“Spaces where people go to optimize their health and longevity should have clean air.” - Dr. Bailey Devine

One of the most fundamental influences on health that’s often overlooked is air quality. In clinics, gyms, studios, and rehabilitation settings, air quality shapes the environment in which healing and performance are supposed to occur.

The pandemic forced us to look more closely at viral transmission and long-term health risk and what became clear is that peak fitness doesn’t always protect someone from the long-term effects of viral illness. For athletes and highly active people, repeated infections can affect cardiovascular health, endurance, recovery capacity, and overall longevity. Clean air, better ventilation, and thoughtful prevention strategies are ultimately part of the same conversation we’re already having about sustainable health and performance.

In this episode, I’m joined by Dr. Bailey Devine, clinician, athlete, and founder of Clean Air Athletics. Bailey shares how her early research during the pandemic led her to advocate for cleaner air in athletic and healthcare environments, why viral illness can have lasting impacts on performance and long-term health, why messaging around masking became so confusing, how tools like high-quality masks and CO₂ monitors help people better understand the air they’re breathing, why clean air may be one of the most important public health conversations happening in fitness and clinical spaces today, and more.

Enjoy the episode, and let's innovate and integrate together!

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