CategoriesBreathing

7 Breathing Methods to Improve Respiratory Function, Reduce Anxiety & Strengthen Your Core

Learning to breathe correctly for daily living and for exercise is one of the most important things you can ever do to improve your health. I have spoken in great detail about this in numerous articles about breathing before, explaining how poor breathing mechanics can disrupt everything from PH balance, emotions and gut health, to posture, core function, and even how well we metabolize our food. Unfortunately, many people remain completely ignorant to learning good breathing techniques and do not even know what good breathing is, yet alone be able to execute it. What is the best technique? Well, just like everything to do with health and fitness there is no one way, or “only” way to do this. There are many different methods and philosophies of how to do this. Some are harder to learn than others, and many have a specific objective or population in mind for teaching the breathing method a particular way. However, the one thing that they all share in common is that you need to significantly slow your breathing rate down and keep your mouth closed. In this article, I will look at several different breathing methods and allow you to decide which version is best suited to you.

CategoriesBreathing Heart Health Lung Capacity

How to Improve your LUNG CAPACITY with Exercises and High Fibre Food

The past few weeks I have had several emails asking me questions relating to breathing and what are the best ways to improve lung capacity? Just like our heart we often don’t consider the important role our vital organs play in keeping us strong and well. It’s not until we experience problems breathing that we take notice of our lung function. But the truth is, like the rest of our body, our lungs need daily care and attention. In this article I am going to share with you many interesting facts you may not know about breathing and lung capacity, but more importantly how you can improve it.

CategoriesBreathing Core Strengthening Heart Health

Do You Know How To Breathe Correctly When Resting or Exercising?

No exercise ranks higher in importance to every person than breathing! Without air, we will die! Pretty simple, yet there are so many more things that breathing does to our body and many people are completely unaware of this. Most people do not even understand what a normal breath is. Without doubt, learning how to breathe is the most neglected part of any training program, whether it is for sports, rehabilitation or just getting in shape. The first thing people think of when I talk about breathing is how it relates to aerobic endurance, and while it plays a part in this, it really is so much more than that, and as you will see in this article how it can contribute greatly to weight loss, stress, strength, flexibility, and chronic disease! We will discuss all of the important things breathing does to your body, then teach exactly how to breathe correctly whether it is for relaxing, stretching, lifting weights or playing sports.