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  Intra-Abdominal Pressure Development for Crawling

  In the Original Strength forums, a user asked for my prescription of training for crawling and avoiding aching wrists. When I see symptoms like aching wrists, it is likely the result of insufficient generation of intra-abdominal pressure during crawling. The wrists (and other body parts) will start to compensate for poor stabilization, causing inevitable aches…

  January 23, 2018

  Bodyweight, Breathing, Nasal and Abdominal, Original Strength, Uncategorized

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  Beginning to Integrate Intra-Abdominal Pressure Generation into Movement

  I recorded this video and never posted it here! If you’ve been working through my drills to promote diaphragmatic breathing, you’ll want to explore this drill next. Otherwise, you may find yourself capable of breathing diaphragmatically but still find limitations when you try to move or add load and can only generate IAP when you…

  April 18, 2017

  Breathing, Nasal and Abdominal

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  Breath Training for Intra-Abdominal Pressure from the Total Immersion Forums

  I thought I’d repost this thread from the Total Immersion forums. It touches on some key points I’ve learned about IAP generation, and the context is for swimming. The full thread is entitled Reasons for the arched back and how to fix it?. User sachintha writes: In a recent underwater video I was surprised to…

  February 9, 2016

  Breathing, Nasal and Abdominal, Swimming

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  How to Train for Abdominal Breathing and Generating Intra-Abdominal Pressure

  I’ve gone through the importance of abdominal breathing in Optimal Breathing: The Case for Diaphragmatic Breathing. In this post, I’ll talk about how to train for it, and then a basic method for training for using your diaphragm and abdomen breathing to generate intra-abdominal pressure (IAP), the optimal way for stabilizing your torso for movements.…

  January 25, 2015

  Breathing, Nasal and Abdominal

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  Optimal Breathing: The Case for Diaphragmatic Breathing

  What is optimal breathing? It is much more than just standing around and sucking air in and pushing it out. In my research regarding breathing, western medicine has little to offer about breathing as a solution to health problems. However, it seems that all the knowledge and research comes out of Europe and through the…

  January 1, 2015

  Breathing, Nasal and Abdominal

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  About Nasal Breathing

  I’ve finally decided to write about what I’ve learned about proper breathing. Starting here with nasal breathing, I’ve dug into the importance and ramifications of breathing via the nose: Today I plowed through some books I had on breathing mechanics and have some references. The best book i found so far is “Recognizing and Treating…

  November 19, 2014

  Breathing, Nasal and Abdominal