Sunday at a jiu jitsu class, Mike spoke in front of the room, ran pre-practice breathwork and post-fight breathwork, and handed out the QR to breathletics.net/boxing.
Then Tony talked. Tony is a Chicago jiu jitsu practitioner who has worked with Mike on breathwork for about five to six months. In the Reel, he talks about what changed: better sleep, better breathing for workouts, and a stronger cardiovascular system — positive effects for jiu jitsu and for life in general.
Then the mats do the talking. Tony on the ground, working guard, controlling grips and posture, then working from his back while a partner works from top. That's the point: breathwork isn't a lecture you sit through, it's what holds up when someone is on top of you.
The system is the same three phases fighters already know: pre-fight, during-fight, post-fight. Pre-training nasal breathwork to settle in. The 3-2-1 Corner Reset between rounds and between rolls. A calm nasal reset after training. The round changes, the breath doesn't.
That's why this works for jiu jitsu and MMA, not just boxing. A boxer gasses in round three. A jiu jitsu athlete gasses in a long roll. Same gas tank problem, same breath fix.
Now live on /boxing: Delay lactic acid build-up; ↑ Endurance, power, speed and punch velocity; Increase blood to the brain for focus; Decrease cortisol; Increase VO2 max up to 9%.
Want to learn it properly, with a coach: Breathletics.net/boxing — Private Zoom Boxing Coaching, 3x 45-min, $250. (Jiu jitsu and MMA athletes: same breath, different fight — start there.)
Watch Tony's testimonial here: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DfP1MHkNo3g/
Never do breathwork while driving or in water.
Turn your breath into a weapon
