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Martin McPhilimey MSc MRes - Scientific Consultant

Chronic stress is a global health crisis affecting individual and collective performance. Day after day.

🧠 Build Regulation, Resilience & Recovery
🫁 Breath Science • Nervous System • Sleep
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🧘‍♂️ http://martinmcphilimey.com With coaching, you can turn stress into success for high performance with the enthusiasm, motivation and energy to take action towards your goals. Imagine the level of performance you could reach by waking up each morning feeling calm, alert and ready to tackle your day. Reclaim confidence in your capacity for action by learning the methods helping stressed-out busy professionals, anxious leaders and burnt out go-getters stand out from the crowd by regaining control of their focus, energy and productivity.

06/11/2025

Become a Certified Breath Science Practitioner 🌬️

Early bird access for the next Breath Science Certification is now open.

This 7-9-month, evidence-based training helps you master the art and science of breathing, nervous system regulation, sleep, and behaviour — giving you the confidence to work long-term with clients and create real transformation.

Whether you’re a breathwork facilitator, coach, or health professional, this training gives you a complete framework to assess, coach, and guide clients from stress, anxiety, or burnout toward resilience and performance.

🧠 Learn the physiology and psychology behind the breath
💬 Build confidence through practice and assessment
🌍 Join a global community of like-minded practitioners

⚡ Early bird access ends in November
📩 Comment “Group” and I’ll send you full details.

04/11/2025

The world of breath and wellness is transforming.

Professionals and coaches are no longer looking for quick fixes or one-size-fits-all methods — they’re seeking science, structure, and self-mastery.

People are demanding more from coaches because information is so accessible. Writing a plan or sharing techniques isn't enough. People want depth, connection and bespoke services.

That’s why I created the — an ecosystem designed to help coaches and professionals understand how physiology relates to psychology and human behaviour. Central to this is breath and well-being.

Train as a practitioner and master the science of breath

Join a supportive community of professionals raising the standard.

Or optimise your own performance and wellbeing through 1:1 consulting

There’s a place for you here. 🌬️

Please comment below where you’d like to get started, and I’ll be in touch.

03/11/2025

The control of breathing during exercise is a complex yet highly regulated and precise process, designed to maintain arterial pH and carbon dioxide levels within homeostasis in healthy individuals. When illness is present, however, this delicate balance begins to break down.

Much of the information about breathing and exercise circulating online or on social media tends to be biased towards specific methods or techniques that fail to stand the test of time when applied to real-world exercise performance.

In my view, most of the meaningful work to improve breathing during exercise actually happens outside of exercise itself. Ensuring adequate sleep, learning to self-regulate, and applying specific biomechanical and specialised protocols can significantly enhance the nervous system’s ability to govern such a tightly regulated process—one that depends heavily on habitual breathing patterns and behaviours.

Of course, we can attempt to manipulate or retrain breathing patterns during exercise, but to do this effectively it must involve biofeedback. Without it, we are largely guessing, since much of the process is shaped by psychological relationships rather than purely physiological ones.

That’s why it’s essential for any athlete to experience an integrative, holistic coaching approach that includes breath as a key component. This is exactly the kind of education provided through the School of Breath Science and the Breath Science Certification, with our next group cohort starting in January and early-bird enrolment now open.

For those looking to take their expertise to the next level, I also have limited spaces available for one-to-one mentorships—designed to help you go beyond the level of a typical breath coach, stand out in your field, and build the business and impact you deserve.

Comment BSC below to learn more about these opportunities to level up your education , skills and ultimately value!

31/10/2025

In this video, we explore the neuroscience of relaxation and uncover why some people find it difficult to switch off their minds and bodies. Learn how your brain’s prediction and survival mechanisms impact your ability to relax, and discover practical techniques to reprogram your nervous system for better relaxation. From understanding the role of prediction in stress responses to practical breathing exercises, get insights on how to create a safe and calming environment. Join Martin in uncovering why you can’t relax and what you can do about it.

Comment YTB below for the full episode delivered to your DM’s.

29/10/2025

Cold exposure boosts dopamine, which makes us feel more motivated, alert, and positive. But if you use it every day just to “feel good,” are you empowering yourself, or creating a new dependency?

A better approach is cycling: two weeks on, one week off. This helps ensure the shift comes from within you, not just from the ice.

27/10/2025

Interestingly, research on elite endurance athletes reveals a counterintuitive insight: these runners do not excel at retaining CO₂ to induce acidosis and thereby enhance oxygen extraction. Instead, they demonstrate superior efficiency in clearing CO₂, achieved through highly optimised breathing mechanics that reduce anatomical dead space to near zero. Consequently, end-tidal CO₂ measurements accurately reflect venous return levels, underscoring their exceptional proficiency in gas exchange.

This advantage does not stem from deliberate breathwork protocols, such as breath holds or hypocapnic training. Instead, it arises from the ability to maintain regulated, consistent breathing over prolonged distances in a state of relative relaxation. This fosters stress tolerance and mental endurance, rendering sensations of respiratory fatigue virtually imperceptible and allowing breathing to become effortless and precise. In a study of 20 elite-level runners, no distinction was made between nasal and oral breathing—a notable omission that warrants scrutiny in light of our current focus on training methodologies.

While breath-hold exercises and hypocapnic techniques can offer value, they represent only a minor contributor to attaining elite performance.

I would value your perspectives on this finding. Please share your thoughts in the comments below, or pose any questions you may have. For access to the full breakdown of this paper and additional educational content, simply comment ‘mastery’.

23/10/2025

Not all breathing dysfunctions are the same — and neither do they require the same techniques.

Hyperventilation, often linked to excessive arousal, calls for calm, safety, and a healthy relationship with breathing before introducing any challenge.
Mechanical dysfunctions, on the other hand, often need structure, feedback, and awareness.

Elite breathing is cultivated through miles of practice, deep relaxation, a positive relationship with breath and extraordinary mechanics .

Breath Science and high-level practice demand nuance, specificity, and excellence in communication.

If you feel limited in your understanding, decision-making, or struggle to help clients stay consistent with their practices, you may want to explore the Breath Science Certification.

We teach beyond techniques and protocols — diving into understanding client needs, goals, and personality traits that ultimately shape their experience and yours as a coach.

I offer 1:1 mentoring for those seeking expert-level discussions and refinement, or you can join our group cohort for collaborative learning.

🗓️ A few 1:1 spots are open this month.

🎓 The next group training starts mid-to-late January, suitable for US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand time zones. Pre sale spaces are now being enrolled with lowest investment, and early course and community access with the

📩 Drop me a message today to find out more.

21/10/2025

Cold exposure isn’t just about toughness, it’s brain training 🧊🧠

➡️ Builds top-down control of stress response
➡️ Helps regulate breathing + stay calm under pressure
➡️ Supports the prefrontal cortex to quiet emotional reactivity
➡️ Can reduce hyperarousal + hypersensitivity (helpful in PTSD)

⚠️ But: too much cold exposure in non-stressed people may blunt interoceptive awareness, creating disconnect or dissociation

20/10/2025

What separates elite-level endurance athletes from sub-elite athletes is what I call open circuit breathing. In this short 5-minute clip taken from my latest journal club, we redefine what optimal breathing means, and it has nothing to do with the Bohr effect.

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