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Michael Woudenberg's avatar

Very similar to the breathe ups we do in freediving. And if you want a whole other level of mental tough, try working through CO2 tables with breath holds. Just the idea makes my diaphram anxious.

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Patryk Piekarczyk's avatar

My favorite breathing exercise was when i'd want to wind down i'd start with box breathing but then progress to longer exhales. Could get to exhaling for a minute straight (very slowly). Haven't done it in a while so definitely can't do it now, but only took a couple sessions to work up to and always felt really relaxing.

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Kyle Shepard's avatar

Love that. No better way to calm down the system than a prolonged exhale. Bet you could get back to one minute very quickly if you started it back up. I was up to 3:30 breath holds and around 100 seconds on the prolonged exhale. Like you said, I couldn’t do it now but may try to get back to it with the daily challenge being around breathwork this month

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Patryk Piekarczyk's avatar

Long time to exhale!

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Kyle Shepard's avatar

Slowest amount of air coming through a pinhole in my mouth. Couldn’t do it any other way

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Erik Hogan's avatar

“If nothing else, intentional breathing trains self-awareness and self-control.”

What a coincidence- that’s exactly what I’m seeking! 😁

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Kyle Shepard's avatar

Same!

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Baird Brightman's avatar

"How will you respond when you don’t feel like it?"

Such a big important question, Kyle. I'm a lazy couch potato, but I have a daily 30 minutes series of PT exercise and 2 half-mile swims per week that I MUST do. I have to give myself a stern lecture each time about the need to complete these sessions for my current and future health, or I'd be tempted to blow them off. I envy people who actually enjoy their workouts!

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Kyle Shepard's avatar

Haha you clearly are not a lazy person but are highlighting something we all deal with - resistance. I don’t have many workouts that I look forward to starting but I know the gratification I feel when I finish them which keeps me coming back. That post workout or cold plunge feeling is the best

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Bread Stacker's avatar

I’m all in on this

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