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Title: DAVID BLAINE JUST BROKE A WORLD RECORD
Post by: JediKnight on April 30, 2008, 03:46:29 PM
He stayed under water on the Oprah Winfrey show for 17 minutes 4 seconds. The old record was 16:32.
Title: Re: DAVID BLAINE JUST BROKE A WORLD RECORD
Post by: JediKnight on April 30, 2008, 03:49:53 PM
LOL
Title: Re: DAVID BLAINE JUST BROKE A WORLD RECORD
Post by: JasonH on April 30, 2008, 03:50:48 PM
He stayed under water on the Oprah Winfrey show for 17 minutes 4 seconds. The old record was 16:32.

Heard about this. When Oprah asked him what he was thinking about while holding his breath, he replied he was thinking about her. What a bullshitter. Still, impressive though to hold your breath for over 17 minutes.
Title: Re: DAVID BLAINE JUST BROKE A WORLD RECORD
Post by: Boost on April 30, 2008, 03:51:04 PM
just another skinny bitch, who cares.

He did a stunt where he fasted for like 40 days, lost a tonnnne of weight, his metabolism was screwed. I saw some footage of a few months later and he literally looked like he had gained 100lb. he looked massive, alot was fat but it looked like he gained a lot of muscle. Now he is back to being slim
Title: Re: DAVID BLAINE JUST BROKE A WORLD RECORD
Post by: dr.chimps on April 30, 2008, 03:56:15 PM
Hehe. I think this was the toolbox that suspended himself near the Thames in a plastic box and the locals came by with their pitching wedges and golf balls. Would like to have seen that. 
Title: Re: DAVID BLAINE JUST BROKE A WORLD RECORD
Post by: Dorian01 on April 30, 2008, 04:26:34 PM
He said while doing the public fasting people would yell his name, get his attention, then tell him stuff like "go fuck yourself!" Then he'd be bothered all day by it.
Title: Re: DAVID BLAINE JUST BROKE A WORLD RECORD
Post by: Ron on April 30, 2008, 04:35:20 PM

And you think it was all legit. He is an illussionist, a magician, and a very good one at that too.
Title: Re: DAVID BLAINE JUST BROKE A WORLD RECORD
Post by: JediKnight on April 30, 2008, 04:58:29 PM
And you think it was all legit. He is an illussionist, a magician, and a very good one at that too.


Considering he got awarded from the GUINNESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS, yes I do. Hey don't change my subject title.
Title: Re: David Blaine - Underwater for 17 minutes - world record
Post by: YoungBlood on April 30, 2008, 05:25:37 PM
And you think it was all legit. He is an illussionist, a magician, and a very good one at that too.


So do you think he was able to sneak out the bottom of the pool and grab a breath of fresh air without anyone noticing? All world record judges had a lapse in concentration?
Maybe he had a giant oxygen tank strapped to his back!!! The judges just didn't mention this detail?
Illusion is about misdirection...making you focus on something and while your attention is diverted something else is going on. For instance, when a card trick is being done, the magician says "concentrate really hard, and make sure to clamp down on this card here. You sure you have a good grip?" Meanwhile, as the right hand is holding the card that you are, his left hand is setting up a pinky break so when he switches cards, the double lift he uses is nearly impossible to spot. With time and experience, a good card handler will boggle your mind.
So, being an illusionist, how would David Blaine go about misdirecting judges attention to break a world record of holding his breath.....for 17min at that?
Title: Re: David Blaine - Underwater for 17 minutes - world record
Post by: OneMoreRep on April 30, 2008, 05:43:02 PM
So do you think he was able to sneak out the bottom of the pool and grab a breath of fresh air without anyone noticing? All world record judges had a lapse in concentration?
Maybe he had a giant oxygen tank strapped to his back!!! The judges just didn't mention this detail?
Illusion is about misdirection...making you focus on something and while your attention is diverted something else is going on. For instance, when a card trick is being done, the magician says "concentrate really hard, and make sure to clamp down on this card here. You sure you have a good grip?" Meanwhile, as the right hand is holding the card that you are, his left hand is setting up a pinky break so when he switches cards, the double lift he uses is nearly impossible to spot. With time and experience, a good card handler will boggle your mind.
So, being an illusionist, how would David Blaine go about misdirecting judges attention to break a world record of holding his breath.....for 17min at that?

Are you calling Ron a fucking liar?
Title: Re: DAVID BLAINE JUST BROKE A WORLD RECORD
Post by: YoungBlood on April 30, 2008, 05:45:06 PM
Are you calling Ron a fucking liar?

Not a liar. Comes across as being more delusional than anything, in trying to keep the peace. 
Title: Re: DAVID BLAINE JUST BROKE A WORLD RECORD
Post by: OneMoreRep on April 30, 2008, 05:45:42 PM
Not a liar. Comes across as being more delusional than anything, in trying to keep the peace. 

