This Breathing Approach Will Improve Your Fitness
Are you looking to improve your competitive edge in sport?
You may belong to a gym, have fitness routine, a fitness coach so why do I need to consider breathing coach to gain a competitive edge? The reality is that doing fitness training without looking at your breathing means you have to work harder and put your heart under unnecessary strain. Surely it makes sense to learn to breathe correctly more efficiently and put less strain on your heart? Many people when they first contact breathing coach for an initial consultation cannot believe that a different way of breathing can affect your sport performance. It can. When I first looked at fitness I thought the same way but now I know differently and want the opportunity to share my experience and knowledge with you to help you gain more from your fitness approach with less stress. surely Your breathing 15-20,000 times a day it's easy to take for granted that you’re breathing correctly. However research carried out by Professor Buteyko in the 1950s found that up to 90% of people are overbreathing. Many don't realise it that why he called it hidden hyperventilation.
Let's first of clear up some breathing myths
1) The more you breathe the oxygen your body can access. TRUE or FALSE?
The answer is FALSE. The reverse is true the less you breathe the more your body can access the oxygen. Many are often surprised but when they think about it they realise it's true. Many remember school sports days when there was cross country running. Those who weren't as fit would often be panting for a long while after the race. You would think the more they breathe the more oxygen you can utilise. However those who are fit often recover very quickly without panting. By breathing less your able to utilise the oxygen more effectively.
2) Carbon dioxide is a waste product of breathing and bad for you? TRUE or FALSE?
The answer is also FALSE. Although Carbon dioxide is produced by respiration it is also an important regulator of breathing. Christian Bohr in 1907 found through his oxygen dissociation curve that the body needs to maintain a level of 6% to maximise the exchange of carbon dioxide for oxygen. The problem is that normal air only has only 0.035% carbon dioxide. This means that the body has to retain carbon dioxide to ensure this process works.
Building on Bohr work in the 1950s Professor Buteyko found that many people are overbreathing losing carbon dioxide. Sadly people didn't realise that they were breathing far more than you need without even realising it that's why he called it hidden hyperventilation. This results is tension in the smooth muscle in your body as it tries to conserve carbon dioxide. So to try and ensure an efficient exchange your body tightens the airway opening to prevent carbon dioxide loss. It's very much like pinching the end of a balloon to stop the air escaping. So you can see you can still breathe in but can't breathe out. You can now understand the start of breathing difficulties
3) By changing your breathing can it improve your performance? TRUE OR FALSE
Hopefully you should know by reading this far the answer is YES! Learning to breathe better through our elite programme helps you to learn, monitor and improve your fitness more efficiently. I was thinking of writing a book why England cant score penalties. Next time you see a penalty shoot out in football after extra time have a look at their breathing. Are they mouth breathing? Do they look more tired? If they are I am sure you will have a good success rate of guess whether the striker will score or not. Their inefficient way they are breathing slows their response time which gives the goalkeeper a split second advantage to stop a goal.
Get in touch to find out more and develop a new skill and approach that will give you a competitive edge.
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