Breathing For Success
1. Night Time Nose Breathing
Breathing through the night at rest and all through the night improves immune function and many markers of stress and health.
Taping the mouth shut at night can help to start this habit.
2. Buteyko / Oxygen Advantage
Tolerance to CO2 (carbon dioxide) and CO2 retention can boost the immune system.
3. Breath Strength
Working the diaphragm muscle to the point of deep fatigue can increase its performance during hard training and speed up recovery as well as endurance.
Single nostril hard breathing is one of the best ways to build this foundation.
4. Wim Hof Method
Cycles of hyper-oxygenation and high carbon dioxide can create big shifts in blood hormones, blood pH, and immune markers. This method can change the state of mind and has other medicinal benefits that have been documented in research, mostly around the immune system.
- I see this as a high-stress event. It can create amazing short-term highs but is stressful and draining to the body. There are better methods to get into a good headspace daily. Occasionally going deep with this method or holotropic breathing is a great way to shift your inner voice or perception.
5. Holotropic Breathing
Extended deep breathing can create very powerful experiences. Some people report life-changing insights from these sessions.
- I've used it once. It was deep.
6. Breath Holds / Box Breathing
A great area for endurance athletes to go deep or even for those who don't want to do a lot of endurance work. While mechanically restricted this is a good training method to avoid stagnating
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