Dr. Kelly Starrett

I mean, just getting your rib cage moving through some breathing, like something even looks like old school Wim Hof style breathing or oxygen advantage.

Just getting your trunk moving and the trunk wall a little bit more compliant, you're going to see your shoulder blades work better.

And if your shoulder blades work better on your trunk, you're going to have better arm function.

But if my trunk gets stiff because I sit in a C-shape and I don't really take any big breaths, then maybe I'm going to see some decreased function in the shoulder blade.

So a couple minutes of the day in the morning, then I'm just going to not worry.

I'm just going to move as much as I can during the day.

That's my goal.

Yes.

Well, I think what we haven't...

helped people understand is that ventilation efficiency is very much a skill and you you know doing some formal thoughtful full range of motion of the trunk full exhale range of motion of the trunk i would say that most people are probably occupying some mid-range in their breathing they're very shallow breathing they're stiff they're just breathing in their available container

If we look at the work, Jill Miller wrote a great book called Body by Breath, simple ways to mobilize the trunk so we actually have better diaphragm function, better pelvic floor function.

Brian McKenzie really brought some of the work back into, hey, let's take a look at this interesting physiology that we can harness, right?

Iyengar, we were back at yoga.

Nerves are king of the breath.

The breath is king of the brain.

So one of the easiest ways we can change state is by being a little bit more conscientious about our breathing.

But I think you're hinting at like, when and where do I do all this?

So one of the things that we love is if you're on the bike and that's part of your warmup, let's just drop in a couple of simple breath routine practices that make you have to touch that range of motion.

Yeah, yeah.

This is from the French free divers I was working with when they're coaches.