How to work out and enjoy it.
Most people would agree you’re not going to have a “good workout“ without at least breathing a little heavy. So if that is the plan, it would be logical to be prepared for the dreadful feeling of not being able to catch your breath. Many coaches and trainers push athletes and clients to this state of respiratory distress without ever teaching them the most efficient way to get to this point and/or how to tolerate and recover once you get there in your workout. Instructing someone to get winded without a plan to deal with the uncomfortable state is like teaching someone who can’t swim by throwing them in the pool's deep end. If they make it out, they are not better swimmers; they are just better at not drowning and will certainly be skipping the next pool day.
If you have tried numerous endeavors to get a decent workout routine going but always run out of motivation and haven’t given any thought to how you breathe before, during, and after exercise, simply breathing with proper mechanics will change your life. There is a misconception that we breathe correctly just by doing it. We eat instinctually, yet most people in the United States eat themselves over unhealthy weight parameters. Modern society has corrupted the way human beings breathe by sitting us in chairs all day and glorifying the harmful notion that sucking in your gut is the best way to compose yourself. We see this in icons such as Barbie, G.I Joe, Popeye, and various Disney movies.
Vertical breathing is when our upper chest expands, and the body rises on our inhales. An inefficient breath prevents air from reaching the lower lungs, where the most gas exchange occurs. A horizontal breath is when we see the belly expand on the inhale; this is how our bodies are designed to breathe, with an engaged diaphragm. Before we exercise, increasing our respiratory and heart rate, we must correct our breathing form, so the difficult task of working out consistently is not only achievable but even enjoyable. Follow my program to take the first step toward being happy, healthy, and fit.
