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silver_shadow
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Hiit Imo
Yeah, I know running and excersice does it. I was wondering if there were like any excersices that like freedivers used. I.e. hold breath or the like. I've been running my balls off trying to get in shape for my summer soccer league and I was just wondering if there was anything else besides running that could increase my lung capacity.
KIAN
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This will help increase the girth of your chest cavity and hopefully your lung capacity will follow:
Pull Overs: Position your shoulders on the leading edge of a flat bench and your feet, at shoulder width, firmly on the floor. Keep your hips lower than your shoulders throughout the movement. Take a dumbbell and hold it up and over your head with your hands flat against the plate. Inhale deeply and lower the weight down and behind your head. Go as low as you can and feel the full stretch. Raise the weight back up to the starting position and repeat. Start off with a light weight until you get comfortable with your form and position. Use the following form: Inhale deep and lower the weight 1,2 ... hold 1,2 .. raise and exhale 1,2. Don't allow the weight to bounce at the bottom of the movement. Utilise this exercise on chest days but position it at the end of your routine.
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Pull Overs: Position your shoulders on the leading edge of a flat bench and your feet, at shoulder width, firmly on the floor. Keep your hips lower than your shoulders throughout the movement. Take a dumbbell and hold it up and over your head with your hands flat against the plate. Inhale deeply and lower the weight down and behind your head. Go as low as you can and feel the full stretch. Raise the weight back up to the starting position and repeat. Start off with a light weight until you get comfortable with your form and position. Use the following form: Inhale deep and lower the weight 1,2 ... hold 1,2 .. raise and exhale 1,2. Don't allow the weight to bounce at the bottom of the movement. Utilise this exercise on chest days but position it at the end of your routine.
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Breathe into a paper bag for 3 minutes six times a day. Seriously, it is an exercise used with people having diminished lung function, because it utilizes the natural carbon dioxide/oxygen sensor systems to trigger the 'breathe more, breathe deeper' reflexes. As for safety, we've used it for years, on doctor's orders, with my severely disabled sister as part of her physiotherapy and the doc credits it with her resistance to pneumonia - the killer of most people with her condition. When we started, her lung capacity was so low that she could breathe for three minutes into an air mask without opening the bag AT ALL - now she has normal or above normal lung capacity (without cardio - she can't walk or crawl)
silver_shadow
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wow, i'm asthmatic and i'm definitely going to try this... and HIIT cannot hurt either. k to youwlmcrae said:
I just read in Men's Health something that Lance Armstrong does, while exercising..
Breath in through nose for a time of 7 seconds
Hold it in for 4 seconds
Exhale through mouth (pursed lips) for 8 seconds
It is supposed to get your body to open up and utilze ares of the lungs that get ignored with short quick breaths.
Breath in through nose for a time of 7 seconds
Hold it in for 4 seconds
Exhale through mouth (pursed lips) for 8 seconds
It is supposed to get your body to open up and utilze ares of the lungs that get ignored with short quick breaths.
There is a product that helps your lung capacity/strength etc increase
http://www.powerbreathe.com/
http://www.powerbreathe.com/
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Anthrax Invasion
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!!Pullovers increase girth of the chest cavity!? Oh man that's a fucking riot.
Did you know if you do side bends for 100's of reps, you'll also lose bodyfat off your obliques? It's a great way to TONE THOSE ABS!
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Anthrax Invasion
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wlmcrae said:
Very cool info, I'm going to give this a try.
Let's run a pool. I'll bet against myself and say I'm passing out in twenty seconds.
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Anthrax Invasion
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I was joking around. But have you increased lung capacity with it?
silver_shadow
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yea, she says her disabled sis has done it... that's pretty impressive... i'm goin to give it a try too... i badly need it.Anthrax Invasion said:
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Anthrax Invasion
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I know that, I meant for her specifically. Perhaps it wouldn't be as effective for your everyday athlete.
silver_shadow
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well, hopefully, being asthmatic qualifies me... the doc said that i may have lost some amount of lung capacity because of permanent damage, although i haven't got this confirmed. i'm not sure how they'd determine this anyway.Anthrax Invasion said:
Personally, I increase lung capacity with HIIT (I enjoy the endorphins). However, the exercise will work for the average athlete as well. Physiologically, the body has 'beyond conscious control' sensors that require deep, full breathing when the carbon dioxide in the blood rises, utilizing the autonomic nervous system. It is possible, therefore, to use the body's own reactions to access lung capacity that is not used for any number of reasons (and there can be quite a few, even in 'normal' people - tight pectorals, for example). The exercise was originally designed for those with partial paralysis, namely polio victims who had lost the use of the voluntary chest and abdominal musculature and could not voluntarily exercise to improve lung capacity.
It would also work extremely well in the sedentary elderly, who are also at risk for stroke and pneumonia due to diminished lung function.
SilverShadow, the exercise should work well for you and improved lung capacity can only help. As with any exercise, it requires regular use (6x day, spaced in time, every day) Just don't use it during an acute attack - I'm sure you know that the issue in the middle of an attack is getting the air OUT, not IN! (overinflation, lack of respiratory transfer)
It would also work extremely well in the sedentary elderly, who are also at risk for stroke and pneumonia due to diminished lung function.
SilverShadow, the exercise should work well for you and improved lung capacity can only help. As with any exercise, it requires regular use (6x day, spaced in time, every day) Just don't use it during an acute attack - I'm sure you know that the issue in the middle of an attack is getting the air OUT, not IN! (overinflation, lack of respiratory transfer)
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Anthrax Invasion
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Good information - you seem to know your stuff when it comes to this.
I love sprint intervals.
I love sprint intervals.
silver_shadow
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good stuff. thankswlmcrae said:
