Warming Up the Intercostals and the Nerve to Diaphragm

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andie galpinslab has done work on this, exploring how warming up the intercostals and the nerve to diaphragm pathways before any kind of endurance work can allow you to breathe more deeply. So what that involves is sometimes sitting, sometimes standing, and just really concentrating on two things. We always hear about how we should diaphrogmatic breathe. And that means our belly moves out when we inhale,. so our our stomach expands, but also expanding the intercostals which means actually raising the ribs chest breathing.

This episode I discuss endurance: our ability to perform effort over extended amounts of time. I describe the four kinds of endurance: muscular endurance, long duration (single-set) efforts, and the two kinds of high intensity interval training (HIIT). I discuss efficiency of effort and maximizing quality of effort, and a hydration formula. I review how our heart literally gets stronger when we oxygenate muscles properly. I also discuss motivation for long bouts of work and the visual physiological basis of the "extra gear" we all can leverage for effort. Finally, I review how accelerating as we fatigue can allow us to access untapped energetic resources.

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