Breathing Your Way to Better Health & Performance with Expert Brian MacKenzie
WHOOP Podcast
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How to Predict C O Two Sensitivity in the Brain
An understanding respiration rate is a good to start. The higher the sensitivity to c o two, the easier the protocol should be. Most professional athletes are not capable of this type of exhale test quite yet. If i'm working out, ye, we all understand respiration rate goes up. But if my psychology, if i'm a bit more anxious, or i'm dealing with more cognitively, my respiration rate trails that as well. That's probably the first and most fundamental sign that we have some disfunctional breathing patterns.
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