POWERbreathe Sponsors and Partners

Ironman & Iron Girl

Ironman is the world’s most recognised endurance event and the global benchmark for testing personal limits, created in 1978 to settle an argument over which athletes were the fittest – swimmers, runners or cyclists. Each year more than 40,000 athletes compete for slots in the Ford Ironman World Championships in Hawaii (2.4-mile swim; 112-mile bike; 26.2-mile run) and the Ford Ironman World Championship 70.3 in Florida (1.2-mile swim; 56-mile bike; 13.1-mile run). POWERbreathe is an official sponsor of these two World Championships events.

Iron Girl was launched in 2004 and has since grown from 2 events in 2004 to 10 events nationwide, varying in distance from 5K to duathlon and triathlon. The relationship between POWERbreathe, Ironman and Iron Girl was formed following the recognition of the need for innovative, quality products that would enhance athletic excellence and performance. The officially licensed and branded POWERbreathe Ironman and Iron Girl Plus series’ were created following a multi-year License Agreement in 2005 with owners of Ironman and Iron Girl, the World Triathlon Corporation.

POWERbreathe has also provided some articles specifically on Breathing and Exercise to help athletes understand the keys to overcoming the limitations that breathing places on performance - read more >>

Vision 1 Racing

Vision 1 Racing women’s professional cycling team, is the only UK registered fully professional female cycling team. Vision 1 has been set up by Olympic Gold medal winner and World Champion Nicole Cooke and is supported by other world-class cyclists.

Vision 1 Racing stands for excellence and innovation, but also in investing in the future, supporting the next generation of world-class riders leading up to the 2012 Olympic games held in London.

POWERbreathe has supported all Vision 1 Racing cyclists, including Nicole Cooke, with the latest in POWERbreathe inspiratory muscle training devices, aiding sporting performance, endurance and recovery.

“It is great to have the technical support from POWERbreathe to help Vision 1's riders in our preparations for the big races this season,” says Nicole Cooke, UK Olympic Gold Medalist and World Champion.

“I have been using a POWERbreathe since the beginning of my cyclo-cross season and have really noticed a difference. It has helped my breathing particularly in a ‘top-end’ sport such as cyclo-cross.” Helen Wyman, UK National Cyclo-Cross Champion, World No. 3. Vision 1 Racing.

Concept2 Indoor Rower

Concept2 created the sport of indoor rowing which has since penetrated every aspect of the health, fitness and sports markets in the UK, from fitness clubs to schools, and the armed forces to the home and elite sport of all varieties.
Concept2 Indoor Rowers work all the major muscle groups in the body, giving a total body workout.

Rowing has a high respiratory demand, which means the breathing muscles fatigue early, stealing blood from the legs during rowing and reducing overall performance. By strengthening the breathing muscles, blood flow demand by the respiratory muscles is reduced, cardiac output to the leg muscles is increased and therefore performance will improve. POWERbreathe provides the necessary training for strengthening the breathing muscles, improving performance and endurance.

POWERbreathe has provided Concept2 with a POWERbreathe Training Guide specifically for indoor rowers, written by Eddie Fletcher MSc, Fletcher Sport Science, in collaboration with Professor Alison McConnell, Centre for Sports Medicine and Human Performance, Brunel University.

Belgium Triathlon Duathlon League (VDTL)

The Belgium Triathlon and Duathlon League organise and manage events across Belgium. VDTL run the administration and registration of Belgian triathletes, duathletes and qualified coaches. VDTL is also responsible for the education and coaching of some of Belgium’s elite triathlon performers.

POWERbreathe works closely with VDTL providing POWERbreathe product support and education to improve the performance of its participants and elite level athletes.

London Wasps

London Wasps are one of the most successful English professional Rugby Union teams.
London Wasps have won at least one of each of the major European competitions or knock-out tournaments in the past decade. The team compete in the English club competition, the Guinness Premiership, the Anglo-Welsh competition the EDF Energy Cup and the European knock-out competition, the Heineken Cup.
They won the Heineken Cup in 2003/04 and 2006/07, the Anglo-Welsh Cup in 2006 and the Guinness Premiership in 1997, 2003-2005 and 2008.
POWERbreathe work closely with London Wasps’ Conditioning Coaches, providing the latest in POWERbreathe training technology to improve player rehabilitation, sports perfomance and recovery.
“We are greatly looking forward to working with POWERbreathe and seeing the performance gains the device can bring. We will be integrating the device in a range of different ways in order to improve player fitness, match preparation and recovery, ” says Huw Davies, Wasps’ Conditioning Coach.

Timex Multi Sport Team

Team Timex offers support to World Class athletes from across the globe at some of the world’s most prestigious sporting events.

The Timex Multi Sport Team comprises of 50 athletes, both professional and amateur, from around the globe.
These athletes compete in many types of Triathlon events including the well known Ironman and Xterra events. With the ongoing support from Timex and the teams numerous other sponsors, the athletes are able to refine all disciplines of their sport to compete at the highest level possible.
POWERbreathe has supported the Timex Multi Sport Team with the latest in POWERbreathe inspiratory muscle training devices and provides ongoing education and support to its athletes, improving their performance through better breathing.
“Our athletes have been using POWERbreathe over the last few seasons to improve their respiratory endurance and recovery. This has enabled our athletes to push themselves harder in training as well as competition, POWERbreathe has generated some fantastic results for the team,” says
Tristan Brown, Timex Multi Sport, Team Manager.

2:09 Events

2:09 Events Ltd was founded by 1983 London Marathon winner Mike Gratton. Mike’s winning time was 2hrs 9mins and, even by comparison to the standards of the modern era, the time came to symbolize a level of high achievement, making it the ideal trademark for a company striving to be the best in its field. 2:09 offers world-class training camps and access to some of the world’s most famous marathons.
Working closely with local people, 2:09 has formed a unique sports experience and developed an event series all in association with Runners World Travel Collection, that includes the Cuban Trail Marathon in the Sierra Meastra Mountains, the Himalayan Kingdom Marathon in Bhutan and the Gorilla Marathon in Uganda.
POWERbreathe will be working closely with 2:09 Events informing and supporting its runners on the benefits of Inspiratory Muscle Training when competing in some of the most physically demanding conditions. POWERbreathe will also be providing prizes at UK based 2:09 race events.

Scott Neyedli

Scott Neyedli took up triathlon in 2004 as a way to get fit and lose weight and in 2005 came 3rd at the longest day Ironman distance event after only 3½ months of training. In January 2007 Scott began full-time training with the intention of seeing how far he could go in the sports. His achievements speak for themselves:

• 2008 Ironman UK Triathlon runner-up
• 2007 Ironman UK Triathlon Champion, 1st Briton to win the event in a new run course & overall course record time
• Voted 2008 Top Men’s Individual Performance of the Year by UK’s 220 Triathlon Magazine
• Voted 2008 runner-up in Men’s Elite Triathletes of the Year by UK’s 220 Triathlon Magazine
• Top Briton at Ironman World Championships 2007

“I have been using the POWERbreathe trainer since 2006 as part of my final 6-week training block programme going into my target Ironman races. This has been to assist my performances over the 3 disciplines and to aid in my adaptation to some of the more explosive or intensive surges absorbed during triathlon training and races,” says Scott.