In this podcast I cover Performance Breathing for MTB and how you can use specific breathing methods and workouts to improve your endurance and ability to focus in high stress situations. You can stream or download it from the link below or you can find it on Itunes, Podbean, Spotify and all other major podcasting platforms.
Here are the notes from the podcast:
In a previous podcast I covered the basics of Better Breathing for MTB and why you need to focus more on this important part of health and fitness.
The 3 Keys to Better Breathing are:
In this podcast I want to focus more on High Performance Breathing and how you can improve your endurance and ability to focus in high stress situations.
To do this there are 4 methods you can use:
Breathing Gears
CO2 Tolerance Workouts (a.k.a. Breath Hold Training)
Proactive Breathing
Breathing Workouts (Tempo Breathing and Fire Breath a.k.a Wim Hof Method style)
Your breath is the foundation of your performance and should be a focus of your cardio training efforts. Without doing that, over the long run you are usually doing more to reinforce crappy breathing habits than you are to improve your performance.
Until next time…
Ride Strong,
James Wilson
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