Oscar
Level 7 Valued Member
Hi all,
I have noted that many here have read and practiced The Oxygen Advantage and/or Buteyko breathing. I have started myself about a month ago and have been experiencing good results, so I thought maybe we can share our experiences here.
My first impression with the exercises is that it is not easy to know if Im performing them properly. For starters, I am not sure if I am measuring my Control Pause (or BOLT) consistently. I started a log a few days back and I think its helping, I have been obtaining consistent Morning CP of about 24 seconds, which seems to make sense. Even though I am not sure if it is a proper CP measurement, it is consistent in the way I measure it, so it lets me track progress. My original CP about a month back was of about 14" I think, since I didnt keep a log those days. So Im quite happy with my progress. I have also raised the number of steps I can hold my breath while walking from 15-20 the first days to about 70 now, which I think is good progress as well.
One thing I have felt related to weight training which is quite intriguing: Every time I do the walking breath holds, I feel a strong heat/feeling in the muscles I worked the day before that are a bit sore. For instance, if I did a lot of swings the day before, I will feel heat in my hamstrings. I dont feel it in any other muscles in the body, only the ones I have worked. So it makes me wonder if oxygen is being delivered to these muscles? Maybe it will assist with the recovery.
Unfortunately there are no instructors here in Argentina, because Im seriously considering a course or sessions with an instructor. An instructor is coming in November to give a course, so Ill probably do that, or maybe through skype.
Ill tag a few members that have read the book and tried the method @Harald Motz @Tobias Wissmueller @Wesker11 @wespom9 @Steve Freides @Kyrinov
I have noted that many here have read and practiced The Oxygen Advantage and/or Buteyko breathing. I have started myself about a month ago and have been experiencing good results, so I thought maybe we can share our experiences here.
My first impression with the exercises is that it is not easy to know if Im performing them properly. For starters, I am not sure if I am measuring my Control Pause (or BOLT) consistently. I started a log a few days back and I think its helping, I have been obtaining consistent Morning CP of about 24 seconds, which seems to make sense. Even though I am not sure if it is a proper CP measurement, it is consistent in the way I measure it, so it lets me track progress. My original CP about a month back was of about 14" I think, since I didnt keep a log those days. So Im quite happy with my progress. I have also raised the number of steps I can hold my breath while walking from 15-20 the first days to about 70 now, which I think is good progress as well.
One thing I have felt related to weight training which is quite intriguing: Every time I do the walking breath holds, I feel a strong heat/feeling in the muscles I worked the day before that are a bit sore. For instance, if I did a lot of swings the day before, I will feel heat in my hamstrings. I dont feel it in any other muscles in the body, only the ones I have worked. So it makes me wonder if oxygen is being delivered to these muscles? Maybe it will assist with the recovery.
Unfortunately there are no instructors here in Argentina, because Im seriously considering a course or sessions with an instructor. An instructor is coming in November to give a course, so Ill probably do that, or maybe through skype.
Ill tag a few members that have read the book and tried the method @Harald Motz @Tobias Wissmueller @Wesker11 @wespom9 @Steve Freides @Kyrinov