Whole Body O2™
15 minGet the oxygen saturation benefits people seek from hyperbaric chambers — in 15 minutes, at home, with exercise.
This protocol floods every organ system with oxygen, clears inflammation, and accelerates full-body repair without the cost or confinement of HBOT.
Protocol Overview
The Whole Body O₂ protocol requires a LiveO2 system. The Adaptive Contrast system is recommended for the full protocol experience.
The Whole Body O₂ Method:
This protocol, and LiveO2, are not intended to treat, mitigate or cure any specific disease or health condition. It is specifically intended to increase oxygen available to cells and to support optimal physiological function. More on LiveO2 Intended Use.
How It Works
Whole Body O₂ uses adaptive contrast oxygen training to flush metabolic waste and re-establish oxygen levels throughout the body. The protocol combines high-oxygen breathing with brief hypoxic sprints to maximize tissue oxygenation.
Whole Body O₂ Introduction
An introduction to the Whole Body O₂ protocol — understanding how adaptive contrast oxygen training flushes metabolic waste and re-establishes healthy oxygen levels throughout your body.
The Whole Body O₂ Process
High Oxygen Phase
Exercise for 6–8 minutes on supplemental oxygen at a sustainable aerobic pace until exertion challenges become unnoticeable.
Hypoxic Sprint Sequence
Switch to low oxygen, sprint 15 seconds at maximum output, then switch back to high oxygen and continue sprint for 15 more seconds.
Recovery & Repeat
Recover on high oxygen until detox clears. Repeat the sprint sequence 3–6 times. Stop exertion at 15 minutes and continue breathing oxygen until pulse drops below 100 BPM.
Step-by-Step Procedure
Follow this protocol for a complete Whole Body O₂ session. The entire process takes approximately 15 minutes.
Saturation Phase — Exercise on +O₂
Physiological Goal: Fully oxygenate the blood and tissues.
Why: Ensures the body is pre-loaded with oxygen, exposes hidden dysfunctions and establishes a baseline.
Challenge Phase — Hypoxic Sprint
Physiological Goal: Create strong pulse force through dilated vessels to flush capillaries and deliver oxygen into tissues that were previously inflamed or blocked.
Why: Combines low oxygen + exertion to punch through stagnation, inflammation or capillary shunting.
Repeat Challenge Sequence 3–6 Times
Physiological Goal: To progressively increase vascular adaptability, improve oxygen delivery, and deepen the body’s tolerance to low-oxygen stress.
Why: Each sequence builds on the last to expand capillary recruitment, enhance detoxification and boost energy production.
Recovery Phase — Continue on +O₂
Physiological Goal: Activates the parasympathetic nervous system and restores physiological balance post-effort.
Why: Helps the body shift from stress to recovery mode. It supports deep oxygenation to vital tissues and organs that may have been oxygen deficient.
Optional Nutrients
Supplemental nutrients are not usually necessary to achieve the documented protocol effect.
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Protocol Validation
The whole-body effect creates a clear and compelling improvement in sense of well being, and a noticeable improvement in most symptoms relating to systemic or regional hypoxia.
The 99er Pattern
The telltale for this pattern is an abnormally high 99% PO₂ at start. After a few minutes of challenge, users will desaturate to an unusually low PO₂ of 80% or lower provoked by brief hypoxic challenge.
Users will dwell at the reduced PO₂ for several minutes after returning to oxygen. The re-saturation pattern often occurs 9 minutes into the session. For comparison, a normal user will re-saturate to 99% within 5 seconds of switching to oxygen.
Normal range: Starting saturation of about 97%, with rapid desaturation to 87% (at sea level).
Why It Happens
The unnaturally high PO₂ usually occurs when blood cannot reach tissues due to endothelial capillary inflammation. The inflammation reduces capillary diameter below the passable size of a red blood cell (RBC).
When this occurs, only plasma can flow through the capillaries, limiting energy production to anaerobic metabolism. RBCs that don’t pass through capillaries do not release oxygen — much like a vehicle that cannot release a payload.
“This pattern contradicts the typical medical conclusion that a high hemoglobin saturation indicates good tissue oxygenation.”
Resolution Pattern
The telltale for resolution is a dramatic drop in PO₂ late in the session while on oxygen. Capillary pulse pressure reaches the penetration threshold as arterial blood pressure and hypoxia-induced vasodilation deliver more pressure to the capillary bed.
Resolution Process:
Reproducibility:
Normally this pattern only occurs once during early use. Reperfusion is durable until conditions that caused endothelial inflammation recur.
LiveO2 Adaptive Contrast appears to be a requirement to provoke resaturation. Reduced-oxygen air creates vasodilation and increases arterial pulse pressure, maximizing pulse pressure at the capillary entrance. This reperfusion effect has not been observed with LiveO2 Standard.
This protocol, and LiveO2, are not intended to treat, mitigate or cure any specific disease or health condition. It is specifically intended to increase oxygen available to cells and to support optimal physiological function. More on LiveO2 Intended Use.
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What Users Commonly Experience
- Feel stronger with increased endurance
- Reduced cravings for sweets and simple carbohydrates
- Reduced tendency for muscle soreness
- Greater strength in major muscles
- Improved sense of well being and calmer, improved sleep
- Reduced joint soreness lasting 2–5 days
- Moderate neurological improvement
- Increased respiration rate at rest