Posted by Winston Salem | Posted in winston salem fitness | Posted on 28-07-2010
How has this for a breath of fresh air – there’s no right or wrong pattern to breathing while working out.
Although you could often hear people say it’s best to exhale during exertion (or as you wrote, contraction) and inhale during relaxation, the most important part is to be certain you are breathing evenly and regularly during exercise.
The majority of people may think they’re breathing while they’re working out, but they’re actually holding their breath in brief bursts.
To see when this applies to you, take several seconds to focus on your breathing next time you are engaged in strenuous exercise, whether it is at the gym running to catch a bus, or going up a flight of stairs.
You might surprise yourself by locating out you are holding your breath most of the time!
It’s important to breathe during exercise because your muscles are working hard and use oxygen as their main source of fuel. It’s okay to breathe with your mouth, your nose, or both – all of these choices are normal and help the body to get oxygen.
Relaxing your jaw and keeping your mouth slightly open during exercise will help you breathe typically and naturally without much thought or effort.
It’s in particular important to breathe generally during resistance training, like weightlifting; otherwise, your blood pressure can climb to hazardous levels.
Additionally, feel free to breathe easily – if you’re breathing, the rhythm makes no difference in the performance. That means that breathing quicker will not make you run faster (and vice versa).
If you have asthma, severe allergies, or other respiratory issues, it is important to give additional thought to the types of the activity you are doing and what they mean in terms of management of your health.
Finally, pain doesn’t lead to gain, so be sure to stop if you are feeling dizzy, have chest pains, or become severely out of breath.
