Breathing for Warriors: Mixed Martial Arts I
Jargon-free, intuitive, easily applicable information.
All research-driven material, specific to fight sports.
Most importantly, increase your endurance, without more cardio.
Endurance
=
cardiovascular fitness
+
respiratory muscle strength
Endurance or “gas” isn’t just cardio. Cardio is your heart. The best-conditioned athletes address both. How? In the way you strengthen any muscle – make sure your “form” is good by taking your Breathing IQ, then add weight to strengthen the muscles by adding Breathing WODS to your training.
As a fighter, not working and focusing on your breathing means you’ll telegraph your moves to your opponent, you’ll have energy that will be all over the place and run out of gas, you’ll be more prone to get injured, and your recovery, between bouts and between fights, will take longer.
You will Learn
All about your body’s breathing biomechanics; you’ll learn how to optimize your Range of Motion (ROM) and Location of Movement (LOM). The Breathing IQ is a screening of ribcage expansion. Better BIQ means bigger lung capacity.
The importance of strengthening breathing muscles and detailed understanding of your own.
How to get a baseline measurement of the mechanics of your breathing.
How to increase your endurance, without more cardio.
An active breath-led meditation that will help you detoxify and recover.
Learning how to breathe diaphragmatically will
Lower your center of gravity (better balance)
Expand your lung capacity
Allow you to control your heart rate more effectively
We’ll cover critical topics for fighters when it comes to breathing:
Targeted Breathing – how to breathe in each part of the ring/cage
Metaboreflex and Blood Stealing
Tactical Breathing and the Vagus nerve
Importance of diaphragmatic breathing for balance, detoxification, and for recovery
Breathing in Quadrants & “Breathing Behind the Shield”
Respiratory Muscle Training (IMT and EMT)
Controlling your arousal (tactical breathing, and vagus nerve involvement)
Power training that involves breathing/locomotive pairing
Finally!
Get a good explanation on how breathing helps with your “nerves” and how to make this work to your advantage.
Practical programming to get a baseline on yourself and start training right away.
Discussion and lectures specifically about fight science and combat sports and learn breathing from the best in the field.
Dr. Belisa Vranich teaches tactical breathing to military, law enforcement, first responders and combat and tactical athletes. She is the author of Breathing for Warriors: Master Your Breath to Unlock More Strength, Greater Endurance, Sharper Precision, Faster Recovery and an Unshakable Inner Game.
Bas Rutten is a UFC champion, 3x World Champion in Japan, a UFC Hall-of-Famer, fight commentator, actor, TV host, author of the biggest MMA instructional book in the world, inventor (o2trainer), coach to fighters, law enforcement & special forces and a gym owner.
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Breathing for Warriors
Master Your Breath to Unlock More Strength, Greater Endurance, Sharper Precision, Faster Recovery, and an Unshakable Inner Game
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This BREATHING FOR WARRIORS workshop is about endurance, strength, precision and recovery.
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SPRING 2023
Enrollment for the next live virtual class is taking place now. Sign up (no credit card needed), and you will be contacted once the class is filled and ready to start.
Class will be taking place Saturdays at 8:30 am PST, 11:30 am EST, and 4:30 pm GMT
*If you live in a time zone where this is impossible, please let us know, and we’ll try to accommodate you.
*If you have several friends interested in taking the course, email us for group pricing.
Course Schedule
Saturdays | 2 hr sessions
Orientation (1-hr) with Crystal
Saturday, TBD, 2023 @ 11:30 AM EST/8:30 AM PST
Session 1 with Crystal
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Session 2 with Crystal
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Session 3 with Crystal
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Session 4 with Crystal
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Break
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Session 5 with Crystal (Final presentations)
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Session 6 with Dr. Belisa in San Diego or Zoom group
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WHO IS THIS WORKSHOP FOR
Breathing for Warriors is an intensive workshop for athletes and coaches. It is based on the newest proven research conducted on breathing muscles and lung capacity measures.
WHY TAKE THIS WORKSHOP
This class goes into depth expanding the concepts addressed in the book Breathing for Warriors with a focus on endurance and strength.
what is breathing for warriors
Breathing for Warriors is an intensive workshop that goes into depth on the theory related to breathing exercises that improve endurance and stress management techniques to optimize sports performance. The workshop covers both research and practical application as it relates to respiration.
Dr. Belisa has worked with hundreds of athletes, agents, officers and first responders (Homeland Security, DEA, EMS, SWAT, Border Patrol, US Marshals) in US Department of Justice offices and fight dojos throughout the country. Her work has received outstanding reviews regarding: managing anxiety and panic, regulating adrenaline, enhancing center of gravity, improving endurance and conditioning, and effectively fighting fatigue.