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Breathing
- Thread starter megaten92
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megaten92 said:Hey guys, I heard that when doing sit-ups and pushups or any type of excerise that it is very important to breath correctly. Can you guys tell me the right method to breath like when to exhale and when to inhale or pushups and situps and maybe even weight lifting? Thanks.
Warm up before stretching and exercising always! and then do burpee's for like 2-3 minutes or 1-2 laps of running before you stretch and exercise.
When you warm up, breathe in through nose and out through mouth. (warming up is moving your arms, legs, head, and neck around).
When you run or do burpee's - breathe in through nose and out through mouth
When you stretch - breathe slowly with deep breaths in and out and hold each body part for 15-30 seconds. Make sure you breathe in and out with your nose, not mouth. I also learned in yoga (attended the class for 2 days so far at my college) that if you want to stretch farther (become more flexable), you must try and reach farther everytime you take a deep breath.
When you exercise - you breathe in through your nose and out through your mouth.
To sum this up, anything you do slowly is breathing in and out through nose. Anything you do fast is breathing in through nose and out through mouth. for example, you breathe in and out through nose all the time when you walk, watch a movie, sleep, relax, or whatever. If you walk fast or in any kind of hurry to go somewhere, you will be breathing in through nose and out through mouth to catch your breath. If you breathe in and out through nose on a fast movement, you will get tired, exausted, and thirsty easily.
Hope this helps =)
exhale on the heavy portion of the lift, like deadlifts, exhale while going up, same with squats etc.
with situps, many think its better to inhale going up and exhale going down, this is probobly because many focus alot on doing the down part of the situps very slow to get that nice burn.
with situps, many think its better to inhale going up and exhale going down, this is probobly because many focus alot on doing the down part of the situps very slow to get that nice burn.
one thing I forgot to add...when you are exercising or warming up...the heavier part is when you inhail and lighter is exhale. for example - you are doing sit-ups. when you sit up, your trying to push yourself up as high as you can with your abs right? You inhail breathing through your nose to push yourself up, and when lay back down (the easy part), you exhale breathing through your mouth.
1. situps suck for abs...they work hip flexors mainly. try crunches
2. on most exercises you inhale on the 'easy' part of the move (lowering the bar when bench pressing) and exhale on the forceful part of the move.
3. some exercises are best done while holding your breath on the forceful movement, for example, squats. inhale on the way down, hold on the way up to stabilize the core better, then exhale at the top fo the rep
4. it will be hard to inhale while sitting up/crunching up because you're trying to compress the abdomen at the same time you're trying to expand the diaphram to inhale.
2. on most exercises you inhale on the 'easy' part of the move (lowering the bar when bench pressing) and exhale on the forceful part of the move.
3. some exercises are best done while holding your breath on the forceful movement, for example, squats. inhale on the way down, hold on the way up to stabilize the core better, then exhale at the top fo the rep
4. it will be hard to inhale while sitting up/crunching up because you're trying to compress the abdomen at the same time you're trying to expand the diaphram to inhale.
malkore - are you saying that its easier that if your pushing to do something, that you exhale and then inhail on something easy? I'll try that next time I exercise.
Oh, but it IS cold outside, not windy though, and I do sweat =(, but I have another problem its when I run and then I feel this sharp pain on the bottom of my right foot sorta in the middle. Anyone know what it is? It mainly happens when Im about to take a turn. Oh by the way, since I walk home for about 45 min. 5 days a week, can that count as my cardio for the day? or do i still have to go do some running?
malkore - are you saying that its easier that if your pushing to do something, that you exhale and then inhail on something easy? I'll try that next time I exercise.
Yes. when you bench press, you should exhale when pressing the bar back up, usually starting to exhale at the midway point or just after midway, as that's the peak of contraction force.
but on squats, you'll inhale on the way down, and then you won't exhale until you've gone down, and pushed all the way back up. keeping the torso 'pressurized' with air improves core stability which is crucial on stuff like squats and deadlifts.
oh okay thanks! I'll try that tomorrow when I start my workout program I have and my softball coach gave me. It will hopefully do me a lot better if I do it the right way rather than the wrong way.
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