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  • @huyked
    @huyked 8 років тому +29

    0:23 I didn't think I would ever see the day. *Thanks BBC!* :)

  • @eleanor593
    @eleanor593 Рік тому +2

    I was SO Surprised when Maddie got pushed into the water

  • @JacintaColvin
    @JacintaColvin 9 років тому +10

    For the people suggesting hyperventilating. DO NOT EVER DO THIS IN THE WATER! You'll predispose yourself to a black out and death. Instead take a course in freediving. Learn how to hold your breath for a number of minutes underwater more safely.

  • @hueykruthas5005
    @hueykruthas5005 11 років тому +5

    There's a lot of neat tricks to help with holding your breath for a long time.
    1. Practice controlling your heart rate. It's possible to mentally slow your heart rate, but it takes practice.
    2. Before attempting to hold your breath, hyperventilate for a bit. This helps to oxygenate your blood to higher than normal levels.
    3. Immediately before holding your breath do a full exhale. The ridiculous kind where you can't possibly exhale any more, then do a massive inhale.
    4. While holding your breath, do not move any muscles. Attempt to relax as much as possible and start trying to lower your heart rate the best you can (basically by relaxing).
    Do those 4 things and you will be shocked how long you can hold your breath as opposed to simply inhaling and holding it.

  • @JayLikesLasers
    @JayLikesLasers 11 років тому +1

    An awesomly enthusiastic presenter and an interesting topic, subscribed!

  • @jasperpaguio2320
    @jasperpaguio2320 8 років тому +3

    I was shocked and laughed when she got pushed in the pool lol

  • @MisuOfArabonaClan
    @MisuOfArabonaClan 10 років тому +6

    clicked immediately without thinking

  • @viksinha5410
    @viksinha5410 10 місяців тому

    0:22 Imagination becomes reality 😍😍😍

  • @coconutjoy
    @coconutjoy 11 років тому +2

    4:34, she held my breadth for the length of the video, I win!

  • @TheNerdReport
    @TheNerdReport 11 років тому +1

    2 minutes and 26 seconds for the win! But I still think that Producer Simon's was more impressive. He did his while on camera. (Meaning that he was probably battling an elevated heart rate.)
    Great show guys!

  • @Gozurtju
    @Gozurtju 11 років тому +6

    Finally the bikini we asked for! Made my day!

  • @aaronquincy364
    @aaronquincy364 7 років тому +1

    I usually completely empty my lungs when i try to "hold my breath".

  • @Mira_Dunia
    @Mira_Dunia 10 років тому +1

    He's a soundman! All *he* needs is good hearing! :D

  • @fritowarrior
    @fritowarrior 11 років тому +2

    Give her all the money for this! xD In all seriousness, thanks for what you guys do I love these videos :], hope you guys get more and more viewers! She is drop dead gorgeous :3 Also, I cant hold my breath for like more than 15 seconds xD but my lungs suck, Asthma ftw! :'p

  • @reubenswims4886
    @reubenswims4886 3 роки тому +1

    3 minutes and 30 seconds underwater was my personal best after three attempts. Ended up with slight temporary numbness on the limbs.

  • @thesecondkate
    @thesecondkate 11 років тому +1

    They must've had so much fun filming this episode :)))

  • @Lucyj337
    @Lucyj337 11 років тому

    I love this channel! I held it for 01:12

  • @3vi14n931
    @3vi14n931 11 років тому

    This channel is criminally under watched.

  • @ChildrenOfBodom466
    @ChildrenOfBodom466 11 років тому +2

    2 minutes and 25 seconds :p never thought i could hold my breath for that long, certainly not given the fact i've got asthma :)

  • @epicSOUPpr
    @epicSOUPpr 11 років тому +1

    Maddie's so dang lovely.

  • @maximusasauluk7359
    @maximusasauluk7359 6 років тому +1

    How long do you have to be holding your breat and touching cold water until the dive reflex quick in? Love you videos!

  • @jmsm1930
    @jmsm1930 11 років тому +1

    I subscribed just for Maddie..

