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Impact of Posture on Breathing

Posture plays a key role in better breathing. Walking with shoulders rounded and the head lurching forward makes diaphragmatic breathing more difficult, thus creating less optimal usage of the lungs.

Breathing Dysfunction in Athletes

Kinetic chain movement is not just about foot strike, shin angle, hip displacement, and arm and leg locomotion. A dysfunctional breather will invariably create negatively affect a runner’s movements. In fact, the kinetic chain is said to have a greater negative impact upon an athlete than even a lower VO₂ max (McKeown 2020).

Rhinitis and Adaptation to Nose Breathing

Rhinitis is the excessive production of mucous in the nasal passage way and can be an expected initial effect of initial nose breathing. It will dissipate after a few weeks of training.

Headaches and Breathing Solutions

Athletes who engage in extreme hypoxic training will often suffer headaches due to a lack of oxygen. The cure is to engage in nasal and diaphragmatic breathing as soon as possible.

Leg Elevation for Post-Workout Recovery

Elevating the legs after a strenuous workout helps the heart to pump much needed oxygen from the red blood cells to the legs by using gravity as a tool to aid in recovery.

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Individual Athletic Achievement – Controlled Hypoventilation
Athletes, whether you are someone whose competition requires short bursts of speed or long endurance, hypoventilation is for you.
Individual Athletic Achievement – CO2 Tolerance
Oxygen intake is a necessity for us to exist. But what most people don’t know is CO2 is just as important of a chemical as oxygen in human existence.
Individual Athletic Achievement – Nose Breathing
Nose breathing is the first of three steps to becoming a more efficient and healthier breather…the other two being the use of the diaphragm when breathing and to slow your breathing rate.
Individual Athletic Achievement – Using Scientific Data
The science behind efficient and healthy breathing is not difficult at all. Take a look at this video for a better understanding behind the science of efficient, healthy, and enhanced breathing.
Individual Athletic Achievement – FEV1
FEV1 or “forced expiratory volume in the first second” measures lung strength. It can be used as a means to measure lung diseases, but it can also be used as a measure of lung strength for those who are serious about their optimal lung performance.
Individual Athletic Achievement – PEF
PEF, or peak expiratory flow, measures a person’s maximum speed of breath expiration and is measured with a peak flow meter. Watch the video to see how it can be used to measure your breathing health.