Watch: Yoga teacher breaks underwater pushups world record
Watch yoga teacher breaks the Guinness World Record for underwater pushups after Kamal Kaloi, 38, completed 86 pushups on a single breath in a Ninh Binh, Vietnam pool. The Indian-born instructor’s October 2025 attempt has now been officially confirmed by Guinness World Records.
Key Takeaways
- Kamal Kaloi completed 86 underwater pushups on one breath during an October 2025 attempt in Ninh Binh, Vietnam.
- Guinness World Records confirmed the title for most underwater push-ups with a single breath (male).
- Kaloi, originally from India, previously set a 2020 record for 21 consecutive underwater yoga positions.
- He credits yoga and breath-hold training, saying he can hold his breath for six minutes while active in water.
The verified feat is the latest odd Guinness headline circulating in Bizarre News & Florida Man coverage, where extreme-but-documented stunts routinely go viral.
Who is the yoga teacher behind the underwater pushups record?
Kaloi is a 38-year-old yoga teacher living in Vietnam. He is originally from India and trained in calisthenics and breath holding ahead of the attempt.
He told Guinness World Records that those skills prepared him for the pool attempt in Ninh Binh. He is not new to submerged challenges. In 2020, he earned the Guinness World Record for the most consecutive yoga positions underwater after completing 21 poses.
“I had a passion to do something different right from the beginning,” Kaloi told Guinness World Records. “Whenever I saw someone who had made a record or achieved anything like this, I was always inspired by them.”
How did Kamal Kaloi break the Guinness World Record?
According to UPI, Kaloi performed 86 pushups underwater while taking only a single breath. The record-keeping body reviewed evidence from the October 2025 attempt and confirmed he holds the male mark for most underwater push-ups on one breath.
After his first underwater yoga record, Kaloi said he realized his strength and decided to challenge himself further. That next step took him from consecutive submerged yoga positions to a high-count pushup attempt that demanded endurance and oxygen control together.
The confirmation shows how Guinness World Records continues to validate unusual physical feats when supporting evidence meets its standards.
Why does yoga matter for an underwater pushups record?
Kaloi said yoga helped him make the record, pointing to long practice holding his breath. He described himself as an expert at holding his breath for six minutes—and at doing activities while breath-holding in water.
“Of course yoga helped me a lot in making this record,” he said. “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.”
For readers tracking quirky verified records, Kaloi’s pool grind sits alongside other recent Guinness-style oddities that turn disciplined training into shareable spectacle.