Changing How You Breathe Could Change Your Life

Outside Podcast

Wilderness, Sports

4.3 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 30 September 2020

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

You’ve been breathing wrong your whole life. That’s the message journalist and outdoor athlete James Nestor delivers in his new bestseller Breath, which explains how the human species has lost the ability to breathe properly and why this is so bad for our health in all kinds of ways. But his reporting also shows that with minor adjustments in how we inhale and exhale, we can dramatically improve on everything from the quality of our sleep to our athletic performance to our posture. Nestor, whose interest in breathing began when he wrote a feature for Outside on the sport of freediving, talks with editor Christopher Keyes about his years-long investigation into the history and science of human breathing, and his own journey to becoming a better breather. This episode of the Outside Podcast is brought to you by Feetures, socks that help you perform at your best. See for yourself why Feetures has become the number one running sock in America. Outside Podcast listeners receive $10 off your first pair. Go to feetures.com and enter the code "outside" at checkout.

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0:00.0	This episode of the Outside Podcast is brought to you by features,
0:04.0	Sox that help you perform at your best.
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0:17.0	You shouldn't be thinking about your feet when you're running, when you're walking, when you're biking.
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1:01.0	You can't deal with that irritation for 30 minutes
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1:09.0	which is why I now wear features no matter what I'm doing. I started with running but almost
1:14.7	immediately began wearing them hiking and biking and then honestly while
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