You're suffocating yourself at your desk.

Hey Reader,

What if I told you that your racing thoughts aren't a symptom of your stress, but the actual cause of it?

I know that sounds backward. But hear me out...

For the past six years, since COVID rocked our world, I've gone deep into the science of stress.

I leaned on my degrees in Engineering and Behavioral Economics, read over 50 books, and analyzed 22 years of my own case studies as a personal trainer. All roads led to one massive discovery.

Your anxiety is a mechanical breakdown.

Most guys think their shallow chest breathing is just a byproduct of a 60-hour work week and a mountain of pressure.

The shocker?

The shallow breathing is actually the root cause of the pressure.

When you don't pull air deep into your belly, you fail to carry rich blood to the bottom lobes of your lungs. You deny oxygen to your frontal cortex. You're basically suffocating yourself at your desk.

This leads to silent panic and endless rumination.

We aren't born breathing this way.

We learn it.

The other day, I caught my son, Jagger, playing with his toy vacuum (thanks Grandma.) I noticed his chest rapidly rising and falling. He was taking the exact same short, panicked breaths I take when I'm overwhelmed with life. He was mirroring my tension. If you grew up surrounded by stressed out adults, you unconsciously adopted their panic breathing too.

If you want to stop the afternoon crash, you have to fix your breathing mechanics first.

Once you pull air deep into your belly, your heart rate drops, your brain gets oxygen, and the silent panic fades. Fix the breath, and the stress collapses.

I want to issue you a challenge today.

When your mind starts to spin, run this quick 4-step experiment on your breath:

1. Are you breathing through your nose?
2. Are you unknowingly holding your breath?
3. Is the air expanding your belly, or just your tight chest?
4. Is it slow (can you hit a 5-second inhale)?

You're too smart for your own good. I've built a 2-minute 'Escape Map' to break the mental loop anywhere, anytime. Click HERE and I'll send it over.​

Systems > Willpower, Tony Arreola Human Systems Engineer™ | LivFit 365™

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P.S. You're too smart for your own good. I've built a 2-minute 'Escape Map' to break the mental loop anywhere, anytime. Click Here and I'll send it over.​

P.P.S. If you happen to see me standing perfectly still outside Lifetime Fitness taking massive 5-second inhales, just walk on by. I'm only trying to survive the endless ... endless ... throwing rocks game with Jagger.