Breathwork 101 @ Diablo

This won’t be your ordinary ruck this morning. I promised the guys that we would do something  totally new to F3 this morning, so I shared what I learned from a podcast with Gary Brecka. Gary is a Human Biologist, biohacker, researcher, and an anti-aging and longevity expert…so he says. If you haven’t checked out his videos, then you need to do so. Lets get some stretching in before we get started. We stand straight up and move in to an Egoscue method stretch. Stand pigeon toed, hold your arms out by your side, rotate your thumbs to point behind you and make 40 baby circles backwards while making sure you hold the tension in your shoulders. If it doesn’t hurt, then you’re not pushing your  arms backwards enough. After 40 circles, bring your hands down in front of you and take your fingers interlaced together facing down. Bring your hands all the way up, palms to the sky and look up focusing on your middle fingers for 10 seconds. Slowly bring you hands down by your side.  This technique gave my low back pain immediate relief.

Let’s ruck down to Martha’s house where we’ll get some merkins, squats and step ups in while we made our rounds. In the middle of all this, I threw in some breathwork. Gary created his technique from Wim Hof. You sit down and take 10 obnoxiously deep breaths, hold it on the last breath for 30 seconds, take another deep breath and hold it for 30 seconds.  Your hands will get tingly, your neck will get warm and you may experience a little lightheadedness. You shouldn’t experience any brain damage, but I am no expert so don’t take my word for it. You do this 3X’s with a short break in-between. There are many reported benefits of breathwork meditation, from reducing stress and anxiety to improving sleep and mood. 

Check him out for yourself https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlMiCE6k9MU

Prayers for Turtleman and all others mentioned and not mentioned. 

Good work men!