Does anyone know what the argument is for the retention breath segment of Wim Hof breathing is?
It seems to me, based on the proposed mechanism, you should get all the benefits (and more so?) from straight up hyperventilating, without any breath hold at all.
It seems to me, based on the proposed mechanism, you should get all the benefits (and more so?) from straight up hyperventilating, without any breath hold at all.
Does anyone know the claimed reason why holding your breath helps?
The argument that I've heard is that this causes a build up of CO2, which increases Oxygen Absorption by the cells.
And that's not...totally unreasonable. Higher acidity DOES cause hemoglobin molecules to release more oxygen on average.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohr_effe…
And that's not...totally unreasonable. Higher acidity DOES cause hemoglobin molecules to release more oxygen on average.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohr_effe…
But...that doesn't matter if there's not oxygen in the blood to be unloaded.
And I can straight up see, on a pulse oximeter, that my blood oxygen drops (by like 40%) during the breath hold, as one might expect.
And I can straight up see, on a pulse oximeter, that my blood oxygen drops (by like 40%) during the breath hold, as one might expect.
At best, there's a short period where my tissues are getting ~10% more oxygen than normal, followed immediately by a ~50% oxygen deprivation?
Am I missing the point here? Or is half of the Wim Hof breathing protocol superfluous, on its own proposed mechanisms?
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