This is for all the #athletes, #crossfitters, #runners, and #sports enthusiasts out there! 💪🏽 #Breathing is one of the most powerful tools you have to enhance your #AthleticPerformance and yet it’s one of the most neglected practices. Try these three techniques before you work out next time and, like, all the time even on rest days. 👉🏽 #DiaphragmaticBreathing - this is a non-negotiable tbh. It will help you correct those shallow breathing patterns that cause more agitation and a stressed physiological response. 👉🏽 1:2 breathing. I start with a slow and controlled 2-count breath on the inhale and 4 counts on the exhale and gradually work up from there. I practice 5 rounds of 2:4, 5 rounds of 3:6, 5 rounds of 4:8, and work up till 10 or 12 eventually. Go at your own pace until your capacity increases over time. 👉🏽 #Bhastrika or #BellowsBreath is best practiced slow when one starts out. It’s quite powerful and a 2019 study published in the International Journal of Yoga determine...