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Human Zoo Counter-Measures & Breaking Breath-Hold Records with Erwan Le Corre

Curious Humans with Jonny Miller

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How I Discovered Breath Holding and Apnea

When in his mid-30s I trained triathlon, long distance triathlon, I would often finish the swim sessions by doing 25 meters or more underwater until I was told to not do that because it was a liability. And then I got interested, I got into spear fishing. When I stopped training triathlon,. I had an intuitive interest in breath holding and I did it all the wrong way - which means I would try to do a maximum breath hold every day. But I would just discover intuitively that if I was to hyperventilate, it would help me hold my breath a little longer. So that's one too.

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