👃 How to Breathe Better for Fitness

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You do this everyday, so you should be pretty good at it by now, right? 

Well, not so fast. A cursory Google search shows no less than a dozen high-dollar courses and certifications you can take on breathing for better health and fitness. Apparently, this is more complex than most of us tend to assume, so let's look at why. 

Ryan's spent a lot of years practicing different styles of breath work, so here's what we'll share on this episode:

• Main features of a few popular styles of breathing for fitness
• Pros and cons of applying different kinds of breath work in your training
• Why this is important, e.g., what do you actually get from practicing better breathing?
• What it really means when you hold your breath during exercise
• Ryan's simple trick for making sure you don't do that
• Our favorite way to begin practicing better breathing techniques

There's a lot of mystical hoo-ha going on about esoteric BS that you probably don't need to waste your time or money on. The majority of the benefits are gonna come from just bringing more awareness to your breathing and making some very simple changes.

We'll give you the low-down on keeping this simple and effective.

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