How can divers or ppl hold their breath underwater for long

Question

Hi,

How can people hold their breath for a super long time? The longest for me was a 1 min and 50 seconds . The world record underwater is 24 mins ? please

In: Biology

Answer 1

They train to hold their breath for longer and longer periods of time (this takes years), they are very skilled at managing the body’s consumption of oxygen (by avoiding unnecessary movements for example), and they train their brains to not panic like most of us would with an oxygen shortage.