The Oxygen Advantage, Patrick McKeown
The Oxygen Advantage, Patrick McKeown
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The Oxygen Advantage
The Simple, Scientifically Proven Breathing Techniques for a Healthier, Slimmer, Faster, and Fitter You

Author: Patrick McKeown

Narrator: Alan Smyth

Unabridged: 9 hr 1 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 04/19/2016

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

A simple yet revolutionary approach to improving your body’s oxygen use, increasing your health, weight loss, and sports performance—whether you’re a recovering couch potato or an Ironman triathlon champion. With a foreword by New York Times bestselling author Dr. Joseph Mercola.Achieve more with less effort: The secret to weight loss, fitness, and wellness lies in the most basic and most overlooked function of your body—how you breathe. One of the biggest obstacles to better health and fitness is a rarely identified problem: chronic over-breathing. We often take many more breaths than we need—without realizing it—contributing to poor health and fitness, including a host of disorders, from anxiety and asthma to insomnia and heart problems.In The Oxygen Advantage, the man who has trained over 5,000 people—including Olympic and professional athletes—in reduced breathing exercises now shares his scientifically validated techniques to help you breathe more efficiently. Patrick McKeown teaches you the fundamental relationship between oxygen and the body, then gets you started with a Body Oxygen Level Test (BOLT) to determine how efficiently your body uses oxygen. He then shows you how to increase your BOLT score by using light breathing exercises and learning how to simulate high altitude training, a technique used by Navy SEALs and professional athletes to help increase endurance, weight loss, and vital red blood cells to dramatically improve cardio-fitness.Following his program, even the most out-of-shape person (including those with chronic respiratory conditions such as asthma) can climb stairs, run for a bus, or play soccer without gasping for air, and everyone can achieve: Easy weight loss and weight maintenance Improved sleep and energy Increased concentration Reduced breathlessness during exercise Heightened athletic performance Improved cardiovascular health Elimination of asthmatic symptoms, and more.With The Oxygen Advantage, you can look better, feel better, and do more—it’s as easy as breathing.

About Patrick McKeown

Patrick McKeown has helped thousands of people to substantially improve their sports performance and overall health by incorporating simple, medically proven principles and exercises into their lives. In 1997, after graduating from Trinity College in Dublin, McKeown applied the work of Dr. Konstantin Buteyko to address his lifelong asthma, soaring stress levels, and sleep-disordered breathing. The Oxygen Advantage is an extension of this work, combining simulation of high-altitude training and specifically formulated exercises not only for significantly improving anyone's health, but also to empower athletes to improve their sports performance safely, legally, and at no cost. In addition to running workshops throughout his native Ireland, each year he gives workshops in North America, Europe, and Australia on maximizing one's life’s potential through breath.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Riku on June 16, 2018

1. Nose-breathe - to get the body used to higher CO2 concentrations and avoid over-breathing. 2. Simulate High-Altitude Training - by controlled holding of breath - again increasing resistance to Co2 concentrations. Not sure why this required a whole book. Plenty of random anecdotes thrown in, to meet......more

Goodreads review by Liong on December 11, 2023

We don't need to overbreathe; instead, we should breathe lightly and efficiently. Proper breathing positively impacts our health and performance. Breathing through the nose is crucial for better outcomes. Understanding the role of CO2 helps regulate our breathing. Proper breathing relates to posture and......more

Goodreads review by Morgan on February 03, 2017

I have to say that I did find this book extremely useful and informative. While I have read a lot of the reviews giving low scores to the book, for me it was useful and I have put in place a number of the techniques outlined to help improve my fitness and breathing. People are commenting that the boo......more

Goodreads review by Michael on January 17, 2018

As one practicing and benefiting from the Wim Hoff Method I read this book to get more insight into the science and effect of oxygenation of the body. Although McKeown's method is different than Hoff's they both share many similarities and are attempting to achieve much of the same. This book provid......more

Goodreads review by Sudarshan on August 06, 2017

The book is useful but repetitive. A long blog post would have sufficed to explain the problem and the solution. As someone who practices Pranayama (yoga-breathing exercises), most of the exercises were known. The book explained the science behind them. To summarize, the book has exercises so that we 1.......more