What is Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM)? Complementary and alternative cancer treatments are often lumped together. But to a cancer specialist, there is a big difference.
Harry Houdini was renowned for his ability to hold his breath for three and a half minutes in the early 20 th century. Five years ago, his fellow illusionist David Blaine broke the world record for breath-holding with a total of 17 minutes and 4 seconds.acques Mayol may be the best empirical evidence for the advantages of breath-hold training. The Frenchman was the first freediver to reach 60 meters (197 feet), in 1966. Seventeen years later, at the age of 56, Mayol broke his own personal best by diving to 105 meters (344 feet).
The current record for pure breath-holding is 22 minutes, set by Stig Severinson in May of last year. And you probably remember David Blaine sitting in a bubble for 17 minutes 4 seconds. That is far longer than the 30 or 40 seconds most of us can hold for, to a really phenomenal degree.yclist Miguel Indurain has massive lungs for a non-diver (8 liters), and they were reportedly large enough to displace his stomach, which gave him a trademark paunch. Chances are you won't need to hold your breath for 20 minutes in your lifetime, or even 5 minutes.