The Man Who Doesn’t Breathe (Extraordinary Person Documentary) | Real Stories 

I have to wear socks while sleeping under the blanket...

I learned to hold my breath when my boyfriend, later husband, went abalone diving without me! In California you couldn't get abalone, a shell mollusk, using a scuba tank. You had to get them free diving. We lived around 50 miles North of San Francisco CA so we dove all up and down the Northern California coast. And YES there were Great Whites in the area. So little by little I got better, but NEVER as good as he was at holding his breath. The water was cold, not like THIS cold but cold. Usually around 55-57 degrees Fahrenheit which doesn't sound cold but believe me it was. Think of it being 40 degrees lower than normal body temperature. We wore 5mil wetsuits but he would actually unzip the top and slip the abs into the jacket and stay down for another ab. Their shell had to at least 7 inches at it's widest part. So his wetsuit got pretty full, even with one. Many times they were way back under a ledge stuck tight as soon as they felt you touch their shell. The only way to get them was with an abalone iron. A slender piece of metal two inches wide and around 8 inches long with a slight curve. You had to try to slip it under them and pry it off quickly. Sometimes you would try and try to get them unstuck and getting lower and lower on breath but you didn't want to give up. If you had to surface for another breath some times you couldn't find the same spot again because the surge would just take you to a different area even a foot off looks like you're in a totally different place! Underwater everything was very rocky with seaweed and other plant life all over the rocks. The abs shell looked just like another grey-green rock!! I should mention here that unlike the water in this amazing story, the visibility was sometimes only the length of your arm!! Rarely was it over 7-8 feet. It got pretty sketchy pretty fast. You would just NEVER know if a shark or other predator was right on you!!! You could only have three abs per diver per day. I'm a 69 year old woman now and I haven't thought about those times for a long while. Those were fun, cold, scary crazy times but I wouldn't trade any of it for a boring, dry and warm day topside!!! Thank you for letting me relive a great and fun time of my life. I eventually got a scuba tank and dove all over the place, mostly in Hawaii and Mexico. I gotta say breathing was nice, lol I started at age 24 and retired diving in my 50's due to health issues.

"panic is what kills" this wouldn't work out for me.

You can build up a tolerance to cold water just like u can learn to hold ur breath longer & longer. But this guy is taking it to the extreme limits of what's humanly possible. Its really amazing to me that he can hold his breath that long. It just seems like almost a super human level of achievement.

You know as a kid/teenager, haven't done it much since then, I use to sit at the bottom of the pool, not hold my breath for prolonged periods. Enough to scare my mom and siblings. I know it was far longer then the average person. I can't explain it but in my mind and body, i was breathing quite naturally from the inside. I was down for at least a few minutes, no training, except a curiosity to see how long I could stay under. I wish i would have timed it. I just know it was far longer then anyone else in the pool that came and tried. Sitting at the bottom of the pool was as natura; as sitting on the side of the pool. I truly felt i was breathing, never once taking a large breath of air before going under, like most people do. I had forgotten this, i'm 53 now so it was at least 30-40 yrs ago. Holy crap, where has the time gone.

What an inspiration! Not only an incredible athlete but a wonderful human being we can all learn from.

I was cleaning my sink while watching this thinking, “Damn, this water is cold!” Never mind. 😂

Stig's story is fascinating, but to be honest I could have watched several hours of looking around under that lake. It was stunning down there. When I was growing up we lived near a creek I would swim in, I thought nothing of going swimming even in mid winter. Granted, I live in Texas so our winters are rather mild and the creek never froze over, but there plenty of times I'd swim when there was ice along the bank. It wasn't until I got older and heard other people say it was too cold to swim that it became uncomfortable, and suddenly I couldn't get in the water in the winter. I imagine we are all capable of much more than we allow if only we believed we could. Mind over matter.

