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The Low down on Altitude Masks

Today’s post is going to be short and sharp. Altitude masks have been on my mind this week as I see more friends and amateur athletes add them to their training programs and altitude gyms keep popping up around me. So, of course I decided to take a look from a science perspective. First of […]

The thing most breath training programs forget

Breath training programs, pulmonary rehabilitation and breath hold experts need to start addressing the incredible strength of our breathing muscles.   From breath hold to performance enhancement, anxiety control to asthma management and lung rehabilitation – here’s why you need to start lifting weights with your lungs. There are so many different theories these days […]

Breath Holding and Strong Diaphragms

I have been working with some elite swimmers, surfers and free divers to improve their performance and their ability to hold their breath underwater. We take a close look at how this works… The current world record for a single breath hold is 11:35sec set in 2009, set by Stephane Mifsud who prepared himself by […]
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