Your breath powers everything you do.
Most people never check it or train it.
Stress, anxiety, tension, physical pain, poor sleep, and long working days can shift breathing into fast, shallow, and through the mouth.
Elite Breathing gives you the tools to assess and train your breath, so it’s healthy for life. Simple, science-backed guidance you can integrate at work, home, or on the go.
From Assessment to Action
Start with the 7-minute assessment and see exactly where you stand.
Take the Assessment
Get a quick, science-backed read on your breath patterns in just a few minutes.
Get Your Protocol
Receive personalized training exercises tailored to your specific needs and goals.
Track Your Progress
Reassess regularly to measure improvement and refine your breathing habits.
Benefits of Breath Assessment
Assessments in the Elite Breathing App make your breathing habits visible, taking the mystery out of how they influence your body and mind. They will reveal oxygen usage, gauge resilience, endurance, anxiety, core stability, and posture support.
The Elite Breathing App
The Breath Assessment lives inside the Elite Breathing app. Once you know your score, the app gives you the tools to train and improve it.
Custom protocols
Exercises that match your assessment. Personalized training targets exact patterns holding you back.
Track progress
See your breath profile improve over time with clear metrics and milestone check‑ins.
Daily structure
Short, clear sessions you can sustain. Warm‑ups, resets, and cooldowns built into your day.
Full system
Diaphragm health, CO₂ tolerance, and emotional steadiness—trained together for real results.
Inside the Elite Breathing App
This isn't meditation. This is breath performance training.
Personalized Training Plans
Built around your baseline to ensure proper progression and results
COâ‚‚ Tolerance Workouts
Advanced breath training that adapts as your physiological capacity improves
Repeatable Assessments
Scientifically-based measurements to track your true breathing progress
Progress Dashboards
Visual tracking of your improvement that keeps you motivated and accountable
Bite-sized Education
Learn the science behind breathing techniques to make you smarter, not just calmer
Nervous System Resilience
Tools to build mental and physical resilience for peak performance under pressure
Personalized Training Plans
Built around your baseline to ensure proper progression and results
COâ‚‚ Tolerance Workouts
Advanced breath training that adapts as your physiological capacity improves
Repeatable Assessments
Scientifically-based measurements to track your true breathing progress
Progress Dashboards
Visual tracking of your improvement that keeps you motivated and accountable
Bite-sized Education
Learn the science behind breathing techniques to make you smarter, not just calmer
Nervous System Resilience
Tools to build mental and physical resilience for peak performance under pressure
Is Breath Training For You?
Take this quick self-check.
I frequently incorporate awareness of my breath throughout the day.
How Elite Breathing Stacks Up
Not all breathing apps are created equal. See what sets us apart.
| Elite Breathing | Breathwrk | Paced Breathing | The Breathing App | Calm | Insight Timer | |
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CO2 Tolerance Training | ||||||
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Progress Tracking |
Elite Breathing
Breathwrk
Paced Breathing
The Breathing App
Calm
Insight Timer
20+ Years
Experience
1000+
Athletes Coached
Meet Coach Joe
Elite Breathing Coach | Mental Performance Specialist | Oxygen Advantage Instructor
Coach Joe is a breath training coach with over 20 years of experience helping people improve their breathing for everyday life. He works with clients across industries, including corporate professionals, athletes, and nonprofit teams. His main goal is to make breathing a practical skill that boosts energy, focus, sleep, stress management, and long-term health.
He combines modern breath science with yoga and meditation, using the Oxygen Advantage and Buteyko as foundational methods. He designs his training to be clear, practical, and easy to follow. His training sessions are interactive and help people understand their body and mind and notice real changes.
Coach Joe is based in Fort Collins, Colorado, and works with clients both in person and online. He also travels around the country to lead workshops and give speeches. He has many certifications in yoga, meditation, and breath training, and is a certified Life Coach and a Special Olympics volunteer.
Certifications:
Advanced Oxygen Advantage Instructor
Certified Buteyko Instructor
Advanced Yoga/Meditation Teacher and Life Coach
Mental Health First Aid
Safe Sports Certified
ACT Certificate (Suicide Training)
Vital Cog Certified Trainer
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Frequently Asked Questions
Start simple. Take the Breath Assessment. It gives you a clear snapshot of how your breathing looks in everyday life, not just during workouts or stress. Pick one training track. You’ll get a starting point that matches your results, so you’re not guessing. Practice a little and often. Small sessions done with consistency beat big bursts done once in a while. If you do one thing today, do the assessment. That’s your first win.
Most people never get taught how to have healthy breathing habits. Your breath may need training if you notice things like: you breathe through your mouth a lot, even at rest; you frequently sigh, yawn, or "need a deep breath"; your breathing feels high in the chest, tight, or noisy; stress hits fast and takes too long to recover; sleep feels light, restless, or you wake up tired or with a dry mouth; exercise wipes you out more than it should; you feel tension in your neck, shoulders, jaw, or belly. You don’t need to have a big issue to benefit. If your breathing feels effortful, rigid, or reactive, training helps.
Not at all. Athletes were my inspiration because I was one, but this is for everyone. Elite Breathing is for anyone who wants more calm during stress, more energy across the day, better sleep, less tension in the body, stronger focus and emotional control, and more ease during movement, talking, working, or parenting.
For most people, yes, especially when you start with the basics and keep it easy. That said, some people need extra care or medical guidance first, including anyone with serious heart or lung conditions, uncontrolled high blood pressure, a history of panic attacks that feel intense or frequent, pregnancy, or any condition where breath restriction or breath holds are not advised. If that’s you, you can still train, but the approach should be more tailored. When in doubt, check with your medical provider, keep your training gentle, and reach out to Coach Joe for more support.
Perfect. Skepticism means you’re thinking. Elite Breathing isn’t about hype or believing in anything. It’s about noticing cause and effect. The app is about skill-building with the breath so you can experience what healthy breathing is. You don’t have to buy in 100%. Just test it. Let your body and mind be the proof.