We're Breathing All Wrong
Chasing Excellence
Ben Bergeron & Patrick Cummings
4.8 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 13 April 2021
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Lots of interest lately about the importance of breathwork, so we're talking about my 100-day experiment with Wim Hoff breathing, what I learned from the Navy SEALs about stress management, and where I recommend you start learning how to breathe better.
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| 0:00.0 | I do believe that there is carry-ins over to improve performance. |
| 0:06.4 | One of the ways to explore that is a Wim Hof thing that he does is do a max set of push-ups. |
| 0:16.4 | Let's say you get 22. |
| 0:19.1 | Then do a Wim Hof breathing cycle and then hold your breath. |
| 0:24.4 | Don't breathe at all and do as many push-ups as you can. |
| 0:27.6 | Even though you're more fatigued from already having done a max set, most people will exceed |
| 0:32.9 | their previous number. |
| 0:35.4 | Because you've oxygenated your whole body. |
| 0:38.0 | I never used to feel the swim from a pool underwater. |
| 0:42.3 | I can do that very easily now. |
| 0:45.6 | After a Wim Hof cycle, I can't do it just jumping in the pool. |
| 0:49.3 | And it's something that we're going to continue to explore and expand with our athletes. |
| 0:54.2 | We are here because we know the outcomes in our lives are within our control. |
| 0:58.7 | That taking absolute ownership of how we eat, sleep, train, think and connect with each |
| 1:03.2 | other is how we'll optimize our health and happiness. |
| 1:07.0 | That chasing excellence is how we grab hold of what is possible. |
| 1:11.2 | Our mission is to live on the run. |
| 1:14.0 | Always chasing. |
| 1:15.0 | Never stop. |
| 1:16.0 | Hello and welcome back to another episode of Chasing Excellence Benches Made of Funny Face. |
| 1:22.1 | That's where I'm laughing. |
| 1:23.1 | I'm doing good. |
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