Athletes have spent decades chasing marginal gains through strength, endurance, recovery, and data.
Yet one of the most fundamental drivers of performance — how we breathe under stress — remains largely untrained and overlooked.
Breathing Buddy launches this month with a clear proposition: breathing is not a wellness add-on, but a core performance skill. Designed specifically for athletes, the new app brings elite breathing techniques into everyday training, focusing on endurance, composure, and recovery.Under pressure, many athletes default to shallow, inefficient breathing patterns that limit oxygen delivery, impair focus, and accelerate fatigue. While controlled breathing techniques have long been used in elite sport, access has traditionally been limited.
Breathing Buddy aims to change that.Rather than framing breathwork as mindfulness or therapy, the app positions breathing as a trainable discipline, alongside strength and conditioning. It offers six performance-based breathing pillars, including targeted protocols for focus, stress management, recovery, and sleep—designed to fit seamlessly into training, competition, and recovery routines.“Breathing sits at the center of performance, but it’s rarely trained deliberately,” says Richard Edgerton, creator of Breathing Buddy.
“We’re helping athletes perform better under pressure by training the system that connects mind and body.”As performance culture becomes increasingly optimized, the next gains may not come from doing more, but from mastering what’s most fundamental. Breathing Buddy signals the emergence of performance breathing as a distinct discipline in modern sport.
Breathing Buddy launched on iOS and Android on 20/08/26. More information is available at www.breathingbuddy.app.
Founded in 2026 by Richard Edgerton, Breathing Buddy is a sports performance platform built to train the system that connects mind and body. Moving away from generic meditation and therapy models, the mobile app positions breathwork as a critical, trainable athletic discipline alongside strength and conditioning. Built around six foundational pillars, Breathing Buddy delivers fast, simple, and effective breathing protocols designed to help athletes sharpen focus, manage stress, and accelerate recovery. Learn more at www.breathingbuddy.app.
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