The 4-Hour Body - An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat-Loss, Incredible Sex, and Becoming Superhuman - Timothy Ferriss
It
failed. All of his attempts failed. Then it occurred to him that he could simply bite the bullet
and take the craziest approach of all: actually holding his breath.
Traveling from Navy SEAL training to the tropics, he gured it out. Then, for four months,
David held the Guinness world record for oxygen-assisted static apnea (holding your breath after
breathing pure oxygen): 17 minutes and 4.4 seconds.
His record was surpassed by Tom Sietas on September 19, 2008, but this wasn't surprising.
Tom is a professional free diver and built for it. David was an anomaly, a product of pure
conditioning.
This is why, when I bumped into him at the medical conference TEDMED, I begged him to
train me. See, I am also an anomaly. When I was born premature, my left lung collapsed. I
couldn't remember the last time I'd held my breath for more than one minute.
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