#18 - Patrick McKeown: Mouth VS Nose Breathing

In the 18th Episode of The Strength Connection Podcast, Mike and our special guest World- renowned author and breathing practitioner, author of The Oxygen Advantage and The Breathing Cure, Patrick McKeown will talk about hyperventilation, the 3 dimensions of breathing, the importance of your everyday beating pattern and mouth vs nose sleep breathing.

(2:00) Introducing our special guest Patrick McKeown @buteykoclinic

(3:20) The Oxygen Advantage https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00RLU286G/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i

(3:30) The concept and the importance of functional breathing

(4:20) Hyperventilation

(4:30) The basic fundamental of your breathing

(5:00) The importance of your everyday beating pattern

(5:30) Breathing has 3 dimensions

(6:00) Yoga and breathing

(8:00) Breathing through the mouth

(9:30) Breathing through your nose VS breathing through your mouth

(10:30) Shout out to Professor George Dallam from Colorado State University

(11:30) Every breath that we take is an energy cost for the body

(12:40) By improving breathing everyday patterns we can help with these diseases

(13:20) Nutrition and Physical Degeneration by Dr. Weston A. Price https://www.amazon.com/Nutrition-Physical-Degeneration-Weston-Price/dp/0916764206 

(13:40) Modern face is changing

(14:50) More susceptible to sleep problems

(16:00) Breath Book by James Nestor @mrjamesnestor https://www.amazon.com/Breath-New-Science-Lost-Art/dp/0735213615

(16:20) The concept of mouth breathing

(17:10) The importance of nose breathing

(18:20) “People want their children to reach their full potential but yet there’s no information put out there about sleep” - Patrick McKeown @buteykoclinic

(18:45) Atomic Focus by Patrick McKeown https://www.amazon.com/Atomic-Focus-Resilience-Breathing-Exercises-ebook/dp/B09D9ZL9HL 

(20:30) The problem with breathing is that you can’t really make a lot of money out of it

(21:30) Mouth breathing is activating the upper chest, so you breath hard and fast

(22:10) Asthma, anxiety and dysfunctional breathing

(25:10) Mouth breathing and nose breathing while sleeping

(26:40) Dysfunctional breathing

(29:20) Sleep issues is linked to all these diseases

(30:00) How do you breath during sleep

(30:20) Vacuum cleaner reverse

(32:00) The concept of the bold score

(33:50) Shout out to Péter Lakatos

(35:00) Swimming is the only sport that has a really significant impact in your breathing patterns

(35:50) It’s all about changing states

(36:40) Shout out to Gray Cook @functionalmvmt and Brett Jones @brettjonessfg

(39:50) Is it more efficient to breathe through the mouth?

(40:40) Increase of carbon dioxide in the body

(43:30) Breathing faster and harder?

(44:40) Developing tics as a result of 1 breathing session involving hyperventilation that lasted for 1 hour

(51:30) Experiments of increased carbon dioxide in rats

(57:20) If you breathe fast, your body understands...

(57:50) “Concentration is our ability to hold our attention on 1 thing” - Patrick McKeown

(58:20) “I become one with the car” Netflix show about a racer

(1:02:40) The power of focus

(1:03:00) Flow is natural, we are in the middle, shout out to Sifu Harinder Singh @sifusingh

(1:06:10) Where to find Patrick McKeown books and content  https://oxygenadvantage.com/