closed) definitely helps slow everything down for me.
2019 is coming soon. Guess its time for that skill retaining test.
Does that include the swim?
Robin Ruttner When youâre more cringe than the âcringy fortnite kidâ
Raph B you told a kid to kill himself
I am Goober Oh no, could I be... a hypocrite? Oh no? Poor me, Iâm going to go shove my head in a jar!
Câmon, we were on the same side, I feel betrayed.
Raph B i dont wanna be on the same side as a guy who literally wanted a child to end their life
(signing up for a job)
"So what skills do you have?"
Him: *EVERYTHING*
'Can you jump into a pool of lava and survive?'
Yes
'You're hired'
Iris in Gryffindor
Fire resistance potion duh
I can jump
My dad holds the world record. Been holding his breath at that breath holding competition he left to 23 years ago
*insert "how do we tell him" spongebob meme here*
So excited to see you acconplish your 4-minute goal! Congrats!
Hoping to start today and achieve a 2 minute goal real soon!
Step one: I inhale
Step two: I don't exhale untill 4 minutes pass
4 minutes have passed
Ezi
Itâs been a month, Aspy. Are you okay? Have you exhaled?
@@electropika7759 Yes
Step three I die
*oxygen has left the chat*
CO2 has joined the chat
Madita Kloster dead meme
@Aven You're a dead meme!!
The reaper join the chat...who next?
Death has joined the chat
7:40 meditation is tricky. When focusing on breathe its too easy to accidentally switch to manual breathing which breaks the natural flow during meditation. Another way that is more effective is listening or feeling your heartbeat. Heartbeat is less under your control and after awhile you can actually feel every pulse throughout the entire body which is pretty cool.
Another way is through contemplation. Ask questions to yourself while you do other techniques. For example ask yourself âwhat will my next thought be?â Or âwho am I?â These silence the thoughts briefly and with practice you will find the way to silence the thoughts for an extended period of time. I have to give credit to Josh X from xfamunity on CZcams for this technique :)
I love your mindset. Itâs not âoh I canât do itâ itâs âthereâs lots of room for improvementâ
OH MY GOD TIERZOO COLLAB YES
Duck #7 ikr I had planned on watching both of these videos and at the end of the tier zoo vid I was very pleased
I actually came here from TierZoo, lol.
Once I just chilled face down in my local pool thinking happy thoughts and a life gaurd pulled me out
You should tell him before you do something like this
Same, I remember having a calm surprise when I was about 8 or more, realising that I didn't feel the need to breathe at all and was completely content. I wasn't distressed in the slightest.
I began to sink to the bottom of the pool, I didn't need to swim and a lot of the air had began to leave my body. I was lethargic but fully aware, I wasn't losing consciousness. I was just sitting under a metre of more water on the pool floor, I took a big exhale and about 20 seconds later or maybe more when I began to feel sleepy, someone yanked me from the water and the shock of air was what actually made me struggle to breathe, I was so disorientated by the noise and light and overwhelming amount of oxygen in the air.
My heartrate was really low, I then found out I was under there for almost 10 minutes and they thought I drowned, and if they hadn't pulled me out I probably would have drifted off and drowned. That was the second time I neadly died. It was like all my senses were... there, you could tell, and most people panic but I was content, comfortable and that honestly scares me. I don't go swimming often because I need to be consciously aware to go up and breathe, but see I never felt like I was drowning.
I drown in my dreams almost every night, capsising boat I think. Maybe I drowned like that, always have been terrifed of boats and the ocean. Sucks when you live on one of several small islands and school trips are normally to a few of them (I can swim though)
@@azziebean4773 this was super trippy to read. I hope you're ok ma dude
Hiruko Winter me too bro but mine was a little more different I was 7 years old i think and i went to the public pool around here then i was just looking down at the bottom of the pool then a realized i was underwater but i didnât feel the need to breath u know? And then I started to get sleepy ( it was soooooo relaxing omg ) but then i remembered a story that my mom once told me that was like a boy that sleeps in the pool and he drowned and died because no one was there for him so I âwake upâ and got out of the pool and idk what happened next i forgot haha and i also idk how many minutes i was there but i think it was more than 10 or 8 min because i lost track of time while i was underwater, it felt like i was meditating in the deep of the ocean, my eyes were closed so everything was black.. it was so relaxing but now that i moved there is no pool here ;-; but for sure i would probably sleep there and have drowned and died because there was no life guards there
But i would do it again for sure đ because it was the only time where i was so relaxed and my body felt light, I couldnât here anything there, and there was no light because my eyes were closed so yeah hehe but i miss that feeling
Iâm super late to this but Iâve been training to hold my breath using the same app. Itâs definitely worth it! Iâve been practicing right before bed then hitting the pool and repeating the same holds. I started only holding my breath for 40 seconds and within 3 days, I can now hold my breath for 2:30
what's the app's name?
