Single Breath / Double Breath : Breathing Techniques for Kettlebells -

top drawer explanation as ever Mark, loving your content

Man that LAST SENTENCE was what I was here for (when/why I would double breathe vs single.) Thanks for including that.

Hi Mark, I have a question about kettlebell cleans and holding the kettlebell in a static wrist position for get-ups and presses as well.


I watched your video on cleans and applied the method of re-adjusting the kettlebell when I was doing it wrong. My problem is that even in the correct position i'm still feeling a lot of discomfort in my wrist. Is my weight too heavy? (30lbs) Have you ever had a client who never could attain the level of comfort desired with the kettlebell in wrist? I'm a male, in good shape so the 30lbs is actually not that heavy at all for me. The wrist is the only thing bothering me. Thanks and keep up the great videos.

Thanks for this instruction. Very helpful.

Excellent video! Thank you!

Mark, for the snatch when you want to bring the kettlebell back down from overhead do you pull it down or push it forward to initiate the return movement? I get a sore lower back when I try the snatch and thought sorting this detail out this might help - my BJJ coach says to just chamber it on the way down like a Clean but I'm guessing going straight down in the same fashion it went up will give me different benefits than from just replicating part of the other move because I don't have the technique. Your videos are excellent by the way - quality advice & concise.

Will Sasso is smart

One would have to save some breath for the second expelling of breath. Thats a technique on it’s own.

NEVER DID KNOW I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO BREATHE.

Great channel, thank you, keep up the good work!

Thanks for sharing Marka and your mention about the core contraction was great, my brain was processing it, about double breath and one breath. By the way, I don't know if you can add subtitles in spanish, 'cause I share your video with some friends but they don't speak or understand english, maybe in the future just subtitles.

A great tutorial, thank you so much! As a rower I use double breathing which made a great difference at his intensities. As a beginning with Kettlebell I try to breathe well and brace well. At the moment single breathing is the more easy way to do that. But I will experiment now that I have seen your explanation!

mv^2/r + mg at the bottom. (Centripetal + Weight)

Wow- I really, really appreciate these videos. Your knowledge of physics and math...everything and your explanations are so enlightening. I don’t know if there are kettlebell coaches around me. How would I find out?

Inhale at bottom and at the top
Exhale between both
Feels more confy to me.

Your channel is awesome! Simple, clean, direct. Thank you so much.

So it's a valsalva at the bottom yeah?

Great channel! So, at double breathing you inhale always between two exhales or is it another ryrhm? F. E. Exhale, exhale inhale exhale exhale inhale?

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Glad you bought it back together at the end about single breath for heavier weight as I was sat here thinking that the double breath means you're losing abdominal pressure at the bottom, right when you don't want that. Makes sense though with lighter weights if you're going for more reps, to get more air. Cheers.

Are you mouth breathing or are you doing nose/mouth?

"Kettlebell sport breathing" works best for me. It is quite "intuitive" so I do not have to force myself or try to come up with a logical explanation for why I do what I do: it just feels right! And yes, for swings it is exactly the opposite to "hard style breathing".

In through mouth and out through nose?

Purhaps a stupid question, but do you have to breathe whit that much Sound?

For all these so called kettlebell experts I see none who actually know how to use it? Knees are bent to much in both the swing and the snatch forcing the body to chase the weight rather than absorb it. There’s to much force on the top, over extending the knees, for what purpose?
The correct ”russian” way is to exhale on the way down when the body is collapsing.
Cross-fit has totally ruined kettlebells in the US.
I sugest people go watch a lot of videos with Ivan Denisov. A true master with the kettlebells. Look, learn, see what true effeciency is...

Never heard that. I'll try it.

Excellent video!
Really informative.

Great vid as per usual. I did have a question on the breathe work. Do you recommend always exhaling through the mouth or would exhaling through the nose be the same? Is there a significant difference or is it just preference? Thanks in advance.

I am trying to figure out when I am being ripped in half in a Turkish get up, It feels hardest/heaviest as I attempt to get off the floor. So single breath on the floor before I raise, hold until I sit up and exhale, inhale to get up rest of way, exhale at top? We need a video just for breathing with that one maybe. :) Or is that the idea?

Mark, sir. Please clarify:
I think I have been doing the double breath wrong. I would exhale as the KB travels. But it seems you exhale when the KB stops and inhale during your lift and as you return. Correct?

wouldn't the double-breathing eventually lead to hyperventilation, or am i missing something here?

This reminds me of the breathing styles in Demon Slayer (swordsmen basically unlock superpowers through breathing techniques)

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Once again a great video, thank you so much Mark!
So the exhale is from the mouth and not through the nose ? (A lot of gym trainers have told me to keep breathing only through the nose during various workouts) ... would really be thankful for a response.

very clear explanation, make sense., many thanks

Could you expand on the post exercise controlled breathing after the single breath set if you have not done so already? Great video as always.

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Double breathing has changed my whole game. Brillant Mark. Making progress at 72 in the Thailand jungle

thank you mark... it's a return to watch vid for me... makes more sense now as I'm progressing... thank you for takin the time for these vids ✌️

Weight = mass * gravity the weight remains the same through out. it’s the force = mass * acceleration and momentum = mass * velocity that changes. The mass remains constant throughout the range of distance

Mark provides so much, diverse skill instruction, but his breathing instruction is one of the best things he teaches.

Well, weight is force due to gravity, it never changes unless you're leaving surface of earth (calculated as mass multiplied by gravitational constant). If you replace weight with momentum in your description, then it is pretty accurate actually. replace "weighs more as it comes down" with "gathers momentum as it comes down".

Curious what you think of James Nesters book “breathe” which says we should try to do nose breathing only vs mouth?

Finally, a decent explanation of double breathing. Thanks!

Your double breaths probably help with endurance because you're blowing off more CO2 so your body isn't having to work as hard to compensate metabolically. Makes a ton of sense.

Mark sounds like a pneumatic hammer breathing. Such strong breaths xD

Finally someone explains the WHY with the WHAT! Thank you, sir.

this could be a great video to "re do" wuth your new series .... so helpful. ty

LOVE THIS.

Nice explanation regardless of the fact that the physics being explained is a bit incorrect. Weight is the same at the top and at the bottom. It's momentum that changes.