In this episode, we take a deep dive into breathing techniques, cold exposure and heat exposure. While new health and fitness trends are always popping up, we’re taking it back to the basics with our guest, Kimmy Moss. Kimmy is a coach and leads the Breath & Exposure program at Deuce Gym. Kimmy really challenges us to think about something we haven’t paid much attention to on the regular: our breathing patterns. 

Episode 5

by Amanda Meixner & Christopher Rocchio w/ Kimmy Moss

Show Notes

In this episode, we take a deep dive into breathing techniques, cold exposure and heat exposure. While new health and fitness trends are always popping up, we’re taking it back to the basics with our guest, Kimmy Moss. Kimmy is a coach and leads the Breath & Exposure program at Deuce Gym. “You can go weeks without eating food, days without drinking water but how many minutes can you go without breathing?” – Kimmy Moss. Kimmy really challenges us to think about something we haven’t paid much attention to on the regular: our breathing patterns. 

Kimmy is also a huge advocate for cold exposure. From her college soccer years, she had naturally been drawn to the benefits of incorporating cold body dunks into her routine. Now as an XPT Level 3 Certified Coach, she teaches students how to conquer their fears of the ice bath using breath as a tool to get their bodies and minds through the stress of cold exposure

In this episode you’ll learn:

  • The power of nasal breathing 
  • How to increase your CO2 tolerance 
  • How to downregulate (transition to parasympathetic mode)
  • How to upregulate / energize yourself with your breath 
  • The importance of breathing into your diaphragm/belly 
  • A primal breathing technique
  • The benefits of cold exposure
  • The roots of hold/cold exposure
  • The benefits of heat exposure 
  • Infrared sauna vs.  dry sauna   

 

Connect with Kimmy Moss: @Kimmy.Moss

Resources:

1)Cardiovascular and Other Health Benefits of Sauna Bathing: A Review of the Evidence

https://www.mayoclinicproceedings.org/article/S0025-6196(18)30275-1/fulltext

2) Reducing Oxidative Stress

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24304490

3) Hormonal Changes from Sauna

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/999213