Fri Feb 10 2023 This week, February 13-19, the XPT team of founders, coaches, and advisors are participating in XPT 777, and were challenging the whole community to join us. Thats 7 days, 7 ice bat...
Using Nasal Breathing to Self-Monitor, and Increase Attention
Tue Apr 30 2019 In previous posts on breathing, weve explored the physical impact of nasal breathing for performance and recovery. Now, Patrick McKeownXPT advisor and author of The Oxygen Advantage...
Positional Breathing Mechanics
Sun Mar 03 2019 Most people dont think about their breathing, and even those who do dont always understand good breathing mechanics. Specifically, its important to realize that posture and position...
Nasal Airway in Regulation of Airway Resistance During Hypercapnia and Exercise
Sun Feb 03 2019 Study reviewed by XPT Assistant Performance Director, Mark Roberts Nasal breathing during exercise has been a topic of consideration for both trainers and trainees for many years. R...
Improve Recovery and Bust Stress with Box Breathing
Tue Jan 15 2019 Here at XPT, we use lots of different breathing techniques for many different purposes. Think of it as a breathwork toolbox. There is no single right way to deliberately control you...
Not Hitting Your Performance Goals? Mouth Breathing Might Be the Roadblock
Wed Jan 02 2019 How frustrating is it when you have a good coach, push yourself in your training, and dial in your recovery, only to continually fall short of your aims on game day? When this happe...
Utilizing Nasal Breathing to Improve your Speed, Endurance & Power
Thu Nov 15 2018 Part two of our new Breathwork Basics Series In the first part of this series Coming Back to Breath How Breath Awareness Can Bust Stress, Improve Performance and Enhance Recovery ,...
How Breath Awareness Can Bust Stress, Improve Performance, & Enhance Recovery
Thu Nov 01 2018 The average human takes between 14,400 and 20,000 breaths a day. But be honestwhen was the last time you truly focused on even a handful of them? Sure, there are disciplines like yo...
Fri Apr 27 2018 What is cadence breathing? Cadence breathing is one of the core breathwork modalities taught within the XPT program. A form of rhythmic breathing, cadence breathing is designed to i...
Gym Strength and Breathing Exercises For Athletes
Wed May 24 2017 XPT Gym Session: Resistance Training XPT Gym Session: Resistance Training Overarching Theme: Core to Extremity Overarching Theme: Core to Extremity The spine is the center for e...
Fri Feb 17 2017 Oxygen is vital to almost every cell, tissue, and life-sustaining process in the body. No person can survive without it, but athletes need more than the rest of the population. We d...
You Don't Appreciate What You Have Until It's Gone
Sat Jan 21 2017 You don't know what you have until it's gone. Its one of the oldest forlorn sayings in the worldand one of the truest. Somehow, things are more valuable to us when we dont have them...