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 Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2007 6:38 pm
I've been weight lifting for about 2 and a half years, but I've only now started really getting into it and doing more training. Ever since my football coach got on my a** about my breathing pattern in the weight room I have become extremely consious about it. Within the past month I've gone from only being able to do one set of 165 to being able to do 3 solid sets of 170 on bench press just because I've changed the way I breathe. I used to hold my breath through the whole set but now I inhale when I bring the bar down and exhale when I push it up to give it a little lift-off There is improvement in my muscle mass and stuff, but is it my strength and endurance that is making me stronger or my breathing pattern? Does it really matter? There are other things that help too like how since school let out I've been able to work out three times a day whereas when it was in I could barely squeeze in one decent workout. Thanks for your help people.
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Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2007 12:12 am
Well I've been told by a fitness trainer that holding your breath while lifting heavy weights can cause anything from fainting to heart attacks and strokes (also depends on how old you are and how fit). How true that is, I don't know.
Working out more can definitely have a positive impact. But both would contribute to it.
For myself, I can't run long distance, no matter how hard I try, it takes a long time for me to build up my cardio. I've heard so many people who have said that they were in the same situation, however when they learnt to breath properly (and yet can't tell me how to breath properly), they performed better and improved faster.
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Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2007 9:17 am
KaseyBaby Well I've been told by a fitness trainer that holding your breath while lifting heavy weights can cause anything from fainting to heart attacks and strokes (also depends on how old you are and how fit). How true that is, I don't know. Working out more can definitely have a positive impact. But both would contribute to it. For myself, I can't run long distance, no matter how hard I try, it takes a long time for me to build up my cardio. I've heard so many people who have said that they were in the same situation, however when they learnt to breath properly (and yet can't tell me how to breath properly), they performed better and improved faster. I'm not the best runner either, but they're right. And holding your breath while lifting weights is very bad, it can even bust blood vessels in your head.
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Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2007 12:06 pm
breathing is very important
one exercise program, for keeping yourself just toned enough to prevent sagging skin, got horrible reveiws, but the truth is that those people didn't do the breathing techniques taught in the program.
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Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2007 8:40 pm
that air thing messes me up, when i play sports , even riflry they always say "SEAN! work on ur breathing!"
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