Answer: lots of training and you breath pure oxygen for an hour ahead of time.
He is a professional stunt/magician. Great presenter.
Fasted for 44 days, results written in New England Journal of Medicine.
A fun line:
"So I did what anyone else would do (pause). Went down to their offices and started doing card tricks"
The breath-hold was on Oprah. It did not go as planned, heart rate at 120+ instead of his target of 32. At the 8 minute mark he was sure he would not beat the record of 16.30 minutes. But he realized if he came out of the tank then, he would still be on Oprah, and the show would be about how depressed he was. Better to stay in the tank until he blacked out, so even though he would not reach his goal, he would be whisked away under medical care and not have to talk to O about it for 45 minutes.
He made his goal
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