Program Description

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Ed Harrold’s Breath AS Medicine breath coach training focuses on nasal dominance in respiratory muscle training by applying the principles and philosophy of yoga breathing (or pranayama) as inspiratory and expiratory breath regulation training.  

 

In this 15-Hour Breath Training, we’ll learn the science of controlling the breath for various physiologic and psychological outcomes overlooked in current fitness & athletic training.   

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Give your clients a cardiovascular, flexibility, strength & meditation-in-motion experience all in one training session. By incorporating nasal breathing techniques and strategies, we reduce over-breathing, increase nitric oxide, breathe to improve heart rate variability and support the body's natural gifts rather than robbing it of vital energy.  With nasal breathing, we improve biomechanics, biochemistry, physiology AND psychological states of being.  

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Learn the art, science & application of breath training to improve health, fitness and exercise performance.  Appropriate for personal trainers, fitness professionals, coaches, athletes, physical therapists and "gym rats".

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Course Outline

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• Introduce basic, intermediate and advanced breathing techniques to improve dysfunctional breathing

• Health benefits and contraindications 

• How to sequence the breath for speed, interval and steady state training

  • Includes 40 different breath-training workout routines​

• How to use breathing techniques to “biohack” into flow states 

• Warm-up & cool-down strategies

• Recovery breathing strategies

• Respiratory anatomy & physiology

 

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of the program, participants will be able to
 

• Outline basic, intermediate and/or advanced breathwork techniques

• Assess the health benefits and contraindications of 10 different breathwork exercises

• Construct exercise routines incorporating breathing techniques in endurance, speed, interval, and steady-state training as well as all forms of resistance training

• Introduce different breathwork techniques into routines that produce various biochemical, biomechanical, physiological and psychological outcomes

• Classify breathwork strategies that promote “flow states” in exercise performance

• Introduce breathwork strategies for behavior change in exercise

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Learning Format

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• Online self-study

• Includes 1 hr private coaching session with Ed Harrold.  Coaching session is scheduled based on student's desire to meet in the beginning, middle or end of the training.  Schedule yourself here upon purchase of the training course 

• Includes videos & reading materials

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Exam Details

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• Exam 30 questions

• Total Test Attempts: 3 

• Passing score is 80%.

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Continuing Education

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• 1.5 continuing education credits with American Council on Exercise (ACE Fitness) 

• 15 ISSA (International Sports Science Association)