WHOOP VP of Performance Science, Principal Scientist, Kristen Holmes is joined by author James Nestor. James is an international bestselling author and journalist known for his book Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art. Kristen and James will discuss the research that inspired the work for Breath, how breathing is linked to performance and health, where we went wrong with breathing, why people weren’t paying attention to breathing issues, the connection between asthma, allergies, and breathing, people using James’ teachings and techniques, negative effects of mouth breathing, getting started with nasal breathing, elite athletes working on their breathing, HRV’s correlation to breathwork, breathing protocols and optimization, seeing benefits from breathing protocols, and the connection between breathing and weight loss.

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Timestamps:
0:00:00 James Nestor
0:03:20 The research that inspired the work for Breath
0:05:05 How breathing is linked to performance and health
0:06:48 Where we went wrong with breathing
0:08:54 Why people weren’t paying attention to breathing issues
0:11:20 The connection between asthma, allergies, and breathing
0:16:45 People using James’ teachings and techniques
0:18:55 Negative effects of mouth breathing
0:22:15 Getting started with nasal breathing
0:25:30 Elite athletes working on their breathing
0:32:05 HRV’s correlation to breathwork
0:33:30 Breathing protocols and optimization
0:40:40 Seeing benefits from breathing protocols
0:46:05 The connection between breathing and weight loss