The Plant Fueled Podcast
Welcome to The Plant Fueled Podcast! I'm Dr. Cass Warbeck—a family medicine resident, plant-based athlete, and vegan advocate. Join me for engaging conversations with physicians, athletes, researchers, and leaders in sport performance, nutrition, and lifestyle medicine. Together, we're unlocking the keys to optimizing your health and taking your performance to new heights.
The Plant Fueled Podcast
Training: Improve your breathing to improve your performance | why and how to increase carbon dioxide tolerance with Oxygen Advantage instructor Bryan Mirabella
This conversation is with Bryan Mirabella, a human performance specialist with a focus on breath-work. He is a lifelong athlete with over three decades of personal training experience. He has personally revolutionized his own health through the breath and he is passionate about helping others do the same. Bryan is an Oxygen Advantage Instructor and is also certified in the WeckMethod and Restorative Breathing. He is the founder of Quantum Fitness and works with a range of clients including top executives, Olympic athletes, those with chronic health conditions, and everyone in between. His mission is to provide tools for healthy living, longevity, and self-empowerment.
We cover:
- Why Bryan adopted a raw fruit diet
- How he discovered the power of breathwork
- What is wrong with chronically overbreathing
- Why carbon dioxide is underrated
- How to increase carbon dioxide tolerance
- The benefits of many small breath holds
- How to calculate your BOLT score
- Why you should always nasal breathe
- How athletes can benefit from breathing less
- How breathwork can stimulate erythropoietin production
- Breath practices for workouts
Connect with Bryan on Instagram: @breathingwithbryan
Bryan’s website: https://www.quantumfitness.org
Resources mentioned during this episode:
- Book: The Oxygen Advantage
- Book: The Omnivore's Dilemma
- Book: Anatomy Trains
- Bryan’s preferred marine phytoplankton
- Lois Laynee’s Restorative Breathing
- Oxygen Advantage Resources - The Science
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Theme music by Tyler Gaudon and a special thank you to Wyatt Pavlik for the audio editing and processing!
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Theme music: Tyler Gaudon & audio editing and processing: Wyatt Pavlik
*Please appreciate that any information discussed is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, always seek the opinion of a physician or qualified healthcare provider.*