The Oxygen Advantage

The Simple, Scientifically Proven Breathing Techniques for a Healthier, Slimmer, Faster, and Fitter You

De: Patrick McKeown

Narrado por: Alan Smyth

A simple yet revolutionary approach to improving your body's oxygen use and 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 best-selling 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 overbreathing. 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.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio.

©2015 Patrick McKeown (P)2016 HarperCollins Publishers

Real deal

This keystone habit will have a effect on every aspect of your life. I'm a major coffee drinker and have now been cutting back because McKeown is right about the effects of caffeine on our breathing. Surprisingly though, the breathing has me mentally alert so I haven't missed it much. I strongly endorse the sleeping tips provided. I have felt more refreshed in the morning to where I don't run to the coffee. Read this book!

Better Breathing

This book picks up where most material on controlled breathing leave off. Starting with the principles of Buteyko Breathing, McKeown expands on the theoretical premises as well as the practical application exercises of this controlled breathing method. He frequently points out the benefits gained by athletes and everyday people who have exercised this breathing system. From enhanced performance in various types of athletic endeavors to reduced requirements for asthma medication. Illustrated in a way that makes sense to the reader at any level.

From Kids to Athletes, everyone can benefit from this

The oxygen advantage exercises are so easy and accessible. Patrick trains everyone from Olympic athletes to kids. As a biohacking health nut, I thought I knew everything about breathing. This book goes for into the science oh why we should breath less. Worth a listen!

Great practical advice

The included pdf is great! Great book, has already helped my running. Also included general life advice which was great.

A must for daily and long term health

Not only is the author Patrick McKeown highly educated in this field but he's very passionate about his work and wants everyone to benefit from his research! I have begun follow and coach his practices.

Interesting learning and will put into practice

Enjoyed the informative content and it’s worth life trying it out. Thank you very much

Great For Runners

I used some of this methods for my runs now I run a lot smoother with nose breathing.

Extremely helpful information

I have spent hundreds of dollars on books about Breathing looking for answers. This book didn't answer every question that I had but this was definitely one of the best books I've ever listened to. I listened to this book through the Audible app and it did include a download that can be extremely helpful that I'm going to go back and make reference to. The book seemed a bit long but it was well worth it.

Learn to breath

Worth it just to learn to breath properly and have more energy because of it. We take breathing for granted. McKeown gets the message across in a positive way.

Great Introduction

I've lightly researched the info about the effects of breath holding in the past so I've been looking forward to see what this book offered. After listening, I feel throughly introduced to the possibilities of breath holding and am ready to buy a print version for easier reference. I felt some of the info could have been excluded (my reason for the 4 star story rating) as it seemed barely relevant and would have kept the book shorter. Other than this I felt the system offered was well researched with that research given. I never felt the author only made this book to sell his system or other endorsed products. I've already recommended this book to a family whose children have breathing problems that many doctors failed to diagnose (similar to an example in the book) and took many hospital visits to finally get an answer. I'm looking forward to seeing if this system may help them and improve myself.