I have a confession to make: I hold my breath. I don’t know I’m doing it until I take the next breath and realize I haven’t breathed in a couple of minutes. Since I don’t do it intentionally, it’s ...

Holding your breath is hard. When I was young, my sister and I would hold our breath when our parents drove the car through tunnels. We would try to hold our breath all the way through. Hammerhead ...

Alex Hutchinson is a National Magazine Award-winning journalist and Outside’s Sweat Science columnist, covering the latest research on endurance and outdoor sports. New perk: Easily find new routes ...

Scientists explored how repeated breath-holding impacts the body. A study found that practicing breath-holding techniques significantly increases endurance. This improvement stems from the body ...

It was one of the most exciting scenes in "Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation." Tom Cruise stays underwater for minute after heart-pounding minute without using a scuba tank or surfacing to breathe.

Kate Winslet says she "smashed my own record by a minute" when she dove underwater for seven minutes and 15 seconds Kate Winslet captured the moment she emerged from her seven-plus minutes-long breath ...