Be careful doing this underwater, it is super easy to pass out and drown
â@@farooqmohammed316stamina
I'm a scuba diver but I have always wanted to try free diving. I found your channel and I downloaded an apnea app. This is day one for me. I was able to hold my breath for 1:30, the first time. I'm hoping to work my way up to 5 minutes. Wish me luck.
next you should learn to write with your non writing hand.
I broke my writing hand back in year 7. I had to use my opposite hand for 6 whole weeks. I still couldnât get my handwriting to be good.
@@harryruffin1548 I can't get my handwriting to be good with my main hand lmao
is it wierd that i can write using 2 hand without even practicing it happens when im 9 pewds fan btw my friend challenge me to write with two of ur hand and compare whats better but suprisingly its almost the same
I once fractured my right hand and had to use my left. It became almost as good as my right hand in a week.
Itâs weird that I can do it
Interviewer: what skills do you have?
Mike: yes
First time I've ever seen your channel. Man was I excited for you when you achieved 4 minutes. Inspiring, well done!
That is very cool! I used to be a competition swimmer and breath control is tied to speed since turning the head to take a breath can slow you down. I could do 2 laps before needing to take my first breath. The point being, that maybe what may increase ones time is to have something else to think about while under water, reading, a video, something than than just watching the timer.
Mike: Hi Iâm trying out for the job
Man: Letâs see... Can you...
Mike: Yes. Yes I can
Lmaoo
Lma
Lm
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He was breathing through his back the whole time .
Now that's what I call a skill.
He is a a frog!!!
i knew it
Hugo Randow same
Just like the Frog Deuwww.
Nice one. I kinda learned this when I was little. It definitely much easier to learn this when you are a kid. If you have some with you, just relax and hold your breath and until you feel like your are about to black out, you toes and finger may start to feel numb.
Damn. You inspired me man! Thanks a lot for the filmed real life training example with results. Happy New Year!
Pfttttttt my grandfather held his breath for 50 years and heâs still going
Savage đ€Łđ€Łđ€Ł
You are such a liar you liar liar pants on fire
Whoâs gonna tell him :(
My dog has been holding his breath for *2 years*
My pet fish has been holding it for it's whole life
My grandma has been holding her breath for a year now! Sheâs awesome
Bro đ
too fkn dark
:( yall making me sad now
Y u do that đ
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Iâm a free diver. I can tell you that he did a very, very good job, far better than most. That he was able to go for a minute on his very first effort is actually pretty damn good. We all use the same apps to improve. I would recommend using nose clips at the beginning be sure sure youâre not getting any O2.
Is there a risk of brain damage practicing breathing out of water?
Even though he is not diving do you think it will make him a better free diver if he were to do it the first time?
Dude way to go!!! So many people go through life with a basic understanding of everything and a good understanding of nothing!!!
Man: holds breath for 4 minutes
Oxygen: wait thatâs illegal
That was funny
Oxygen be like "Is this shit legal.."
Waleed Asim no swearing pweze
CO2 be like Wait thatâs illegal
U had 666 likes .. but u got 667 thanks to me :)
Plot twist: the water is a paid actor
Most likely, yes. Itâs sad how everything nowadays is fake and set up.
The water threatened Mike to not breath
That water was air in a water costume
XD
666 likes
Well done!! Super inspiring and excited to see what other talents are ahead for ya! Cheers
just found this channel!! absolutely love it!! dude, keep it up! awesome đ
As a semipro swimmer who drowned using this technique, I would like to bring the single most important message of this video to your kind attention 11:00 Never do it alone. Seriously, I have spent 4 days in coma even though the stranger saving my life was just couple meters away.
Ye know when u r in a coma u look like u are sleeping and canât move
@@CloroxBleach-mc2vs bruh He obvoisly was in Coma and now isnt
Oh damn
You good now??
But youâre still in a coma?
The world record holder could see all the video in almost one breath
probably not. watching a video and be as relaxed as he needs to be to hold that long seems very diffcult even for the record holder.
r/woooooosh
Wes Raevens I donât get the joke
Malkz heâs thereâs no hope for you sorry
Thats creative!
These days Iâm learning Freedive your video is very motivated. Thank you.
