Dear MEL Topic
Readers,
William
Trubridge: Freediver sets new world record
How long can
you hold your breath under water? Thirty seconds or a minute? Interestingly, you
could hold your breath around two minutes if you’re healthy. Surprisingly, the
world record is ten times as long as the average, staggering 20 minutes.
Then how deep
can you dive without a tank of air or fins? It poses a tremendous challenge and
risk as once you dive into water, you need to swim up to the surface. It’s a roundtrip,
which means you need to have not only big and flexible lungs but also skills
and mental management how deep you want to go and return safely.
How to prepare
to break a world record? William Trubridge of New Zealand, who broke his own
world record again at 122 meters deep in the water again, says he trains as
many as 15 times a week, does physical exercises to develop flexibility of his
lungs and practices yoga for both physical and mental training.
Enjoy reading
this story about this amazing freediver and his challenges.
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