That's true.
Title: Re: DAVID BLAINE JUST BROKE A WORLD RECORD
Post by: turner98 on April 30, 2008, 05:50:37 PM
just another skinny bitch, who cares.

Come on lighten up!  ;D I don't think David Blaine gets paid to be 276lb at 13% body fat
Title: Re: DAVID BLAINE JUST BROKE A WORLD RECORD
Post by: The Ugly on April 30, 2008, 08:42:57 PM
Now I'm gonna live atop a Giant Redwood for 14 years, where I won't eat, poo, or tickle my wiener. Check it out!

Whatever happened to sawed-up chicks and makin' shit disappear?
Title: Re: DAVID BLAINE JUST BROKE A WORLD RECORD
Post by: jtsunami on April 30, 2008, 08:54:48 PM
The longest a human being can go without oxygen is like 5 minutes, and that is the best of the best, 17 minutes is laughable and that anybody believes this is even worse :|
Title: Re: DAVID BLAINE JUST BROKE A WORLD RECORD
Post by: Disgusted on April 30, 2008, 09:11:09 PM
The 'trick' is to hyperventilate before going under water. They all do that so it's no secret.
Title: Re: DAVID BLAINE JUST BROKE A WORLD RECORD
Post by: Lamplighterx on April 30, 2008, 09:14:57 PM
this is a bodybuilding message board

please stop cluttering it with other stuff

Thanks in advance
Title: Re: DAVID BLAINE JUST BROKE A WORLD RECORD
Post by: Obvious Gimmick on April 30, 2008, 09:16:01 PM
who fucking cares, i hope he dies
Title: Re: DAVID BLAINE JUST BROKE A WORLD RECORD
Post by: Disgusted on April 30, 2008, 09:21:08 PM
who fucking cares, i hope he dies

Damn bro, Who pissed in your cheerios this morning?  ???
Title: Re: DAVID BLAINE JUST BROKE A WORLD RECORD
Post by: TooPowerful4u on April 30, 2008, 09:22:12 PM
The 'trick' is to hyperventilate before going under water. They all do that so it's no secret.

HOLY SHT you were right!  Just tried it.  Got a little dizzy hyperventilating.  Is that normal?  I just did 2 minutes without a problem wtf...when we were kids we used to try to see how long we could go under water and my best was 50 seconds.  OMG im using this trick on my brother tomorrow haha......

how do you go about improving?  practice?  what happens when you start to get dizzy hyperventilating?
Title: Re: DAVID BLAINE JUST BROKE A WORLD RECORD
Post by: Disgusted on April 30, 2008, 09:24:29 PM
HOLY SHT you were right!  Just tried it.  Got a little dizzy hyperventilating.  Is that normal?  I just did 2 minutes without a problem wtf...when we were kids we used to try to see how long we could go under water and my best was 50 seconds.  OMG im using this trick on my brother tomorrow haha......

how do you go about improving?  practice?  what happens when you start to get dizzy hyperventilating?

When I was younger me and my cousin would take turns seeing who could hold their breath the longest. I noticed that each time we tried we could hold out breath longer. We didn't realize it then but with each turn we took we were getting more oxygen in our blood stream, hence being able to hold our breath longer.
Title: Re: DAVID BLAINE JUST BROKE A WORLD RECORD
Post by: Obvious Gimmick on April 30, 2008, 09:35:00 PM
Damn bro, Who pissed in your cheerios this morning?  ???

David Blaine!
Title: Re: DAVID BLAINE JUST BROKE A WORLD RECORD
Post by: dzulboy on April 30, 2008, 09:47:58 PM
He did a stunt where he fasted for like 40 days, lost a tonnnne of weight, his metabolism was screwed. I saw some footage of a few months later and he literally looked like he had gained 100lb. he looked massive, alot was fat but it looked like he gained a lot of muscle. Now he is back to being slim

samething happens to heroin users when the get out of rehab  seen it happen twice
Title: Re: DAVID BLAINE JUST BROKE A WORLD RECORD
Post by: Special Ed on April 30, 2008, 10:55:14 PM
Much like in powerlifting with "Inzer-assisted" and "unassisted" standards, there are also two standards for holding one's breath.

The world record for "unassisted" breath-holding is around 7-8 minutes, which is pretty fucking amazing.

David Blaine's record was "assisted" in that he breathes pure oxygen from a machine for a few minutes prior to going for the record. That oxygenates his blood and allows one to practically double one's ability to hold their breath. The prior record was a little more than 16 minutes.

Why Guiness acknowledges a "world record" that uses a machine to complete is a little bizarre. Maybe David Blaine made a contribution to the Guiness Non-Profit Foundation.
Title: Re: DAVID BLAINE JUST BROKE A WORLD RECORD
Post by: Alex23 on April 30, 2008, 11:25:45 PM
Much like in powerlifting with "Inzer-assisted" and "unassisted" standards, there are also two standards for holding one's breath.

The world record for "unassisted" breath-holding is around 7-8 minutes, which is pretty fucking amazing.

