Breathing The Important Factor in Fitness

With the exception – probably the only one – of pearl gatherers, who dive without any autonomous equipment, breathing counts in all sports – as well as in fitness. Each branch of sport has introduced its way of breathing - on the basis of their efficiency, time-stress, weather, etc.

If we take the breath test as a sport can be divided into two taxonomic groups:

1. The first covers all the sports that use the technique of the respiratory tract, or freezes. Most typical among them are the strength of sports including athletics, shot put, weightlifting, bodybuilding, gymnastics, etc. In short, you could say that calls for the needs of extreme anaerobic apnea - (blocking the chest and breathing). The main advantage of the blockade of the membrane is lifted, for now, the explosive power of athletes. An increase in the speed of efforts to enforce the maximum force was also observed. The classic example is the start of weightlifting in which the strength and speed of the two paths are based on blocking the airways.

This blockage of the airways, which is inevitable in sports already mentioned, also has some disadvantages. Among them we recall the values of high pressure in the chest, abdomen and head, high pressure in blood vessels feedback through the veins, etc. Therefore, the increase of intraocular pressure, the deterioration of the previous short-sightedness is possible. Moreover, the legs may appear or worsen varicose veins. Exclusive for the effort increases the rigidity of the anaerobic conditions of both blood vessels and muscles.

2. The second group is a sport that did not stop breathing. We enter the realm of pure aerobic effort. Typical examples are race, swimming, cycling, etc. - in general, the efforts of large distances and very long. While these incidents muscle strength is low - average at best - the tension that the components of cardiovascular and leads to increased heart rate and pulmonary ventilation.

There is a third category - sports mixed, both aerobic and anaerobic, in which the two alternative techniques. This is the case with sports games, contact sports, braking Middle Distance pace over a race distance, etc. for fitness, since both types of effort apnea - aerobic and anaerobic - are available, and the attempt without obstruction airway with. In terms of proper breathing, there is no rule that we (the air in the most difficult channel positive or concentric movement) and was to leave in the breath during the come - back (negative or eccentric, of course). In these courses, which can not or respiratory arrest / block. If so, will occur at the critical point of the track.

Another rule is that breathing takes into account the enlargement of the breast. In this case, the breathing is possible during the expansion of the chest and breathing into a movement that has made the contracts. In both cases, the breathing is done through the nose - to filter and heat the air flow and makes breathing through the mouth to make faster and more efficiently.

Interestingly, "shouting" we heard in the training sessions and competitions, weightlifting is actually the sound of labored breathing out.

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