Tag: Physiology

  • 7 Unusual Ways to Influence Your Body Without Pushing It

    7 Unusual Ways to Influence Your Body Without Pushing It

    For years, advice about changing the body has focused on effort. Push harder, stay disciplined, override discomfort. Yet research in neuroscience and physiology points to a quieter reality. The body is constantly adapting to information it receives from posture, breathing, attention, and routine. These signals shape stress, hunger, effort, and recovery long before conscious control…

  • Watch – This Freediver Held His Breath for 29 Minutes Straight, Breaking the World Record

    Watch – This Freediver Held His Breath for 29 Minutes Straight, Breaking the World Record

    The urge to breathe is one of our most powerful, primal instincts, a survival mechanism that is nearly impossible to ignore. Yet, on June 14, 2025, Croatian freediver Vitomir Maričić defied that instinct, holding his breath underwater for an astonishing 29 minutes and 3.07 seconds, shattering the world record. This incredible feat, which defies our…