  • @MazzMasserati
    @MazzMasserati 11 років тому +3

    I love Maddie, smart, sweet and so darn CUTEeeee

  • @Gashnaw
    @Gashnaw 11 років тому

    while i didn't really try to hold my breath, my record is around 5 minutes. Basically to achieve this i spent a minute taking large breaths, holding it for a few seconds and then slowly exhaling. In increases your lung capacity and lower your heartrate a bit. Second was to not move around. If you do, If you do you use energy, and energy requires oxygen. So just those two factors can actually let you hold your breath much longer than normal.

  • @montoyag76
    @montoyag76 11 років тому

    I heart you Maddie

  • @lequebecois2
    @lequebecois2 11 років тому +1

    maddie your my favorite.

  • @kabooeybooey
    @kabooeybooey 11 років тому

    Maddie sooo adorable

  • @rincewind128
    @rincewind128 3 роки тому

    I’m sure I recognise this pool. Was it filmed at Thornbury leisure centre?!

  • @benjoe1993
    @benjoe1993 11 років тому +1

    She's funny, smart, and on top of all beautiful.
    Where did the storks drop all these women?

  • @ChildrenOfBodom466
    @ChildrenOfBodom466 11 років тому

    i know my heartrate went up watching this video :p

  • @BurnzyNUFC
    @BurnzyNUFC 8 років тому

    If you train your body with slow deep breathing exercises and hold your breath in intervals you can increase the amount of time you hold you can stay underwater by I think almost half the time.

  • @johannesvahlkvist
    @johannesvahlkvist 8 років тому +5

    2 min. but i did almost pass out too...

  • @francisdudero5022
    @francisdudero5022 11 років тому

    Is it possible for a human to imitate dolphins ability to sleep with half their brain while awake on the other?

  • @TomShootsPhoto
    @TomShootsPhoto 11 років тому

    Amazing, made my day! :D

  • @ArchangelGarrus
    @ArchangelGarrus 11 років тому

    And just when I thought I couldn't love her more....

  • @unvergebeneid
    @unvergebeneid 11 років тому +5

    Why is it that after holding your breath for a long time, slowly _ex_haling already feels like a relief? Is it because the partial pressure of CO2 in your lungs is dropping and so the acidity of your blood decreases?

    • @taylorvila9498
      @taylorvila9498 10 років тому

      I believe the partial pressure of CO2 would be increasing, which would make the blood more acidic.

    • @unvergebeneid
      @unvergebeneid 10 років тому

      Taylor Vila But that would hardly feal like a relief.

  • @jadeprinces
    @jadeprinces 11 років тому

    that is great... on my last dive i was down there for 2:56

  • @alexanderflieger3649
    @alexanderflieger3649 11 років тому

    2 minutes. Secrete not moving and eyes closed. With my eye opened I can't not hold it as long.

  • @Madmonkeydane
    @Madmonkeydane 11 років тому

    They don't bulls are colour blind. It's the movement of the cloth that attracts them

  • @m.j.b.
    @m.j.b. 2 роки тому

    Super gemacht !! Darf mann mit Machen ?

  • @M3g4UBERn00b
    @M3g4UBERn00b 11 років тому

    I can't even hold my breath for 40 seconds, last time I tried

  • @MrCHO500
    @MrCHO500 11 років тому

    Great video

  • @Candoran2
    @Candoran2 11 років тому

    They don't, they hate the moving. They can't see colours. Also, wouldn't you hate the guy that stuck spears in you and stung you?

  • @AmadonFaul
    @AmadonFaul 11 років тому +1

    Once in high school I held my breath over 5 min. I sometimes get this "eternal yawn" where I feel like I need to yawn but can't. First day with a watch I got that while laying on the couch watching TV. Ended up lightheaded from too much oxygen. Decided to time holding my breath. I pinched my nose and cupped my mouth. Kinda forgot I was doing it, looked and was already over 4 min. Made it to like 5:12 or something.. couldn't do that now at 35 and a smoker! Lol

    • @AmadonFaul
      @AmadonFaul 10 років тому

      No, I had my nose pinched and my hand tight against my mouth. I wasn't just mentally not breathing.

