My clients often ask me what I am doing with my own training. And though I’m not going to cover it this week I thought I would share one of the things I have been focussing on as of late. Nasal breathing, which simply involves taking slow deep breaths through your nose. The goal is to breathe deep enough to fill your belly with air. This increases how much oxygen you take in, and can help slow down your breathing and heart rate. The challenge is to perform your cardio, fitness or conditioning workouts while maintaining nasal breathing.
Here is how I do it..
- Start by taking a big sip of water, but don’t swallow it. Hold the water in your mouth (this will ensure you breathe through your nose)
- Perform your cardio. For this this currently looks like a circuit of prowler pushing, ski ergs and crawling.
Benefits of nasal breathing
- Filters out dust, pollen, allergens etc (you are basically breathing cleaner filtered air into your lungs)
- Increases airflow to your arteries, veins and nerves.
- Lowers resting heart rate and improves cardiovascular conditioning
- Humidifies and warms air inhaled, making it easier to breathe
- Improves lung volume
- Assists your diaphragm to work the way it’s designed to
Nasal breathing is a real game changer. Give it a try and let me know how you go.
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