Jaylen gives great insights into his unique underwater workouts originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston
Jaylen Brown has been going crazy this summer – and we mean that in a good way.
For the third consecutive year, the Boston Celtics star completed a series of underwater workouts that involved holding his breath for extended periods of time while lifting weights at the bottom of a pool.
Brown’s social media posts of the workouts went viral, but he didn’t do it just for the likes. The 2024 NBA Finals MVP stopped by NBC Sports Boston’s Celtics Media Day live show on Tuesday to provide insight into how the workouts benefit him on multiple levels.
“We breathe every day, but we take it for granted,” Brown explained to co-hosts Marc D’Amico, Kayla Burton and Eddie House, as seen in the video player above. “Breathing is so vital, and being underwater helps you work on your breathing and expand it. And the better you breathe, the better you do everything – the clearer you think, the better you make decisions, you get faster, stronger, but it also has a lot of health benefits.
“So when you work on the ability to breathe better, you become a better athlete, a better person, and your quality of life is just better. That’s what I’ve been working on.”
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Brown first shared clips of his underwater workouts during the 2022 offseason, and it seems they have become a staple of his summer. The 27-year-old claims he can now hold his breath underwater for “more than three minutes” and insisted this past offseason was “probably the hardest I’ve ever trained” while incorporating these pool workouts into his training regimen.
That’s a testament to Brown’s work ethic after arguably the best season of his career. Brown was voted an All-Star and won Eastern Conference MVP and Finals MVP en route to the Celtics’ title. But it sounds like Brown is still very motivated for this season, in part because he’s not on the U.S. Olympic roster.
“I’m extremely motivated and ready to get started for obvious reasons,” Brown added.
Watch Brown’s full exclusive interview with NBC Sports Boston’s Celtics Media Day panel below or on YouTube:
