Ep. 250 | Breath Control for Stress Resilience with Dave Wood
Dave Wood is a performance coach and former intensive care paramedic specializing in stress mitigation, recovery, and mental preparedness for athletes, innovators, and leaders. In this episode, he explains how negative adaptations to stress can impact our breathing patterns and lead to chronic stress. He also explains the role of breath control in managing stress and thriving in challenging situations.
ABOUT Dave Wood
Dave is a specialist in stress mitigation, recovery and mental preparedness for athletes, innovators, leaders and those in the pursuit of optimising their health and performance. Dave has an in-depth understanding of the human body systems and how they are interconnected and the importance of balancing the body for sustainable peak physical and mental performance. For the past 11 years Dave has worked on a front line ambulance and first response jeep as an Intensive Care Paramedic where his role is too respond to high acuity work and critically unwell patients. In this time Dave has honed his practical skills in stress mitigation and ability to remain calm and focused under pressure.Dave currently works in human performance with some of the world’s most elite level athletes and groups in a diverse range of sports from the UFC to football. Dave is also passionate and focused on improving productivity, worker satisfaction and sustainability in the corporate world.
ABOUT THE BLUEPRINT PODCAST
The Blueprint Podcast is for busy professionals and Household CEOs who care deeply about their families, career, and health. Host Dr. Erik Korem distills cutting edge-science, leadership, and life skills into simple tactics optimized for your busy lifestyle and goals. Dr. Korem interviews scientists, coaches, elite athletes, entrepreneurs, entertainers, and exceptional people to discuss science and practical skills you can implement to become the most healthy, resilient, and impactful version of yourself.
On a mission to equip people to pursue audacious goals, thrive in uncertainty, and live a healthy and fulfilled life, Dr. Erik Korem is a High-Performance pioneer. He introduced sports science and athlete-tracking technologies to collegiate and professional (NFL) football over a decade ago. He has worked with the National Football League, Power-5 NCAA programs, gold-medal Olympians, Nike, and the United States Department of Defense.
Erik is an expert in sleep and stress resilience. He is the Founder and CEO of AIM7, a health and fitness app that unlocks the power of wearables by providing you with daily personalized recommendations to enhance your mind, body, and recovery.
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