Hold his breath for 20 minutes??? Sheesh, I can’t even sit still for 20 minutes! Are they sure this guy isn’t a hybrid cross with a marine mammal😊

Wow the difference in drowning and having the will not to breath. Amazing! I like what he said about where his mind goes when he dives. Amazing. If he had started free diving training at adolesence his records would have been higher. For example, trained by a profession.

Beyond human comprehension in my book. People like this defy the laws of science. I'm speechless. Thank you for this video.

He's swimming down to find his mother ship. I had to use my inhaler twice just watching this

I don't practice extreme sports, but I can relate to the trance-like state of Being. I enter a trance like state of just being, when communicating with wild animals. They react to and interact with energy in a way that we must approach if we are to fully interact with them. People who do remote viewing also use these states. I wonder if he has a telepathic interaction with his brother. I wouldn't be surprised.

The method of putting your face in cold water really does work. I've learned a lot through DBT, practicing mindfulness etc. I use the cold water a lot, it brings the heart rate down quickly.. like in a fight or flight situation, panic attacks etc and breathing exercises.

Stig is amazing so inspiring, even though you didn't beat your 22min record it was still set it officially as one of the best times ever and you made another 2 records in Greenland. Such a great success story.

What a cool documentary. I held my breath for 2 minutes and 15 seconds one time. Can't imagine 16 let alone 20 mins. Nice job bro

Wow! What an extraordinary guy! Fascinating documentary. 👍🏻

He can hold his breath for a long time but he DOES have to breathe eventually as we all do. The title is a bit clickbaity, but the video is still great.

I just can’t believe how you do it!!! I’ve watched you several times and it’s never boring. What a super hero you are.❤

His grandchildren will already start developing gills .

Well this is bold. However if you keep pushing your limits you only end up dead. On the bright side; he won't have to worry about getting too old to do anything.

My personal record is 2 and a quarter lengths of an Olympic swimming pool 112m but not at these temperatures. Like Stig I can reduce my heart rate while I once did in A&E when the nurses were trying to staunch blood from a very deep laceration I got on my hand so I dropped my heart rate, but too much as I passed out. This is very impressive. The cold really affects oxygen usage.

Surreal! Quite Amazing..

Very famous here in Denmark

This is just crazy that he trained himself to do that ! Amazing 👍 🇨🇦 ✌️

Congratulations my friend. Record breaker....

This dude is incredible. He makes me so proud to be married t one of the few other Danish people on the planet

real life aqua man

SUCH WORK, VERY COURAGEOUS!

What an incredible, amazing story.

Nothing to see here. The guy can breathe perfectly fine!

He's amazing and wow dreamy😍. My father was from Denmark. Very cool to see this incredible feat by a Dane. Hope everyone is well 🙏💞 from Texas

That's amazing Steve 👏 You truly are superhuman . Wow !! 👌

Amazing!!!

It raises my mood to witness such a winner. ✊😃

In-cre-dible!!! Wow 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

This is fantastic

Just started this so maybe they say, but I learned they often die because they've trained past the bodies normal reactions to alert you to get air. So they don't go through that stage at all and just die. Or black out as they said here and die. But they don't know it's coming.

Amazing the man is a machine WOW is all I can say to hold is breath for so long especially in freezing water 💯👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

This means your here for a real reason God has a plan for your life.u give me Hope . we're not in total control and no one knows what tomorrow holds. GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY..THANK YOU AND THANK GOD...

Amazing

Awemazing!

Well that title is difficult to believe lol

16 mins is incredinle after breaking world records in freezing and claustrophobic waters. It's a great practice, im sure he will do it second time but he has already won all records in my eyes! :)

the amazing thing about his dive is he sucks in every bit last of air before submerging into water so that gives him the edge that he needs alongside his condition mind and body to pull of such amazing dive

So beautiful and I am glad he is OK glory to God

I can hold my breath for around 35 minutes. I didn't know there were any records being held.

