Background Oxygen Advantage Training:

Oxygen Advantage coaching is for everyone who are seeking to improve respiratory health to achieve mental clarity. It helps with focus and concentration and increases the attention span and resilience in difficult situations. The Oxygen Advantage Coaching program is to address common breathing dysfunctions. Dysfunctional breathing pattern refers to a change in your breathing pattern from one that is efficient to one that is less efficient. One of the dysfunctionalities in breath is a shallow breathing pattern where one’s breath from the chest does not travel to the diaphragm. Moving on to C02, the breathing pattern is controlled by carbon dioxide. When the carbon dioxide levels of one’s body reach a certain level, the brain stem receives a signal telling it to take a breath. Because it eases and relaxes the muscles in the arteries, capillaries, blood vessels, and airways. Blood flow to the brain is lowered when our carbon dioxide (CO2) levels are lower. Thus, nasal breathing during exercise can help you build a tolerance to carbon dioxide, which will increase your breathing fitness. Your body will be able to regulate the gas considerably better if you expose it to CO2. Oxygen Advantage training promotes nasal breathing even while exercising instead of open-mouth breathing. As explained by Patrick McKeown, Oxygen advantage consists of two main pillars, (1) The first of the three dimensions of functional breathing is biochemical, which focuses on increasing tolerance to carbon dioxide. The second is from the biomechanical perspective, which entails activating the diaphragm because of its relationship to posture, gas exchange, emotions, spine stabilization and internal organ massage. The last dimension is the psychophysiological dimension which involves the influence of the psychology of breathing and vice versa. (2) This pillar focuses on activities that pressurize and regulate the body and mind to produce changes that improve both physical and mental performance.

Moreover, To assess both your relative breathing volume at rest and your level of breathlessness during activity BOLT Score Test ( Body Oxygen Level Test) was developed by Patrick McKeown, the inventor of Oxygen Advantage. This bolt score can be improved through training where the professionals focus on, Breathing through your nose during physical exercise, and Incorporating breath holds during physical exercises.