    • @vincentsway5565
      @vincentsway5565 10 років тому

      Amadon Faul dogs logic is wrong because the record holder goes into a meditation so he thinks less about breathing probably like you were doing but I'm not really impressed by 5 mins above water because anxiety plays a huge role in how long you can stay underwater just by the presence of being well underwater so if you can learn to slow your heart rate and ultimately spend a lot of time in the water to relax your body like you would on the surface then practically anyone could achieve 5 min plus dives. btw the record holder was 22min underwater....

  • @unvergebeneid
    @unvergebeneid 11 років тому

    And it's not always red. The capote is crimson and yellow.

  • @MattDW45
    @MattDW45 11 років тому

    I could hold my breath for 01:24

  • @unvergebeneid
    @unvergebeneid 11 років тому

    Well, cattle are dichromatic with no cones sensitive to red light, yes.

  • @w0lfpack4
    @w0lfpack4 11 років тому

    I got my grandpa to try, his record is three hours.... And he's still going :D

  • @eleanor593
    @eleanor593 Рік тому +1

    Oh my goodness

  • @Lloydusmarinus
    @Lloydusmarinus 11 років тому

    3 days...................i am dead.

  • @Lorcsss
    @Lorcsss 8 років тому

    there's some fish hunters in Asia that lower their heart rate and can be under water for close to 5 minutes. It's real cool

    • @jasperpaguio2320
      @jasperpaguio2320 8 років тому +2

      they are from my country Philippines.
      the Mangyan tribe.

  • @NanaQ365
    @NanaQ365 11 років тому

    my record was... 2 min and 7 seconds... I was pulled out of the water then... but I could hold on longer than that~

  • @cyberprime956
    @cyberprime956 5 років тому

    “That’s What She Said” 0:13

  • @Capcoor
    @Capcoor 11 років тому

    Simone beat me out by nine seconds.

  • @carlosmp2043
    @carlosmp2043 8 років тому +2

    Your voice sounds so different to how it sounds now lol

  • @slender3234
    @slender3234 10 років тому

    I held my breath for 30 seconds

  • @SuneFyr
    @SuneFyr 11 років тому

    ohh yeah let me just try quickly with my pool just to my right...

  • @Heatherbuch83
    @Heatherbuch83 4 роки тому

    4 mins but i had to drink 3 bottles of water after

  • @Qermaq
    @Qermaq 11 років тому

    This video may be the reason the Internet was invented.

  • @dementedchikenjc
    @dementedchikenjc 11 років тому

    2:40 was my best at a swimming pool

  • @Dhrazor
    @Dhrazor 8 років тому

    I can do 3 minutes+... though at 2 min. my lungs(well chest muscles) start so spasm...

  • @LeXaTrOn28
    @LeXaTrOn28 11 років тому

    .....uhhhhhhhhhhh... Oh yeah what??? Seals??? Yeah..yeah..

  • @fritowarrior
    @fritowarrior 11 років тому

    But you're.. Nevermind that's still a REALLY long time, but really Chuck? Must be tough to fight sharks when you only got 5 minutes and 24 seconds, but you are Chuck Norris. o-o

  • @watermelon3377
    @watermelon3377 11 років тому +1

    I'm s swimmer, so being able to hold my breath is pretty important

  • @Milk0matic
    @Milk0matic 11 років тому

    2 minutes daaaamn, i'm struggling after like 10 lol

  • @chasey218
    @chasey218 11 років тому

    Yea I would

  • @aimannabilredhani2841
    @aimannabilredhani2841 10 років тому

    I was born 8 months in my mother's womb.that means premature right?.also that means i have smaller lungs. That is my disadvantage to holding my breath.

    • @mysteepulcine2510
      @mysteepulcine2510 7 років тому

      aiman nabil redhani premature means underdeveloped lungs. It's quite likely that they eventually fully developed. A pulmonologist cannot tell if you were a preme.