Howling laughing at the “feel free to stick around” followed by a view of the scenery showing nothing in sight for miles except snow and mountains lmao

@11:11:09 - the motor cortex generates signals to direct the *_movement_* of the body - the motor cortex commands precise and well-coordinated muscle activation patterns- it activates accurate movement - like when birds fly and it becomes instinctual in their wings beating, or when horse gallop - holding one's breath is not a _movement_

Mind over instinct, what a challenge!

Real life AQUAMAN!!! BRAVO 👏 👏 👏 👏 🏊🏽‍♂️

Yikes! I got claustraphobic after 5 seconds! I remember my previous death. i drowned. I have known this and remember looking up at the underside of the water's surface since as long as I can remember.

Doesn't seem smart to do this when he hasn't eaten and when he's been cold for this long. Dehydration, travel fatigue, caloric deprivation. "I've come this far" is often fatal reasoning, whether it's a summit or something like this...

@51min, the comment from Stig' "we have lost friends, beautiful people, who do not come back. From a technical error, not a human error." I thought to myself, how much further have we progressed as the beings we are, due to technology? Or has our faith in technology held us back, having us instead, accept limitations and tirn to answers, that can by design, only be temporary in nature. Where in truth, were we to each of us, in small or larger ways in the time lines of our lived days, have to extend ourselves in ways similar to this, that require a going in to our mental, physical, emotional, metabolic, limbic, mammalian, intrinsic biological and phtsiological systems, we may find we can extend in ways beyond our simple imaginings. Instead of reaching for the stars with breakthrough thinking in the fields of engineering, mechanics, ergonomics, science, physics, space tech, robotics, AI, imagine if our focus instead, was turned towards our own progression in the learned behaviours, diets, actions, that allow us each to be supported and facilitated towards our ultimate expressions of who we are. To never only say, we are all the same, as we are all human. But to say we are all the same, as yet, unknowing of our own incredible capacity for creative extension. This film is as Stig, himself appears. Structured, paced, progressive, fluid, expanding into depths of self sided by state of the art equipment and cutting edge professionals, and accompanied by loyal friendships, gentle acknowledgements of those who have come and gone, and with the utmost respect for the medium, the people, the limits and the capacity to carry on, each set back, only another step forwards towards realising the original vision. What, i wonder, is truly possible, should we decide to align our goals in teams of highly focused people, and set forth. I think perhaps we are far from knowing what we are capable of. Respect. Love and thanks to the producers the creators the dreamers the believers those of true faith who limit not the energy they give intentionally to humanities best expression. That of love faith family honour discipline of mind self control of thoughts and functions. That of us looking after ourselves, each other and leaving always room for course corrections as life and being loving requires. ❤️

Crazy

Why he look like resident alien…. Maybe he is alien… I think it’s awesome!!!!

From the beginning, watching Steve's super-human feats had me wondering if he was a human-Martian crossbreed hybrid cluster of alien biology of sorts. But hearing his father narrate Steve's childhood in Martian dialect removed all doubts. The trooth is out there, and this video is undeniable prufe. 😶

My girlfriend brother drowned, so her parents decide not to let her to go to water. She is 33 years old now and this summer I started to teach her to swim. Now ...she can swim nice, but fear kicks in if she cant touch bottom with her hands. I'm really sorry people like Stig dont get more attention because what he do is far above ...everything. Even his grandmother is such a role model. They are real light beacon in this "wrong admiration" world. I hope my girl will find courage to watch this film and fight with her fear of drowning.

This guy is hardcore

As someone with COPD and ME i struggle to hold my breath for 10 seconds 🤣🤣🤣

During The Documentary Deepest Breath, Alexey blacked-out 40-50m and where he declared significant lung damage. Q. Where a diver incurred such damage, he/they really be attempting 100+m dives??

Definitely a super human

That water looks so delicious!

No mention of wim hof in all of this? Pretty sure he stayed under ice until his retina froze once.

