Fast Fitness - Strengthen Respiratory Muscles
Friday, December 26, 2008
Jolie Bookspan, M.Ed, PhD, FAWM
- Blow up balloons instead of using a pump this New Year's Eve and through the New Year.
- Inflate some with the quickest breath you can do. Inflate others with long slow breath.
- Don't overbreathe or hyperventilate to become dizzy or force breathing or strain, which can increase blood pressure and pressure in the brain and eye. Stay healthy.
Your lungs don't have muscles, but you have inspiratory and expiratory muscles in your chest and diaphragm. They are muscles like any others that improve with training and decline without regular workouts. Breathing muscle exercise is now accepted scientifically as helpful to patients with various respiratory conditions, asthmas, and allergies.
Related posts:
- Lung Training from the Exercise Ball
- Do Breathing Exercises Work?
- Respiratory Muscle Training for Swimming, Diving, and Running
- Respiratory Muscle Training for Better Health and Exercise
- High Fat Meals Hurt Lung Function
- Grunting and Exercise
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