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CO2 expert Steve Scott explains why breathing harder gets less oxygen to your muscles, and how training your CO2 tolerance fixes it.

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We were all taught that CO2 is the waste gas you breathe out. Steve Scott has been building CO2 therapy devices since 2010, and he walks Drew through why that's backwards. CO2 is the signal that tells your blood to release oxygen into working muscle, it opens up your blood vessels, and it keeps the pH steady inside your mitochondria so they can turn fat and glucose into energy. You actually breathe out more oxygen than CO2.

Then it gets practical. Steve explains why stress and mouth breathing drain your CO2, what higher CO2 tolerance does for heart rate, blood pressure, focus and recovery, and how nasal breathing and Buteyko-style training build it. He lays out the weekly protocol he'd give a trained lifter: three 10-minute sessions, two interval days, nasal-only sprints, mouth tape at night and breath-hold walks. Drew shares how he's used a CO2 inhaler for about a year and a half to wind down at night. If you're training hard and still breathing through your mouth, you're leaving recovery on the table. So why can your pulse oximeter read 100% while your cells go without oxygen?

5 Key Takeaways

  1. Why you breathe out more oxygen than CO2, and what that says about which gas your body actually holds onto.
  2. The pulse oximeter reading that can look perfect while your cells go without oxygen.
  3. Why Steve says more NAD+ isn't the fix for tired mitochondria, and what is.
  4. The two kinds of CO2 session: one trains your tolerance, the other calms you down.
  5. The 5-day weekly protocol Steve would hand a trained lifter, including a walking drill you can start today.

Chapters

00:00 Why CO2 Isn't a Waste Gas
04:15 Steve's Story and the 3 CO2 Devices
10:45 Breathwork, the Bohr Effect and Your Mitochondria
23:29 CO2, Blood Pressure and Heart Health
32:51 Calm, Focus and a Lower Heart Rate
41:11 How to Use a CO2 Inhaler
49:26 The 5-Day CO2 Tolerance Protocol
54:05 Red Light and Structured Water
59:47 Where to Find Steve

Connect with Steve Scott

Website: https://carbogenetics.com
Book, The Carbonated Body: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GW2FJ2X1

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Disclaimer: This episode is for educational purposes only and is not medical advice. CarboGenetics devices have not been evaluated by the FDA to diagnose, treat or prevent any condition. If you have a lung or heart condition, talk to your doctor before trying CO2 breathing.

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