Jaylen Brown went off the deep end this summer — and we mean that in a good way.
For the third straight offseason, the Boston Celtics star went through a series of underwater workouts that involved holding his breath for extend 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 just do it for the likes. The 2024 NBA Finals MVP joined NBC Sports Boston’s live show at Celtics Media Day on Tuesday to provide insight into how the workouts benefit him on multiple levels.
“We breathe every day, but we kind of 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 such an essential for life, 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 …