David Blaine's Life And Accomplishments

David Blaine is a internationally known magician. Blaine is known for his performances of seemingly conquering the impossible. Some examples of his works include experiences like on April 5, 1999 Blaine was entombed in an underground plastic box underneath a 3-ton water-filled tank for seven days. Another extraordinary performance took place on November 27, 2000. Blaine was encased in a frozen block of ice in the middle of Times Square in New York for 63 hours, 42 minutes, and 15 seconds before being removed with chain saws. Blaine can train his body to overcome any task. And in one of his most thrilling and captivating performances yet, he achieved one of the hardest adversity’s he’d ever come across. On February 10, 2008 Blaine broke the world record for longest time without oxygen in 17 minutes and four seconds. As a young boy, Blaine was very interested in magic. Blaine looked up to Houdini as an inspiration for all his magic tricks, “By the time I was a teenager I was able to hold my breath for three minutes and thirty
While holding your breath, any movement is wasted energy, and the handcuffs provided just that. Blaine knew he needed to bounce back. After approaching Oprah about another possible attempt, he was given four months to prepare and train his body for his second attempt. Every night, Blaine would sleep in a hypoxic tent to simulate an altitude of 1500 feet (similar to base camp Everest) which helps build red blood cells so your body can carry oxygen exceptionally. Unlike his previous attempt, this time he would be going for the record by using a C02 admitter (flushes out all the C02 out of your body so you can hold your breath longer). This record was set at 13 minutes. After announcing that he would attempt to break the record on live T.V, The current holder went out and broke his old record. Shortly after, his main competitor broke the new record at 16 minutes and 32 seconds, the record had gone up by three