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1060 The Truth About Breathing & Why You’re Doing It Wrong w/James Nestor

The School of Greatness

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The Benefits of Having Larger Lungs

It's the same benefit of having a larger gas tank in a car, right? So by having larger lungs allows you to take fewer breaths and to get more oxygen with those breaths. We aren't overworking it when we're breathing twice the amount into our chest. Why do you want to overwork your heart? You should. It should just be doing what it needs to do, not compensating for your bad habits. And that's what this larger lung capacity thi softer, lower breathing allows you to do.

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