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Breathing Essentials: Athletic Performance
Rating: 4.6 out of 5(16 ratings)
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Breathing Essentials: Athletic Performance

The Keys to Performance Success
Created byDebra Dent
Last updated 5/2023
English

What you'll learn

  • How breathing correctly can improve endurance, leg fatigue and core control.
  • Understand how poor breathing while running will alter the blood flow to the extremities.
  • What is the proper way to breathe while running?
  • Learn exercises to improve the mobility of the trunk to improve breathing while running or exercising.

Course content

3 sections • 24 lectures • 2h 28m total length

  • Introduction and Objectives2:13
  • Disclaimer1:23
  • Physiology of Exercise7:43
  • Mechanics of Breathing6:27
  • Trunk and Spine stability26:45
  • Respiration, Pelvic Floor and Incontinence9:31
  • Metaboreflex and Leg Fatigue7:06
  • Does it Matter How We Breathe When We Run9:41
  • Inspiratory Muscle Training10:25
  • Altitude Training5:19

    Explore the benefits and risks of altitude training, including live high, train low strategies, pulmonary hypertension risks, immune impacts, and variable red blood cell responses.

  • The Effect of Being Female2:52
  • Rules for the Road13:48
  • The Athlete and Covid 194:12

    Explore long-term effects of COVID-19 on athletes, including breathlessness, lung damage, reduced capacity, fatigue, and cardiac issues, and outline safe return-to-play guidelines with monitoring and medical evaluation.

Requirements

  • There are no prerequisites for this course.

Description

Breathe to Perform: Unlocking Athletic Potential Through Respiration and Core Control

2.5-Hour Seminar with Debra Dent, World-Renowned Physiotherapist

Have you ever finished a long training run or race with your legs feeling exhausted and tight as a drum?
Are you striving for faster times, fewer injuries, and better overall performance?
Do you truly understand what your core is—and how it impacts your sport?
Would you like to dominate your next competition through improved posture and breathing efficiency?

Join Debra Dent, internationally recognized Physiotherapist, for this 2.5-hour, research-based seminar designed to transform the way you breathe, move, and perform.

What You’ll Learn

• The Science of Breathing and Performance
Understand how improper breathing alters rib cage mechanics, limits rotation, and disrupts efficient movement patterns—all of which can reduce athletic performance.

• The Diaphragm–Posture Connection
Discover how diaphragm fatigue from heavy breathing affects posture, trunk control, and circulation. Restricted blood flow to the limbs contributes to cramping and premature fatigue—and you’ll learn how to prevent it.

• Core Redefined
Explore what the true core is and how it functions. Learn what inhibits or delays core activation and how to re-train the diaphragm and three key stabilizing muscles for optimal performance.

• Solving Common Athlete Issues
Identify the root causes of leg fatigue, hamstring tightness, back stiffness, and core instability—and learn practical strategies to correct them.

• The Rules of the Road
Apply a set of simple, evidence-based guidelines to enhance athletic performance, efficiency, and injury resilience.

By the end of this seminar, you’ll have the tools to:
1. Improve breathing mechanics and oxygen efficiency
2. Enhance posture and trunk stability
3. Reduce muscle tightness and fatigue
4. Optimize performance in training and competition

Come join Debra Dent and learn how breathing better means performing better.


Who this course is for:

  • Runners, swimmer, bikers, soccer players, hockey players, anyone who requires endurance for their sport.

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