Your back hurts? We look at breathing. You feel stressed? We look at breathing. Poor digestion? We look at breathing. Breathing extends into so many realms of health it needs to be talked about thoroughly and often. Enter Kento Kamiyama. Kento knows so much stuff! He knows about breathing, he knows about exercising, he knows about breathing while exercising, he knows anatomy, he knows how to drive a manual transmission, he knows kinesiology, and the list goes on. Kento will be teaching us all about the good the bad and the ugly when it comes to breathing. Kento will kindly answer the following on FiRE5: 1. Why should you practice breathing? 2. I used to not think about breathing, why should I start now? 3. Can breathing help my core? 4. Breathing can help my flexibility…what? 5. How can I integrate it into strength training? Kento is a wealth of knowledge and also a great teacher and communicator. Kento and I met a while back when I was with Peter D'Aquino and he said "You gotta meet this guy Kento, he's great!" Sure enough, he was. It's always nice to meet someone who shares your passion and compliments your knowledge. Some of the courses I wanted to take at the time, he had not only taken, but he was TEACHING! How lucky am I?? I am just as excited to attend this one as you are :)
3:09 : Kento Kamiyama introduces himself
3:55 : Kento explains what fascia is
7:59 : Why you should practice breathing and how Kento became interested in breath
14:49 : How to start a conversation with a client about mouth and nasal breathing
19:33 : Why people should start to think about breathing now
20:57 : Kento shows a video of his breathing and posture
26:17 : The anatomy of the trunk and a video of 360 degree breathing, and explaining how to breath "behind the shield"
41:49 : Kento's thoughts and opinions on the breathing behind the shield, blowing out the candle, fogging up the screen breathing approach
45:00 : A different perspective on how breathing can affect your core
49:39 : How breathing can help flexibility
50:30 : A video on breathings effect on mobility
54:13 : Steves walks through a demonstration for those with hamstring tightness
58:24 : How to try and integrate breathing into strength training and examples of how to assess different individuals needs
1:05:55 : Kento's closing thoughts