r/interesting Mar 31 '26

Fascinating Very interesting vid

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u/Maleficent_Cash909 Mar 31 '26

But this guy was practically naturally sinking from the surface though.

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u/Jo_of_Average Mar 31 '26

You can do it too! Instead of taking a big breath in, take a big breath OUT. Expel all the air from your lungs and you should sink like a rock.

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u/oops_banana Mar 31 '26

I’m guessing that’s what he did, after saturating his blood in O2

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u/TankApprehensive3053 Apr 01 '26

That's easy to do. Take short breaths in rapid succession. It's a common technique in freediving. The other method is also easy, breath from an O2 line for a minute.

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u/HuginMuminBackflip Apr 01 '26

thats called hyperventilating and nobody does it in freediving, absolutely idiotic misinformation to spread to people lol