Cycling Performance Club: An exercise in intervention evaluation: Does nasal breathing improve performance?

We take a dive into the nasal passage and look at whether there are performance gains to be obtained through nose breathing. This leads to a discussion around how we evaluate interventions and make decisions on whether they’re worth implementing for ourselves and our athletes. 2:30 How do we normally breathe during exercise? 8:25 What are the claimed benefits of nose breathing over mouth breathing? 9:15 Are we getting too much oxygen? 21:15 What do the studies show? 29:25 What level of evide...

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Welcome to Chain Reaction. I’m Coach Damian Ruse, a professional cycling coach for over a decade. Each episode unpacks a real cycling story about the human side of performance.