About Me
Hi. I am James. I am a swim coach in the pool and in open water, based in the Kingdom of Fife, Scotland.
My breath coaching journey began during a one-to-one swim session. I was helping a client breathe more comfortably in the water, something many swimmers find challenging, when he suddenly asked, “Have you read The Oxygen Advantage?”
I was curious, so I bought the book and started reading. I could not put it down. I quickly realised that breathing influences everything, not just swimming. Like many people, I was a mouth breather. I snored, I slept badly, and so did my wife. Once I began using nose breathing and a few simple daily exercises, our nights and mornings changed completely.
As I became more confident and my body adapted to nose breathing, I started using the exercises to support my cycling and other training. I moved to nose breathing for all my exercise and I now feel less breathless, have fewer injuries and recover more easily. It became clear that this approach is not only for elite athletes. It is for anyone who wants to move, sleep and live with more ease. That is what my business https://www.breathefit.uk/ is all about. I help people breathe better so they can feel better and enjoy life in a healthier way.
Since starting my business, I have supported an asthma sufferer who no longer needs her inhaler, a breathless runner who now uses nose breathing, a sleep apnea sufferer who no longer uses his CPAP machine, a triathlete recovering from a serious hip injury and a competitive runner who now includes nose breathing in her training for better recovery and fewer injuries.