What I Learned from High Hamstring Tendinopathy

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One of the great things about being a coach and an athlete is that when you get injured as an athlete, you improve as a coach. Experiencing first hand what an athlete is going through is extremely valuable – especially when helping an athlete rehab. Over the years, for whatever reason, I tend to work with a lot of runners and cyclist coming back from injury. So anytime I have injury symptoms, I get excited.

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Nose Unblocking Technique

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Improve your Nasal breathing using a simple technique from Patrick McKeown in his book Oxygen Advantage

Many runners struggle with nose breathing in general because the nose is runny or blocked. And I suggest that you complete all your Base Runs breathing only out of your nose! What to do?

Luckily there is a simple strategy to help with this. In the book Oxygen Advantage author Patrick McKeown outlines a simple but effective technique to improve your ability to breathe out of your nose. It goes as follows:

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