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Hi Dave, Something I meant to ask you in the gym today, but didn’t have the time. Do you have a good book you’d recommend on breath control? I already do some exercises throughout the day to mitigate stress, but I’d be interested in how that might be expanded into the kettlebell/fitness world, for better performance. Cheers, -Nate This was an email from one of my regular members, he asked about breathing during his training and we meant to go into depth on it before he left,

I know I talk a lot about the competitive athletes that train with me, the fighters, the mountain bikers, the Kettlebell sports guys etc But if I’m fair, most of my guys are simply in to train for life. Which if we think about it, is the only competition really worth entering as it’s one that we ultimately all lose. But as the saying goes, it’s about the taking part, not about the winning. So when one of my older clients, a man named Shay who has had more struggles than most

I’ve little something I’d like you to try for me. You should know by know that I’m a huge fan of breathing. I feel it’s one of the most important, yet most underrated functions of the human animal, so much so that when I assess people I nearly always watch how the breathe regardless of training goals or the injury they walk in with. So when a friend of mine shared the following tweet on his Facebook page, I was instantly interested. It’s from Dr Nerina Ramlakhan, who prior to

I’m staring at this screen with a shit load in my head but no way to thread them together. So lets get this in some sort of order………. I wanted to talk about breathing. I want to talk about my client Jamie winning round 2 of the Gravity Enduro Ireland Mountain Biking race this weekend. He sent me this image yesterday: I want to talk about the self defence course this coming sunday. And I need to find a way to tell you how we used better breath control to get Jamie into top pl

Before we get into the meat of today’s content, thank you do everyone who got in touch after yesterdays post to agree that I am an asshole. I appreciate the facebook comments and emails! One of my clients even shared the post on her facebook page with the comment, “Come and train with an Asshole!” I genuinely laughed out load at that. But enough of that, what about today’s content? I’ve never met a pair of shoulders that didn’t operate better when the persons breathing patter

I’m a huge fan of breathing. I’m fairly sure I’m not alone in this, after all, more people do it than don’t…. Bad jokes aside, it’s kind of a big deal. Most don’t appreciate just how important breathing well is. Which is why I harp on about it so much. The whole breath training idea was given to me by my Karate instructor, Jack Parker. Expect to hear a lot about Jack over the next while, he’s the reason I had to run off to England over the weekend. But about 25 years ago, Jac

Today’s Monday Mobility post is not immediately obvious as a mobility drill. It looks and feels like a breathing drill. And it is. But bear with me. Here’s the clip: This clip shows us how to breathe deep into our belly or diaphragmatic breathing. What has this got to do with mobility? Well, I’m glad you asked! In the majority of cases, lack of mobility is simply down to unnecessary muscle tension. So by simply breathing deeper, we can help ourselves chill out and relax, bot

He told me about recovery time, or how quickly your body can recuperate between bouts of hard exercise. After all, if I can get a fuller recovery between rounds in a sparring match than my opponent then I’ll be in a better position to take advantage in the next round. If I’m blowing and tired looking, it gives him the psychological edge, no one is confident when they’re blowing, or as Vince Gironda was quoted as saying: “Fatigue makes cowards of us all” Speed of recovery and