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Freediving, Breathholding, Iceman Wim Hof, Tom Cruise's Mission Impossible Training, How To Use Static Apnea Tables & More!

Boundless Life

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Is There a Risk of Breath Holding in the Water?

Tim Ferriss: A lot of people now are experimenting with breath holding underwater. I heard about one fellow who recently blacked out and nearly died doing this. What's going on physiologically that causes the actual blackout? We've definitely seen through studies that elite freediver holding the breath will compress that spleen, just because it'll actually push red blood cells in our body.

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