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The Commodification of Breath: Parsing Fact from Fiction in the Gilded Age of Breathwork and Breathing Influencers

AASP

Optimize your breathing with secret techniques used by Navy SEALs, elite athletes, and breathwork gurus… ideally by purchasing their book, hiring them as a “breath coach,” or investing in premium nocturnal mouth tape (“buy 3 get two free for $74.99”). It might be the simplest and most direct lever we have to modulate our nervous system.

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Sports and Stimulants: A Brief History

The Sporting

But perhaps none is as bizarre as a favorite of bike racers and marathoners of the early 1900s: strychnine, a powerful stimulant to the central nervous system, unless you take too much, in which case it can stimulate you half way to heaven. It dilates coronary vessels and stimulates the central nervous system and respiratory center.

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How a Good Athlete Management System Benefits Teams and Coaches

First Beat

Strength and conditioning coaches, sports scientists, and team managers must balance training loads, track recovery, monitor injuries, and analyze performance dataall to ensure athletes deliver their best results. Assessing recovery , helping coaches identify when an athlete needs rest to prevent injuries or burnout.