Exercise With Oxygen Therapy (EWOT) - A Beginner's Guide
Exercise with Oxygen Therapy (EWOT): A Beginner's Guide
10 April 2024, By Shilpa Unnikrishnan
Exercise with Oxygen Therapy (EWOT) is a fitness approach that is becoming more popular. It involves breathing in higher levels of oxygen (93% or more) while working out.
This technique helps you:
- Increase your energy levels
- Enhance your performance and endurance
- Reduce your inflammation
- Recover and heal better
- Detoxify your body
- Combat the effects of aging
- Improve your immunity
- Increase your focus and productivity
- Sleep better
- Improve your overall health and well-being
How Does EWOT Work?
Oxygen Machine: The Oxygen Machine takes in the air around you. It compresses the air and filters out nitrogen. Then, it purifies the oxygen from 21% to 93%.
Oxygen Reservoir Bag: The bag stores oxygen from the machine, providing a lot of oxygen for your sessions.
Specialized Oxygen Mask: A specialized Oxygen Mask connected to the Oxygen Reservoir Bag delivers oxygen-enriched air to the user throughout the workout session.
Benefits of Exercise with Oxygen Therapy
Improves Oxygenation: EWOT helps deliver oxygen to the blood vessels, promoting optimal function of the body's cells and tissues.
Increases Energy Levels: You’ll experience an energy surge right after your first EWOT session – the reason? Increased ATP production, your body’s energy currency.
Better Sleep: Tossing and turning at night? EWOT for just 15 minutes a day promotes deeper, restorative sleep.
Boosts Immunity: Oxygen intake while exercise helps increase oxygen levels in parts of your body that are weak, painful, and prone to illness. This stimulates your immune system, reduces the incidence of diseases, and accelerates healing and recovery.
Reduces Inflammation: Inflammation, your body’s natural protective mechanism against diseases or injuries, worsens in hypoxic (low-oxygen) areas. EWOT combats this by increasing oxygen delivery to degenerate, hypoxic tissues, potentially reducing inflammation and promoting healing.
Benefits of Exercise with Oxygen Therapy
- An athlete or a fitness enthusiast
- Managing a respiratory condition
- Focused on improving your cardiovascular health
- Dealing with chronic fatigue
- Looking to improve your immunity and overall health