Indian yoga teacher holds breath to claim another underwater record
A yoga teacher has pushed the limit of his skills to claim a third underwater record.
Kamal Kaloi (India) combined his knowledge of calisthenics with breath-holding endurance to claim the record for most underwater push ups with a single breath (male) with a total of 86.
The 38-year-old completed his challenge last October in Ninh Binh, Nam Dinh, Vietnam, where he now lives, after two years of training.
Diving down to the bottom of a pool, he got into position and did as many push ups as he could manage before he needed to head to the surface for another breath.
Kamal previously broke the record for most consecutive yoga positions underwater, with a total of 21, in 2020.
He told us: “I had a passion to do something different right from the beginning. Whenever I saw someone who had made a record or achieved anything like this, I was always inspired by them.
“When I made my first world record about underwater yoga, I realized my strength and decided to challenge myself more.”
Also in 2020, Kamal broke the record for most air rings blown underwater with 72, although this record has since been broken by Amelia de los Rios (USA) with 81.
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For his latest underwater title, Kamal said: “Of course yoga helped me a lot in making this record.
“I had very good experience in holding my breath, which I used during my world record and I became an expert in holding my breath for six minutes.
“I am an expert in not only holding my breath in water for six minutes but also doing activities while holding my breath.”
Kamal says he’s extremely happy with the 86 push ups he managed to do, although he’s confident he could manage more if he tries again.
He added: “I would just like to say to everyone that we can achieve whatever we want in our life, we should always work hard to achieve any of our goals and should never deviate from the path of achieving our goals. We can get what we want.”
In the future, Kamal is hoping to find sponsors to help him take on more record attempts, doing things like underwater walking and bench presses.