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Breathing
Your Breath Is Weak. Fix It With CO₂ Training
Most athletes breathe like amateurs and it’s costing them reps, recovery, and resilience. This article shows you how to weaponize CO₂ tolerance for better endurance, sharper focus, and elite-level calm under pressure. Learn how to breathe like Bane and dominate when others gas out. Read it, or stay average.
Brace Yourselves – Lifts are Coming
It’s time to obliterate the walls that are blocking you from peak performance. At Power Athlete, we…
Ep 696 – Optimal Living & Performance w/ Brian Peters
Chasing Edges. Brian Peters returns to share his pursuit for optimal performance and living through breath, heat,…
Flex the Lungs for Performance Gains
The summer is finally here. You’ve got the next 8 to 12 weeks to make some real…
Ep 549 – Turn on the Red Light of Wellness with Kristin Weitzel
You start to wonder, while sitting at a red light Kristin Weitzel is a recovery nerd. Her…
Ep 501 – Hemorrhoids From Training? You Better Zip It Up!
In this episode the Crew dials the voicemail to answer a question from a loyal Power Athlete…
The Breath as the Driver to Stability | Part 2: Foot to Diaphragm Connections
In Part 1 of this series, we focused on how our diaphragm and pelvic floor are myofascially…
Breath as the Driver to Stability | Part 1: Diaphragm & Pelvic Floor Connections
“For breath is life, and if you breathe well you will live long on earth.” –Sanskrit proverb…
EP 318 – Dana Santas Mobilizes the Pros
THE MOBILITY MAKER When the mouth breathing meatheads of PA Radio are graced with the presence of…
Unf*ck Your Breathing: The Mechanics
“In my class today, we were discussing avoiding the Valsalva maneuver when lifting and cueing clients to…
