THE RULE OF THIRDS...

The rule of thirds is a concept we'll be using to gauge your progress in this course.

Fundamentally, every breath hold - no matter how advanced you are - can be broken down into three sections:

SECTION 1: No real desire to breath, generally you feel pretty comfortable.

SECTION 2: You start to feel the effects of CO2 build up, and begin to get the general urge to breathe.

SECTION 3: Dominated by diaphragmatic contractions and low O2 levels.

So what does all this mean?

Well, think of it like this….

If you quit your breath hold at the first urge to breathe, you're leaving nearly two thirds of your hold time on the table.

If you quit at the first contraction, you're robbing yourself of nearly a third of your time too.

The only time you're actually really reaching low O2 levels is at the end of the final third - the danger zone.

Sure, it might feel like you're there at the end of the first section, but we need to learn how to identify the different zones, get more familiar with the sensations, to move through each one.

RULE EXTENSION

As you begin the training later in this course you'll begin to extend through each third, increasing your breath hold in the process.

As you begin to increase your CO2 tolerance you'll experience the onset of the second third a little later, and you'll be able to deal with it for longer too.

And, as you increase your body's ability to operate on lower than normal O2 levels you'll extend the final third as well.

THE WRAP

The rule of thirds is a simple framework for cognitively taking stock of where your body is at during a breath hold attempt.

The more you practice, the more sensitive you'll become to the different stages, so hold this thought as you move through this course.

THE RULE OF THIRDS

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21 DAY BREATH HOLD SPRINT