Breathing Re-education To Optimize Athletic Performance
The Oxygen Advantage® is a program consisting of unique breathing exercises focusing on optimal health and athletic performance. The exercises center on two pillars: Functional Breathing and Simulation of High Altitude Training.
Two Powerful Pillars:
FUNCTIONAL BREATHING TRAINING
Functional breathing is one of the most important pillars of health. The breath is the first and most basic automonic function, influencing mind, body and personal potential.
- Nasal breathing during running
- Stimulate your vagus nerve
- Breathing pattern discorders in sports
- Measure and reduce breathlessness during physical exercise
- Improve nose breathing to improve oxygen uptake
- Breathing and posture
- Improve tolerance to reduced oxygen and increased carbon dioxide
- Help reduce exercise induced asthma
SIMULATE HIGH ALTITUDE TRAINING
When training at a high altitude, the body triggers a hormonal response that enhances the way oxygen is delivered and utilized throughout the body.
- Delay the onset of fatigue and lactic acid
- Improved repeat sprint ability for team sports - rugby, football, etc.
- Improve respiratory muscle strength
- Improve aerobic capacity
- Increase production of EPO (Erythropoietin) safely and legally
- Improve running economy and running time
- Improve swimming performance
- Reduce oxidative stress
The Oxygen Advantage® Overvew
Sports Breathing for Improved Performance
Benefits of an Oxygen Advantage® Workout:
- Delay the onset of fatigue and lactic acid
- Improves aerobic performance
- Improves VO2 Max (maximum oxygen uptake)
- Improves delivery of oxygen to organs and working muscles
- Reduces breathlessness during physical exercise
- Helps maintain fitness during rest or injury
- Helps maintain focus and concentration
- Improve repeated sprint ability
- Strengthen respiratory muscles and core
The Benefits of Nasal Breathing During Low To Moderate Intensity Exercise:
- Increases oxygen uptake in the blood
- Increases carbon dioxide in the blood which allows hemoglobin to release oxygen more regularly to the cells
- Helps to prevent dehydration
- Reduces trauma to the airways
- Helps to keep the airways clear of congestion
- It adds an extra resistance to the respiratory muscles which helps to strengthen them
- It is more optimum for engaging the diaphragm. More optimum movement of the diaphragm assists with functional movement. Functional movement and functional breathing go together and there is less risk of injury
