In the 18th Episode of The Strength Connection Podcast, Mike and our special guest World- renowned author and breathing practitioner, author of The Oxygen Advantage and The Breathing Cure, Patrick McKeown will talk about hyperventilation, the 3 dimensions of breathing, the importance of your everyday beating pattern and mouth vs nose sleep breathing.(2:00) Introducing our special guest Patrick McKeown @buteykoclinic(3:20) The Oxygen Advantage https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00RLU286G/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i(3:30) The concept and the importance of functional breathing(4:20) Hyperventilation(4:30) The basic fundamental of your breathing(5:00) The importance of your everyday beating pattern(5:30) Breathing has 3 dimensions(6:00) Yoga and breathing(8:00) Breathing through the mouth(9:30) Breathing through your nose VS breathing through your mouth(10:30) Shout out to Professor George Dallam from Colorado State University(11:30) Every breath that we take is an energy cost for the body(12:40) By improving breathing everyday patterns we can help with these diseases(13:20) Nutrition and Physical Degeneration by Dr. Weston A. Price https://www.amazon.com/Nutrition-Physical-Degeneration-Weston-Price/dp/0916764206 (13:40) Modern face is changing(14:50) More susceptible to sleep problems(16:00) Breath Book by James Nestor @mrjamesnestor https://www.amazon.com/Breath-New-Science-Lost-Art/dp/0735213615(16:20) The concept of mouth breathing(17:10) The importance of nose breathing(18:20) “People want their children to reach their full potential but yet there’s no information put out there about sleep” - Patrick McKeown @buteykoclinic(18:45) Atomic Focus by Patrick McKeown https://www.amazon.com/Atomic-Focus-Resilience-Breathing-Exercises-ebook/dp/B09D9ZL9HL (20:30) The problem with breathing is that you can’t really make a lot of money out of it(21:30) Mouth breathing is activating the upper chest, so you breath hard and fast(22:10) Asthma, anxiety and dysfunctional breathing(25:10) Mouth breathing and nose breathing while sleeping(26:40) Dysfunctional breathing(29:20) Sleep issues is linked to all these diseases(30:00) How do you breath during sleep(30:20) Vacuum cleaner reverse(32:00) The concept of the bold score(33:50) Shout out to Péter Lakatos(35:00) Swimming is the only sport that has a really significant impact in your breathing patterns(35:50) It’s all about changing states(36:40) Shout out to Gray Cook @functionalmvmt and Brett Jones @brettjonessfg(39:50) Is it more efficient to breathe through the mouth?(40:40) Increase of carbon dioxide in the body(43:30) Breathing faster and harder?(44:40) Developing tics as a result of 1 breathing session involving hyperventilation that lasted for 1 hour(51:30) Experiments of increased carbon dioxide in rats(57:20) If you breathe fast, your body understands...(57:50) “Concentration is our ability to hold our attention on 1 thing” - Patrick McKeown(58:20) “I become one with the car” Netflix show about a racer(1:02:40) The power of focus(1:03:00) Flow is natural, we are in the middle, shout out to Sifu Harinder Singh @sifusingh(1:06:10) Where to find Patrick McKeown books and content  https://oxygenadvantage.com/