Discovery News: Extreme breath-holding not recommended, says biophysicist

Release Date: February 17, 2010 This content is archived.

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An article in Discovery News about "extreme breath-holding," and a Swiss freediver who held his breath underwater for a record-breaking 19 minutes and 21 seconds, quotes Claes Lundgren, SUNY Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Physiology and Biophysics, who said extreme breath-holding requires certain tricks and is "not recommendable at all."

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