Breathwork in Athletes, friend or foe? Join Professor James Hull and guests for answers. EP#586

About this episode

The episode discusses the trend of breathwork in athletes and its potential benefits and risks.

Professor James Hull is joined by Dr Eric Harbour and Professor Hege Clemm to discuss the fast growing trend of “breathwork’ in athletes and whether this is a useful novel area of interest or if it is a potentially dangerous fad. Listen in for a lively discussion! Info: Please find relevant references for further information below: Dr Eric Harbour recommends: Breath Tools review: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/physiology/articles/10.3389/fphys.2022.813243/full Breath tools website: https://www.breathtools.com/ Lancet review mentioned: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanres/article/PIIS2213-2600(25)00437-0/fulltext Prof. Hege Clemm recommends: IOC consensus BJSM: https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/bjsports/56/19/1066.full.pdf https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/bjsports/56/19/1089.full.pdf Prof. James Hull has some resources in here: www. breathetowin.co.uk

People in this episode

Host: Professor James Hull

Guests: Dr Eric Harbour, Professor Hege Clemm

Topics covered

• breathwork
• athletes
• health trends
• fitness
• medicine
• safety

Keywords

• breathwork
• athletes
• health
• fitness
• medicine
• safety
• trends

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: BMJ Group, Frontiers in Physiology, The Lancet, IOC, BJSM, breathetowin.co.uk

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