  • @PirexianStalker
    @PirexianStalker 11 років тому

    Gotta move to Australia...

  • @sleepy-sheepy6517
    @sleepy-sheepy6517 9 років тому

    I can hold it for like a minute and a half

  • @alalimah8032
    @alalimah8032 3 роки тому

    I can hold my breath for over a minute inderwater

  • @PoppaChullo929
    @PoppaChullo929 11 років тому

    gotta love the U.K!!

  • @GdayMateReviews
    @GdayMateReviews 11 років тому

    Me, 1:45mins... That's kinda impressive considering I'm 11 and I have small lungs? LOL

  • @OssieWhite
    @OssieWhite 6 років тому

    This is as old as a megalodon but I held my breath for 62seconds

  • @GdayMateReviews
    @GdayMateReviews 11 років тому

    Iiiii think I'm going to feint >.>

  • @PeanutChickenTuna
    @PeanutChickenTuna 11 років тому

    same

  • @TheAmanda371
    @TheAmanda371 11 років тому

    why do bulls hate red?

  • @TobiasDukaiMusic
    @TobiasDukaiMusic 11 років тому

    love the accent. Im german. Im not used to it. ;D

  • @Magicbat91
    @Magicbat91 11 років тому

    2 minutes 16 seconds. I need to relight my cigarette :P

  • @YourPalHDee
    @YourPalHDee 11 років тому

    2 minutes exactly.

  • @milesprower6833
    @milesprower6833 11 років тому +2

    2MIN. 56 SEC.

  • @Spectrum1210TV
    @Spectrum1210TV 11 років тому

    lol

  • @mreurodude1
    @mreurodude1 11 років тому

    My personal record is 3:05

  • @npwong83
    @npwong83 7 років тому

    I can hold my breath for 2min

  • @TirisT1000
    @TirisT1000 11 років тому +1

    science and sex appeal

  • @MarkShaneHansen
    @MarkShaneHansen 8 років тому

    When you all dove under the water and there came up a 4-way split screen with peoples names, I thought you'd time it, so we could compete against you.
    Took me at least 2 hours to realize you weren't timing it for us on UA-cam, so I'm going to stop holding my breath now, because I don't really know when I began the video.

  • @chrisoj
    @chrisoj 11 місяців тому

    God damn

  • @NanaQ365
    @NanaQ365 11 років тому

    7 min?! are you a free diver or some thing?!

  • @ShweeksieOnYouTube
    @ShweeksieOnYouTube 11 років тому

    5 mins 24 secs. It was my 3rd try and they seem to get longer each time I did it.

  • @jonnywilson375
    @jonnywilson375 7 років тому +12

    I had to put my head in a bucket of cold water after seeing Mezzin Maddie in a bikini!!! 😋

  • @damienakarob
    @damienakarob 11 років тому

    2min 51 seconds sitting at my desk.

  • @carysaint7267
    @carysaint7267 7 років тому

    My friend can do over 4 mins dry and has a record of over 5 mins

  • @luiscortes595
    @luiscortes595 11 років тому +1

    I was holding in my oxygen till she got in the bikini.. then she took my breath away

  • @TheMegakiller2000
    @TheMegakiller2000 10 років тому

    12 years im dead :o

  • @username951100
    @username951100 11 років тому

    2 minutes 47 seconds :( thought i could do longer than that

  • @Hvm765
    @Hvm765 11 років тому

    LOL wtf

  • @iregreteverything
    @iregreteverything 11 років тому

    1:05 i think i could of done better if i wasn't asthmatic

  • @Calzour
    @Calzour 10 років тому +1

    i only managed a minute

  • @victoriagallo422
    @victoriagallo422 11 років тому

    What about the whales that could hold there breath for hours.

  • @alexanderflieger3649
    @alexanderflieger3649 11 років тому

    Nvm mind was watching project runway cause of family and got it for 2:02.7 deep breaths.