David Blaine's record was "assisted" in that he breathes pure oxygen from a machine for a few minutes prior to going for the record. That oxygenates his blood and allows one to practically double one's ability to hold their breath. The prior record was a little more than 16 minutes.

Why Guiness acknowledges a "world record" that uses a machine to complete is a little bizarre. Maybe David Blaine made a contribution to the Guiness Non-Profit Foundation.

Brutal 'running downstairs breathless for Oreos'  type of jewlousy....  ;D


















;D
Title: Re: DAVID BLAINE JUST BROKE A WORLD RECORD
Post by: chris-a on April 30, 2008, 11:43:06 PM
Hehe. I think this was the toolbox that suspended himself near the Thames in a plastic box and the locals came by with their pitching wedges and golf balls. Would like to have seen that. 


that's true, and people would wander by friday/saturday night, drunk, waving the post-beer burgers they were stuffing in their faces whilst he looked on starving ;D
Title: Re: DAVID BLAINE JUST BROKE A WORLD RECORD
Post by: arce377 on April 30, 2008, 11:56:31 PM
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Title: Re: DAVID BLAINE JUST BROKE A WORLD RECORD
Post by: phyxsius on May 01, 2008, 12:19:01 AM
Heard about this. When Oprah asked him what he was thinking about while holding his breath, he replied he was thinking about her. What a bullshitter. Still, impressive though to hold your breath for over 17 minutes.

maybe all he wants just a billionaire's pussy
Title: Re: DAVID BLAINE JUST BROKE A WORLD RECORD
Post by: Ron on May 01, 2008, 12:59:46 AM
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So, being an illusionist, how would David Blaine go about misdirecting judges attention to break a world record of holding his breath.....for 17min at that?

Once again, there are ways... as I have heard from others.  Pure oxygen, slowing breathing and metabolism, or gasp, another way you have not heard about! It sounds great, but this is David Blaine, the illusionist.
Title: Re: DAVID BLAINE JUST BROKE A WORLD RECORD
Post by: Dballn247 on May 01, 2008, 01:01:44 AM
Once again, there are ways... as I have heard from others.  Pure oxygen, slowing breathing and metabolism, or gasp, another way you have not heard about! It sounds great, but this is David Blaine, the illusionist.

Epic Truth, Next he'll be down there for half an hour. ::)
Title: Re: DAVID BLAINE JUST BROKE A WORLD RECORD
Post by: Matt C on May 01, 2008, 01:04:16 AM
Once again, there are ways... as I have heard from others.  Pure oxygen, slowing breathing and metabolism, or gasp, another way you have not heard about! It sounds great, but this is David Blaine, the illusionist.

Yes, but it wasn't an illusion, just heavily assisted.  Like Special Ed said, it's kind of the equivalent of benching with a multi-ply Inzer bench shirt.
Title: Re: DAVID BLAINE JUST BROKE A WORLD RECORD
Post by: Dballn247 on May 01, 2008, 01:07:02 AM
Yes, but it wasn't an illusion, just heavily assisted.  Like Special Ed said, it's kind of the equivalent of benching with a multi-ply Inzer bench shirt.

Deception is the key to what they do, they keep you wondering.  It appears he has succeeded. 
Title: Re: DAVID BLAINE JUST BROKE A WORLD RECORD
Post by: Cleanest Natural on May 01, 2008, 01:46:21 AM
Special Ed is on the money....that's exactly the  " secret " if u will. You have to pump as much oxygen in the bloodstream as possible.
Title: Re: DAVID BLAINE JUST BROKE A WORLD RECORD
Post by: Thealmightyronald on May 01, 2008, 09:15:23 AM
Living in isolation for 40 days in front of a crowd isn't impressive... it's fucking pathetic. Epic attention seeking behavior.
Title: Re: DAVID BLAINE JUST BROKE A WORLD RECORD
Post by: JOCKTHEGLIDE on May 01, 2008, 09:18:36 AM
ALL DRUGS.....
Title: Re: DAVID BLAINE JUST BROKE A WORLD RECORD
Post by: XFACTOR on May 01, 2008, 09:44:59 AM
samething happens to heroin users when the get out of rehab  seen it happen twice

Were you able to cut afterwards?
Title: Re: DAVID BLAINE JUST BROKE A WORLD RECORD
Post by: ToxicAvenger on May 01, 2008, 03:22:39 PM
The 'trick' is to hyperventilate before going under water. They all do that so it's no secret.

you mean breath in pure oxygen and take EPO to build up the hematocrit months in advance
Title: Re: DAVID BLAINE JUST BROKE A WORLD RECORD
Post by: Dballn247 on May 01, 2008, 03:48:11 PM
Anyone that believes this has to believe in Santa Clause.  He is creating an illusion it to keep the crowd wondering how you've done it.  It was well planned out.  Apparently this board has bought it.  PPl have made the statue of liberty disappear, last time I checked it's still there.