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Podcast: Love At First Science
Episode: Episode 2: Debunking Beliefs About Breathing with Patrick McKeown
Description: Join Patrick McKweon, peak performance trainer, scientist, therapist, and author, and I as we dive into the fundamental concepts of how to breathe correctly, and why we should be breathing in a certain way These concepts are highly mis-understood in the general population and world of fitness. We touch on how nasal breathing relates to topics of sleep apnea, chronic exhaustion, anxiety, recovery, blood circulation, cognitive excellence, and the female menstrual cycle. Through these topics, Patrick provides the biochemical rationale behind training air hunger, CO2 tolerance, and vagus stimulation, providing strategies to help enhance oxygen utilization. We touch base...