Breathe Better, Perform Better, Live Better through Menopause and Beyond with Erin Carson, CSCS (Episode 203)

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Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement, Mental Health

4.9 • 696 Ratings

🗓️ 20 November 2024

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Midlife and the menopause transition can leave us breathless, with stress, rising anxiety, and for some an accelerated decline in lung function. The good news is help is right under your nose–your breath. Many of us think of breathing as something that just happens–so we really don’t think about it at all. But as this week’s guest, human performance specialist Erin Carson explains, deliberately thinking about and using our breath gives us the power to calm our nervous system, decompress our joints, and improve our lung function, performance, and health, which is especially beneficial during the menopause transition and beyond.

Erin Carson, CSCS, is the head coach for ECFIT where she provides strength training programs for endurance athletes seeking to perform at their very best in triathlons, marathons, and cycling events. Erin’s programs are anchored in science-based fundamentals of mobility, strength training, and breathwork. Her commitment to the most advanced training strategies offered by performance specialists around the world ensures that she’s at the cutting-edge of high performance sport support. Her clients include world champions and Olympians as well as everyday athletes seeking excellence. You can learn more about her and her work at www.ecfitstrength.com

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0:00.0	You are listening to Hit Play, Not Pause, a feisty menopause podcast for active performance-minded women.
0:14.6	I am your host, Celine Yeager. Each week, I bring you advice from athletes, scientists, researchers, and other experts to help you feel and perform you best no matter what your hormones are doing.
0:25.0	This show is a production of Live Feisty Media.
0:30.8	Hello, strong feisty women.
0:33.2	I hope you all are well.
0:35.4	So this week, I have a treat.
0:38.5	I sat down with longtime friend of the show and all things feisty, strength and conditioning
0:44.8	coach Aaron Carson, who was our third guest on the show way back in 2020.
0:51.2	And if you didn't hear that one, I will link it in the show notes for you to check out.
0:54.9	It was a classic. Aaron is a master of all things mobility. She understands better than almost
1:01.4	anyone I've ever talked to, how to use mobility work to make sure all of your muscles are firing
1:06.9	properly and that you have access to all of those muscles in their full range of motion
1:12.0	to run, swim, bike, lift, hike, whatever you like to do as well as you can pain and injury
1:18.6	free. And well, lately, she has added breathwork to her arsenal. She put up an Instagram post
1:25.7	recently that caught my eye and what it said was,
1:29.3	I used to think breathing was just something that happened automatically, but then I discovered
1:33.9	how powerfully it could impact my training and performance. Head exploding emoji. And then she
1:39.7	goes on to say, turns out your diaphragm, the muscle responsible for breathing, is connected to your
1:45.3	hip flexors and other key muscles. Proper breathing mechanics can actually improve your endurance,
1:50.4	power, focus, and even help prevent injuries. It's like having a secret weapon right under your
1:55.5	nose. So I thought, let me get her back in the studio and what a great conversation we had.
2:01.7	We talk all about how to use breathwork to calm your central nervous system and find flow
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