Breathe Strong, Perform Better

by Alison McConnell

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Today's top athletes, as well as their coaches and trainers, know the benefits that breathing muscle training provides. From performance to conditioning, the results are clear. Now with Breathe Strong, Perform Better, you will learn how to use breathing training to excel. In this comprehensive guide, the world's leading authority on breathing muscle training, Alison McConnell, will show you how to apply the latest scientific research and case studies to maximize training, conditioning, and show more performance. With detailed instruction, practical advice, and easy-to-use sample programs in Breathe Strong, Perform Better, you will be able to achieve these goals: -Increase breathing strength, power, and endurance. -Improve breathing comfort. -Improve performance times. -Accelerate training and performance recovery. -Enhance breathing efficiency. -Reduce whole-body effort. -Minimize the risk of injury. In addition, you'll find more than 30 sample workouts for specific sports and fitness activities, such as baseball, cycling, football, running, soccer, swimming, tennis, and weight training. With professional insights, exercise tips, and advice for integrating breathing training into existing training programs, this guide has it all. If you are ready to improve fitness, increase performance, or simply maximize your enjoyment of exercise, Breathe Strong, Perform Better is the guide you can't be without. show less

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jamestomasino 703 reviews

This was a really interesting read, and very persuasive. The science of it is good and really got me interested in my breathing.

Sep 11, 2021

lemontwist 1,506 reviews

This book was a little confusing to follow, but the bottom line is that training the breathing muscles allows one to breathe better during sports, and thus perform better. Bottom line: work your core muscles! A lot of the running-specific exercises are your standard core exercises (planks, bridges, bird-dogs, etc) but it's always good to know that working your core is essential for MANY reasons, and breathing is just one more of them. I found a lot of the exercise photos to be a little creepy because everybody has a breathing apparatus in their mouth in the figures. Um... I think I'll skip that part!

Apr 5, 2012

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