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You Can Run 10K Without Stopping — So Why Does Holding Your Breath Make You Panic? | Ep. 195
You can run 10K without stopping. So why does holding your breath make you panic? Here's the uncomfortable answer: fitness and breathing aren't the same skill. You can build a strong engine and still have never actually been taught — or taught yourself — how to breathe. Breath is mechanical: a diaphragm, lungs, and a whole system of muscles that have to expand, contract and relax. Train that system and it behaves like a freediver's; leave it untrained and a simple breath-hold trips the alarm.What you'll take away:Why cardio fitness and breathing capacity are two different things — and why a…
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