Oxygen Advantage

Oxygen Advantage Scientifically proven breathing technique to reduce breathlessness, simulate high altitude training, Find out more at www.oxygenadvantage.com

The Oxygen Advantage Breathing Technique by Patrick McKeown

The Oxygen Advantage improves sports performance:

1. By understanding how oxygen is released throughout the body, and improving everyday breathing habits so that body oxygenation becomes more efficient

2. By practicing specially designed breath hold exercises which provide the same benefits as high altitude training

Both methods work

by increasing the amount of oxygen that can be delivered to your working muscles and heart during exercise, allowing you to become healthier, faster, fitter and stronger. The Oxygen Advantage technique provides step by step detail to enable you:

-Increase your natural production of EPO safely and legally
-Improve your VO2 max and sports performance
-Reduce your breathlessness during physical exercise
-Improve delivery of oxygen to organs and working muscles
-Prevent exercise induced asthma
-Reduce inflammation and the risk of injury
-Help maintain fitness during rest or injury

For the past eleven years, Patrick McKeown has trained over 5,000 people in reduced breathing exercises. From seriously ill asthmatics to couch potatoes to weekend warriors and Olympic athletes—Patrick teaches a simple, fast way to transform health, well-being, and performance. The Oxygen Advantage, Patrick's latest and most complete book, is based on research supported by over 230 medical papers and studies published in prominent scientific journals. For the first time, this information is being published outside academic journals and made accessible to the public. The Oxygen Advantage allows those who previously avoided exercise due to excessive breathlessness, asthma, or other health and respiratory issues, to become the athletes they’ve always wanted to become. Equally, for the first time, individuals who don’t regularly exercise can use reduced breathing techniques to improve their fitness level substantially before they even set foot on a track, or walk into a gym. The health benefits of reduced breathing for exercisers and for non-exercisers includes better sleep, improved cardiovascular health, increased energy and concentration, easy weight loss and weight maintenance, and the elimination of asthmatic symptoms. The Oxygen Advantage book includes both detailed and simplified descriptions of each exercise, quick reference guides and summaries, case studies, and the science behind the information to enable the reader to fully understand and apply the Oxygen Advantage program.

02/05/2026

“The breath is the mind made visible.”

John O’Hegarty shares how functional breathing helped him realise how much mental activity was mirrored in his breathing — and how changing one can influence the other.

🎧 Watch the full OA® Podcast with Patrick McKeown on Spotify, Apple & YouTube.

It was a pleasure to join The Ready State podcast with Kelly Starrett and Juliet Starrett during Patrick McKeown’s US tr...
01/05/2026

It was a pleasure to join The Ready State podcast with Kelly Starrett and Juliet Starrett during Patrick McKeown’s US trip.

Kelly and Juliet have built one of the most trusted platforms in human performance — helping athletes, professionals, and everyday individuals build stronger, healthier, and more durable bodies through movement and mobility.

Looking forward to sharing the full episode in the coming weeks.

30/04/2026

24 years working with the breath — and the journey is still moving.

From Arizona to Las Vegas, San Francisco, Houston, and New York… bringing breathing from clinics into performance, from pediatrics to elite environments.

Sharing some of the journey and insights from the road.
Full update on YouTube: https://youtu.be/GrNe1K2lNAA

30/04/2026

Miesha Tate digging deep in the final moments to secure the finish and become world champion — pure grit, pressure, and ex*****on when it mattered most.

At this level, it’s not about being calm — it’s about staying composed enough in the chaos to execute.

We recently sat down with Miesha to explore breathing, mindset, and performance — looking forward to sharing that conversation with Patrick McKeown soon 👊

Patrick McKeown joined Miesha Tate in Las Vegas on her Built 4 Growth podcast yesterday — diving into breathing, perform...
30/04/2026

Patrick McKeown joined Miesha Tate in Las Vegas on her Built 4 Growth podcast yesterday — diving into breathing, performance, and mindset at the highest level.

Looking forward to sharing the full conversation soon

28/04/2026

“Going to prison was something that saved my life.”

