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How To!

How To Breathe Like a Navy SEAL

How To!

Slate Magazine

Business, Education, How To, Self-improvement

4.41.9K Ratings

🗓️ 11 April 2023

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

John has spent years training to become a Pararescueman, a member of Air Force Special Warfare tasked with recovering downed military personnel around the globe. He has pushed himself past countless obstacles and trials, except one — holding his breath in the pool. On this episode of How To!, co-host Carvell Wallace is joined by free diving expert and founder of the Performance Free Dive Academy Kirk Krack. Kirk has spent decades mastering the art of lowering his heart rate and increasing his capacity to hold his breath. He has advised everyone from Navy SEALs to the cast members of Avatar 2: The Way of Water. He even helped Sigourney Weaver go without a gulp of air for over 6 minutes! Kirk gives John tips for extending his breathholds under water and explains why all of us should be more conscious of how we breathe. If you liked this episode, check out: “How To Withstand Pain” Do you wonder how to push yourself past your limits? Send us a note at [email protected] or leave us a voicemail at 646-495-4001 and we might have you on the show. Subscribe for free on Apple, Spotify or wherever you listen. Podcast production by Derek John, Rosemary Belson, Kevin Bendis and Jabari Butler. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get an ad-free experience across the network and exclusive content on many shows—you’ll also be supporting the work we do here on How To!. Sign up now at slate.com/howtoplus to help support our work. Make an impact this Earth Month by helping Macy’s on their mission to bring more parks to more people across the country. Go to macys.com/purpose to learn more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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i kind of got bored just laying on the floor doing breath holds which made it even harder when

1:06.0

i wanted to breathe my my wife was on the swim team and she got annoyed because i'd get to the end

1:11.5

of a breath hold and then i started getting up and walking around instead of laying down and

1:15.3

relaxing she's like you're doing it wrong welcome to how to i'm carbo Wallace do you remember as a kid

1:27.2

trying to escape the heat and boredom in the middle of july you find yourself at the community

1:32.4

pool the public beach or even your neighbor's tiny inflatable pool and then someone suggests

1:37.6

like a breath holding contest and of course there's always that one kid that tries to cheat and

1:41.9

there's that one kid in goggles who's like watching everyone like a vigilante to make sure

1:45.3

no one sneaks an extra breath and eventually everyone bursts out of the water gasping for air

1:50.0

bragging about how long they lasted well for this week's listener holding his breath is no longer

1:56.8

just a game my name's john i tried out for a special operations group and they were forced called

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