Never doubted your character, was with u all the way. Loved this Thanku
Who was randomly holding their breath through the video?
AlexTheFatCow yeah l0l
AlexTheFatCow I always do that, im kinda slow lmao
Me hahaha
Fax
me
Lol. 4 minutes. My family has been laying down in the living room holding their breaths for about 1 week now.
Aye, let them chill
Is it still technically a living room tho
Who's gonna tell em'..
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@@monkey3553 GOOD ONE LOL
*Holup*
fricking awesome ! good job lad
i just completed this challenge as well! thank you for the inspiration
I just watched a 15 minute video of this guy breathing
Yes actually yes
Silas Morton well yes but actually no
No you watched a video of him attempting to not breathe.
Carlos Ruiz Well kinda but actually maybe
You watched a video of him not breathing
Have you ever considered trying to learn how to throw a needle through a glass pane? I feel like that would be a really cool idea for you to learn how to do, itâs an ancient Chinese technique that is said to take years to learn and it would be really cool if you could try and learn it quickly
i saw i video that the needle dose not actually go through. It chips the glass on the other side of the pane and when it flies out it pops a balloon.
Whatever the skill actually is. If he could recreate whatever they do
czcams.com/video/aRdJ0T-vEno/video.html
This
It involves a lifetime of meditation as they say
I discovered this channel today and I already love it.
Amazing! Big congratulations đ
I like how he not only shows his achievements but he also shows his lows where heâs contemplating continuing. It shows that everyone runs into problems and failure and those who choose to continue will reach their goals.
Yeah! This really makes Mike feel more down to earth. If it were easy, everyone would do it! :)
Next: break glass with your own voice underwater while holding your breath
This is day 1, hour 0.
this comment is underrated
*Hol up*
Edward A 999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999889999999999899999999999999999989999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999899999999999999999999999
This is day 334555437281283 hour 737384747362646466564738389201019192983737464646646556
Proud of the 420th like
Great job! Thanks for sharing!
You're an absolute legend Mike!
His phone is cracked, this guy truly is average
apple Ï lol my phone is clean
i feel like if you have a cracked phone it literally isnât possible for you to crack ur phone again
Lol he said "average" in the video at the same time I read it in your comment lmao
He spent over 2 weeks training too
Mr Beast: First to breathe wins $100,000
Chandler: *Does this*
He'd try and breathe after 20 seconds lmao
First to breathe or last to breathe?
Nivesh Proag u didnât get it
@@AdmirGjokaj Ah...care to explain?
Nivesh Proag cause chandler always loses,I mean he acts like it
Hi Mike. I like your achievement. I can see that you was not using technique of âpacking airâ. I was surprised that professional diver didnât tell you about that one. With that technique you could easily hold your breath for over 5 min. Great video.
Rad brotha:) keep it up! I find singing a song in my head, helps a lot. Distracting myself from what Iâm doing.
Job interviewer: what skills do u have??
Him: yes
r/inclusiveor
Learn to write with your left hand!!!!
That's so easy
If you're right-handed then it's not.
He's a lefty hahahaha
Hell ya
@@Badinjava i can write with both (better with right tho)
Awesome. I grew up going to my grandparents' lake house every summer and I miss swimming so much. No clue why I never timed our breaths back then but I'd like to try to see if I can beat 4 minutes as well.
Thank you very much!! Really helpful for a beginner in freediving who thought it was impossible to reach 2 minutes underwater! :)
This guy is literally evolving.
Legend
What's next? Learn how to fly? đ
I held my breath throughout the whole video. Im a seal now
Save the seals
I don't know why but I love to come back to this video, it's such a great video you made
Echt gaaf dit! Ga zo door mike!
Instructions unclear: became aquaman
your name is jason after all
KEKEKEKEKEKEK
Becomes demon hunter
*wheeze*
Even better
Soon you gonna learn how to fly ???
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True
kelele30 probably in 15 days or less đ
*wips out the bag of weed* ;) he sure will
Vitor A. Camargo in 4 minutes đ
Wow! This is going to be interesting testing out!
Edit: Itâs almost two weeks later and my record is currently 3:15 on land, interested to see what it would be wet
Any update over a year later lol
@@volt734 RIP to our bro Ludwig
Thank you for reminding me I need to practice this
i never really thought about holding my breath underwater, i played water polo for 6 years in a very competitive area, and its a normal thing to be kicked and dragged under water with no warning, i tested how long i could just hold my breath underwater, i found i could naturally and comfortably hold my breath for close to 3 minutes before i even get the urge to breath anymore, bodies are awesome man.