John O’Hegarty reflects on how movement, routine and finding purpose each day helped him rebuild from the ground up.

Sometimes recovery begins by getting out of the head and back into the body.

A powerful moment from the OA® Podcast with Patrick McKeown.

🎧 Full episode live on YouTube, Spotify & Apple.

Everyone talks about training harder.Elite performers focus just as much on recovery.Rory McIlroy’s routine shows that b...
27/04/2026

Everyone talks about training harder.
Elite performers focus just as much on recovery.

Rory McIlroy’s routine shows that breathing and sleep aren’t optional extras—they’re part of the system.

Simple habits:
• Nasal breathing during the day
• Slow breathing before sleep
• Supporting nasal breathing at night
• Consistent recovery routines

These are the things that allow performance to show up when it matters.

You don’t need complexity.
You need consistency.

25/04/2026

Try this: the nose unblocking exercise 👃

A simple breath-hold exercise to help clear nasal airways and make nose breathing easier. Start gently, build slowly, and keep air hunger mild.

Start easy, keep air hunger mild, and never push into distress.

Not suitable during pregnancy. If you’re prone to panic or have a medical condition, stick with light, slow, quiet breathing only.

🎙️ Taken from The Mind Full Podcast with Patrick McKeown & Dermot Whelan

What can five breath holds a day change?Over the past days, participants in the Breath Hold Challenge have been sharing ...
24/04/2026

What can five breath holds a day change?

Over the past days, participants in the Breath Hold Challenge have been sharing their experiences — and some of the stories have been remarkable.

Different people. Different starting points.
Yet many reported similar changes:

• Less panic with air hunger
• More calm under stress
• Better exercise recovery
• Nasal breathing becoming more natural
• Greater confidence in breathing

What stands out is not dramatic effort.
It is consistency.

Just five breath holds a day.
Same practice. Different breakthroughs.

Breathing changes physiology.
But often it changes confidence first.

Thank you to everyone taking part and sharing your progress. We’re featuring a few community stories here, with more highlights — and more giveaways — still to come.

If you’d like to experience the challenge for yourself, you can join the free 4-week Breath Hold Challenge here (or bio):

🔗 www.oxygenadvantage.com/pages/breath-hold-challenge

23/04/2026

Rory McIlroy’s Heart Rate Under Pressure (Breathing Explained)

Rory McIlroy’s heart rate hit 135 bpm under pressure at the Masters…
But..
He was able to bring it back down.

In this clip, Patrick McKeown explains how breathing gives you that control.

👉 Tune into your heart rate
👉 Breathe gently through your nose
👉 Slow and soften your exhale

Because:
• Inhale → heart rate speeds up
• Exhale → heart rate slows down

When you slow the exhale, you calm the body
and create the conditions for flow and peak performance

This is your built-in mechanism to shift from stress → control.

The key is not waiting until competition.

Practice it daily so it’s there when it matters.

🎥 Watch the full video: https://youtu.be/F8IwnA-DWpU

23/04/2026

What’s Patrick’s score? 👀

This is the Maximum Breathlessness Test (MBT) - a simple way to measure your tolerance to breathlessness.

Patrick’s score? 88 paces.
That’s a high level of tolerance.

But here’s the key:
👉 Your score isn’t your limit — it’s your starting point.

This test reflects how your body handles:
• breathlessness
• CO₂ tolerance
• physical & mental stress

And it’s something you can improve.

Want to test yourself properly and improve your score?

We’ve put together a free Breath Hold Challenge
with full guidance, progressions, and demonstrations.

Comment START below and we’ll send it to you 👇

22/04/2026

Even at the highest level of sport, breathing habits aren’t automatically optimal.

They’re trained.

What separates Rory McIlroy isn’t that he got it perfect early—
it’s that he became aware of it and changed it.

Now his cue under pressure is simple:
Close the mouth. Breathe through the nose.

That shift:
→ calms his heart rate
→ settles his mind
→ keeps him composed when it matters most

And if one of the best athletes in the world is working on it…
…it’s probably worth your attention too.

🎥 Clip via WHOOP Podcast featuring Rory McIlroy

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