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Shift to fat-burning by changing your breath! — Whalespan

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Shift to fat-burning by changing your breath!

Paul Saladino6m · 2021-04-29

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✓Well SupportedGear two breathing involves a powerful nasal inhale and a relaxed nasal exhale, representing a slight increase in aerobic activity intensity.✓Well SupportedAfter approximately four 30-second high-intensity efforts, mouth-breathing is needed due to the metabolic cost becoming too high to sustain nasal breathing.✓Well SupportedGear 3 and 4 involve a nose-to-mouth or mouth-only breathing strategy, with Gear 4 being exclusively mouth breathing.◐Partially SupportedAchieving a strong gear one breathing pattern for hard work requires significant time and development.Partially Supported

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Breathing gears 2 through 4 are transitional and should not be focused on for extended periods.

◐Partially SupportedGear five breathing should not be used for more than one minute at a time.

✓Well SupportedThe brain's key function is to generate predictions about future events and preparedness.

◐Partially SupportedIndividuals with higher CO2 sensitivity are more likely to over-breathe and burn more sugar than necessary.

◐Partially SupportedFat burning is a larger and more sustainable energy source for long-term use compared to carbohydrate burning, which utilizes finite glycogen stores.

◐Partially SupportedA six-month program on shiftadapt.com will help people understand and utilize breathing gears in training.

◐Partially SupportedDeveloping breathing gears takes time and was understood through testing with metabolic carts that measured respiratory quotient.

◐Partially SupportedAnxious individuals, asthmatics, and those with mechanical breathing disabilities are more sensitive to carbon dioxide and prone to over-breathing.

◐Partially SupportedThe body's metabolic system is integrated and responds to physiological and psychological signals.

◐Partially SupportedChemoreceptors in the aortic and carotid arteries communicate with the brain stem to signal the state of the blood and predict physiological events.

◐Partially SupportedIndividuals should spend the first four to six weeks focusing on understanding and practicing gear one and two breathing techniques.

◐Partially SupportedMetabolic carts measure respiratory quotient to determine the ratio of carbohydrate versus fat burning during exercise.