I just can 1:48
I thought I sucked at holding my breath as when racing I couldn't even hd my breath for 50m. Completely forgot about the exercise element and the fact I'm actually swimming. Just did a 3:03, who would have guessed that swimming is tiring
I can only do 20 seconds :|
@Justin Leonhard i dont smoke,
And also i practiced a bit and now i can hold up to 1 minute
@@balls1401 ayo
So glad i found this channel, everything you make is so well put together and unique
Kawber aye
Iâve never seen a more fitting sponsorship than Mike Boyd and SkillShare
That's incredible! I will be doing this
I held my breath while writing this comme
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I held my breath while writing this reply
so am i right now
I held my breath while writing this comment. I'm really not trying to show off, but I always manage to win breath holding competitions. My friends and I do it at the pool and the don't know how to relax properly. You've gotta close your eyes and chill. Time to breath now
@@chasecole4841 Alright I except the hallenge. I held y breath while writing this comment. Ahh this is realllly uncomfortable omg. I am so bad at holding my breath waht AHH this hurts how much longer. OK just trying to relax ahhhh this hurts so bad 10 nine 8 seven six five for three too one time to breath now
Mike Boyd: does all these AWESOME stuff
Me: canât even tie a balloon
Mike probably can't tie a balloon either it's so hard
Not really
Iâve done it before it was luck tho
Bro itâs really easy just get a rubber band and wrap it around the balloon so you can reuse it
Youâre not alone
I just saw your intro for the first time and just subscribed instantly :0
Edit: love the idea of your channel now after watching
Currently learning how to do this. My record now is 40 seconds. That's alot better than the 10 seconds I could do early on.
I can now do 1:20
how the hell could you not do 10
Stop... fucking... vaping...
update?
@@kaydenlewis9246lol
Instructions unclear; i am now a part-time dolphine
Same
Do you mean dolphin?
@@igapaterska3544 hard to type correctly with flippers thingy.
Don't look up dolphin humanoids.
Where's the montage at the end of the video where you go about holding your breath for 4 minutes at a time in various locations and situations?!
Its in the description.
@@Ksten690 that is not a montage and it was as a joke
@@Ksten690 r/wooosh
@@gustavbruunkjr5123 >r/woooosh
FTFY
I love your channel. Does this improve lung strengh? The red capillaries that carry blood. I wonder if holding your breath like this would transition into your jogging? Does this strengthen lungs?
No
if anyone is interested, the current longest breath hold is 24 *(T W E N T Y F O U R)* freaking chicken nugget minutes :|
lmao what đ
17 actually. David Blaine inhaled oxygen only from a tank (not the battle one).
@@presli481 I believe its 24, it was very recently uploaded on the official YT channel of guinness world record. done under water.
still, if I am missing something please do let me know â€ïž
@@ahumanbeing Im not sure if that man inhaled pure oxygen, but be probably did as even if you're trained very well I don't believe you can spend that long underwater with your brain cells not dying. Also most air tanks have a higher percentage of oxygen for holding your breath longer. đ
@@presli481 wow!!! I didn't know that! thank you mate! :D
*How I learned to hold my breath for 4 minutes in the last 4 minutes of my life*
Lol.
But ain't it interesting how people "can't" die by holding their breath?
@@vinifalleroliveira good one
love how many people are commenting over their little brothers having fun, so wholesome
Well done!!!
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I like to do this thing where I hold my breath in movies when they do it
Nemo was so hard
So original
@@biakthapar8837 definitely
I was practicing to hold my breath while reading comments; then came across this, I bursted out laughing đ
Flare _ same itâs weird
Omg same!! I always do that lol
Goes under water, 20 seconds later come back up thinking Iâve broke the record
Good job brother!!! đ
I recommend using the wim hof hethod, it is good for controlling breathing and also helps relax.
Mike... once and for all, you are not average
whY aRe YoU rUnNinG Why are you running?
Wienerli I donât want to get caught
But he is average. I Mean i respct him and evrything but clearly he is not master in anything he is not bad in anything he tries to do so that place him around average.
siemniak I guess yea.. but he can do way more skills than the average person
That first reply confused me because I didn't see your name at first.
Keep up the good work Mike, in my opinion you must still try and acomplish the backflip. Amazing content đ stay tunes for my next oneđđ
Video needs to come with a massive warning label. Many people have died using this technique. It is not for the average person and please ALWAYS have a support partner
I was so stoked seeing you get the 4 mins!! so so good!! Now my turn!