Dr. Kelly Starrett

Sure, throw a medicine ball around, jump on a mini trampoline, pick up a barbell, do a complex, do some breath hold work. There's a perfect place to lay on all the breath hold work. I think they call it dry face breath holding, right? It's this dynamic apnea work where you're basically holding your breath. So for example, with our teams, we try to, I try to have, this is a magic number, 750.

Sure, throw a medicine ball around, jump on a mini trampoline, pick up a barbell, do a complex, do some breath hold work. There's a perfect place to lay on all the breath hold work. I think they call it dry face breath holding, right? It's this dynamic apnea work where you're basically holding your breath. So for example, with our teams, we try to, I try to have, this is a magic number, 750.

sort of hypoxic events where we do something on a breath hold until the athlete has a crisis and has to breathe. And part of that is I want to get the brain ready for these high CO2 levels, right? And I want to challenge respiration. And it's so easy. Get on the bike. Here's something everyone can do. For five minutes, I want you to take a 10-second inhale on the bike.

sort of hypoxic events where we do something on a breath hold until the athlete has a crisis and has to breathe. And part of that is I want to get the brain ready for these high CO2 levels, right? And I want to challenge respiration. And it's so easy. Get on the bike. Here's something everyone can do. For five minutes, I want you to take a 10-second inhale on the bike.

sort of hypoxic events where we do something on a breath hold until the athlete has a crisis and has to breathe. And part of that is I want to get the brain ready for these high CO2 levels, right? And I want to challenge respiration. And it's so easy. Get on the bike. Here's something everyone can do. For five minutes, I want you to take a 10-second inhale on the bike.

Hold your breath as long as you can. When the bomb goes off in your face, recover notes only, start at the next one at the next minute. And what you're going to see is, wow, that was really uncomfortable, really psychologically preparing myself to get into a fight. That came from the French freedivers.

Hold your breath as long as you can. When the bomb goes off in your face, recover notes only, start at the next one at the next minute. And what you're going to see is, wow, that was really uncomfortable, really psychologically preparing myself to get into a fight. That came from the French freedivers.

Hold your breath as long as you can. When the bomb goes off in your face, recover notes only, start at the next one at the next minute. And what you're going to see is, wow, that was really uncomfortable, really psychologically preparing myself to get into a fight. That came from the French freedivers.

One of the coaches I was working with was like, here's something we used to do with our French freedivers. I was like, this is so good. So McKenzie, Laird Hamilton, Wim Hof, the people who've been exposing us to dynamic apnea work is amazing. But that's another example of something I can do instead of mindlessly just being on and I got to get a sweat.

One of the coaches I was working with was like, here's something we used to do with our French freedivers. I was like, this is so good. So McKenzie, Laird Hamilton, Wim Hof, the people who've been exposing us to dynamic apnea work is amazing. But that's another example of something I can do instead of mindlessly just being on and I got to get a sweat.

One of the coaches I was working with was like, here's something we used to do with our French freedivers. I was like, this is so good. So McKenzie, Laird Hamilton, Wim Hof, the people who've been exposing us to dynamic apnea work is amazing. But that's another example of something I can do instead of mindlessly just being on and I got to get a sweat.

Like, let's go ahead and just layer in play and destruction. I love it. Do not lay on the ground and foam roll. Let me say that again. Do not lay on the ground and foam roll. That's the worst way to get ready for a fight ever.

Like, let's go ahead and just layer in play and destruction. I love it. Do not lay on the ground and foam roll. Let me say that again. Do not lay on the ground and foam roll. That's the worst way to get ready for a fight ever.

Like, let's go ahead and just layer in play and destruction. I love it. Do not lay on the ground and foam roll. Let me say that again. Do not lay on the ground and foam roll. That's the worst way to get ready for a fight ever.

No, but there's a way that's not a great use of your time.

No, but there's a way that's not a great use of your time.

No, but there's a way that's not a great use of your time.

Right? So what we're all looking at is we have a finite amount of time. And what's my goal? To quickly touch my whole body? You know, what are we trying to do? So if I was using soft tissue mobilization or using a roller or a ball or something, what's my goal here? Well, I think the research is very clear. It can help with pain. It can restore range of motion. Again, very clear.

Right? So what we're all looking at is we have a finite amount of time. And what's my goal? To quickly touch my whole body? You know, what are we trying to do? So if I was using soft tissue mobilization or using a roller or a ball or something, what's my goal here? Well, I think the research is very clear. It can help with pain. It can restore range of motion. Again, very clear.

Right? So what we're all looking at is we have a finite amount of time. And what's my goal? To quickly touch my whole body? You know, what are we trying to do? So if I was using soft tissue mobilization or using a roller or a ball or something, what's my goal here? Well, I think the research is very clear. It can help with pain. It can restore range of motion. Again, very clear.