Okay, don't judge me. I have autonomic dysfunction, over-production of adrenaline about as high as it can go and live. I cannot watch this as it brought on "anxiety." (I am working on it, naturally, but still am in a bad flare...so have to choose not to stress myself on purpose even when something interests me.) I would like to know, people who can hold their breath for extended periods of time, do they begin to notice a need to breathe within seconds and focus other places, or do they develop a long period of time that they naturally do not feel they even need air? Do they tell what this guy's resting respirations are per minute? Thx for any kind replies...lol. I would love to watch, but need to be in a better space.

How in the world is he not terrified of sharks or giant squids or some other lovecraft conjured monster down there?! Whew! Get it handsome!

Wow he is a human fish

I can’t breathe just standing in cold water. But if I enter really slowly, my skin seals against the cold (48*F) as though I were wearing a dry suit, and I don’t get hypothermia. What process is that? The sun keeping my head warm?

A new meaning to "just the tip of the iceberg". @33:13

Y😘u are an incredible human being but dont push yourself to the "extreme of the extreme'. Sea is far way different from a cold ice water...🥶 a loud round of applause to the diving team. All amazing human being.

Incredible, Phenomenal human. Has he met Wim Hoff i wonder? Be an interesting discussion.

1 billion wows

31:35 relax 33:44 blood flow34:37

Unless he does this in front of the camera with no cutting or editing we can't really believe he stops breathing for 20 plus minutes.

I thought when they said how long he held his breath, they were going to say 4/10 mins... but 20 minutes? The man is a bloody otter! PS: Do 'otters' hold their breath that long... an otter or sommat, with long hold breath.

What temperature scale is being referenced throughout this film?

I can hold it for... 20 sec, maybe. lol

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Ok. So he is doing this to break a record. Not because of a medical condition which is what I thought this was about. I’m battling Cystic Fibrosis. I’ll leave watching this to others who may be interested in obtaining what is unobtainable for me.🇨🇦

He should be giving to the - if u want to make a baby bank.. lol 😆 spread his wonderful abilities around... heehee

I assume the safety diver has a tank and breather to put on him the moment he falters.

It would be so dope if the top comment was from Wim Hof giving this man acknowledgment

The Raw Weather in The sun is madness. I'd live to go tho still.....

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The longest time breath held voluntarily (male) is 24 min 37.36 sec, achieved by Budimir Šobat (Croatia), in Sisak, Croatia, on 27 March 2021- the again, David Blaine used oxygen-assistance in a static apnea state (holding your breath after breathing pure oxygen) for 17 minutes and 4.4 seconds. Does that mean Blaine is also "The man who doesn't breathe?

Why not take air so he can enjoy this yet not die if he gets trapped?

With The first record he broke, the timer said it took him 2 minutes and 11 seconds. But at the beginning of the show they said he is able to hold his breath for up to 20 minutes so how is a 2 min 11 sec drive such a big deal. I understand that the cold is a danger also but I still don't see where these dives are death-defying for Steve personally. I get that it would be scary if anyone else tried it. I think it's amazing what Steve can do!!!

Swim underwater and hold my breath for long times but this is in a different league

i loved this film, this man is extraordinary. BUT.... I COULDNT get passed the guy 31:45 using pushing a babies head user the water as an example had me shocked hahahaha like bro, you said that as if everyone has tried it or something hahahahaha i laughed so hard man

So proud to be danish Only a Dane!

Oh…really that’s cool I didn’t know 20 minutes was a world record. I’ve been doing 25 minutes but I didn’t make a big deal about it. I guess that’s not bad

This guy must have been a shaolin monk in his last life.....

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What an epic fail. 16 minutes. Sheesh! I can hold my breath …at least 2 minutes. Easily.

I just couldn’t watch this, without feeling totally claustrophobic. So unfortunately, I only watched the beginning, and could not go further. 🙈

SOLJA 100% Massive achievement my friend......

Super human, super lungs, super physique, super sexy and a super documentary! Thanks

he has actually condition his mind first then his body second so its very possible to do

Maybe having the numbers yelled at him causes the stress.

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