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This article was written by Ani Williamson as a follow-up on her breath training journey. She wanted to respond to some of the skepticism she has seen online and share more details of her experience. Click here to read more about Ani's story.
Provision of Data
It breaks my heart to see ‘nay-say’ Comments about Airofit from people who
have neither bought nor used it.
In October, we discussed if I could help by documenting my Airofit journey;
but I looked at the Customer demographic and thought I’m ‘too old’ now for
young sports people to listen. Even for the medical area, would I be viewed as
‘too old’? But … maybe with age comes wisdom.
I’ve seen comments from Sports Trainers, Sports people, professional
musicians, who show a tremendously poor understanding of how important
breath is to what they do. And these are professional people.
It’s like seeing F1 Drivers talk about how great the paint colour is, how great
the tyres are, what amazing suits they have but when someone says ‘what’s the
engine?’ they laugh. So, I think what they need to see is Data.
Sean Coakley told me something important about why Airofit changed the training model:
“...if the training isn’t targeted/specific, the brain will simply revert back to old bad habits and not make changes permanently.”
This first graph from Apple watch stats proves this.
My cardio-fitness levels were ‘Below Average’
pre-Airofit. In Feb-Mar we were in lockdown
and I decided to make myself run - it was a
terribly painful fight with my lungs, who
didn’t want me to run at all.
In March, my levels had tracked into the
‘Above Average’ band, but when we returned
to work in April and I was still running but
not as much, my levels drop back to exactly
where they were previously. They stay like
that until May-June … when I bought my
Airofit.
From May-June, I was using my Airofit as I
described to Sean - like a child in a sweet
shop! I was doing every exercise going (even
Golf, when I’ve never played) and was
training for 45mins to 1hr each night. Yet …
whilst things did start to take an upward
turn, my cardio-fitness (how well my body
processes oxygen) remained in ‘Below
Average’. But then the October update
happened … let’s look in more detail.
This is now looking at a ‘weekly’ view, from
the start of October.
After what Sean had said, I decided to be
totally disciplined and only do the daily
exercises Airofit recommended - no more
crazy training. Sean had said if the more
controlled regime was followed, the brain
would make the breath changes permanent.
And look what happened …
Ani's Conclusion
In his book ‘Open’ Andre Agassi recalls a meeting that revolutionised his tennis
- in meeting his new Fitness Coach and taking him through his old training
regime, he was told “So: in tennis, there’s a lot of call for running up/down
bleachers with weights on your back is there?”
His Coach moved him from building static bulk muscle, to training fast-switch
lean muscle. It revolutionised his career.
Airofit is at that place of revolution - people just need help to believe.
Ani also included a little message for Airofit that we wanted to share with everyone:
"The more I feel the amazing benefits of Airofit, the more I can see people it would
benefit. Many Comments ask to see a ‘real person’, not an athlete - I’ve been both
those people. I totally understand the athletic world of Coaches/high
performance, but after my illness (and now my age!) I’m just an ‘ordinary person’
people may relate to.
You really have created something incredible. If I can help you overcome negative
Comments/feedback by documenting a journey and providing Data you can use
in publicity, I’m more than happy to do that. You are peeling tens-of-years of
health back for me, and giving me my life back. That’s how important Airofit is - never forget that."
