What's the correct way to breathe?????

How do yo breathe when you run? For years, I have breathed through my mouth (mostly) after I get
winded and an office mate ways that is hurting my endurance.

So, once and for all, what is the correct way to breathe while you are running?

thanks, Richard

On Thu, 18 Sep 2003 21:35:12 GMT, Richard Holliingsworth <william.r.hollingsworth@boeing.com> wrote:

>How do yo breathe when you run? For years, I have breathed through my mouth (mostly) after I get
>winded and an office mate ways that is hurting my endurance.

Huh? Does he have any explanation for this other than I heard it once? Is he speaking of "If
you can't breath thru your nose you're out of your aerobic zone"?

>
>So, once and for all, what is the correct way to breathe while you are running?

In and out. On a slightly less sarcastic note... You will breath according to how hard you
are working. Many people have somewhat limited nasal breathing capacity so breathing thru
the nose doesn't provide enough air even for a decent low aerobic workout. The end goal is
to match the breathing with effort level. A few things that make sense or have worked for
me. Diaphram breathing or "belly breathing" vs chest breathing. Seems to help anytime I get
a side stitch. I now try and diaphram breath all the time. I read once that the potential
for, note "potential", for intenstinal fortitude problems exist from the diaphram "slapping"
the intestine in long disatnce runs. It was reccomended that if you run into this problem
try switching your breathing cadence to teh opposite side. I.E. If you are breathing on
right foot strike switch to left foot strike. I can't remember which side but one side is
closer to teh intestine than the other or something like that. Many here subscribe to
breathing certain cadences for certain efforts etc. I guess I've never paid attention and
simply let the breathing cadence take care of itself.

~Matt

>
>thanks, Richard

On Thu, 18 Sep 2003 21:35:12 GMT, Richard Holliingsworth <william.r.hollingsworth@boeing.com> wrote:

>How do yo breathe when you run? For years, I have breathed through my mouth (mostly) after I get
>winded and an office mate ways that is hurting my endurance.
>
>So, once and for all, what is the correct way to breathe while you are running?
>
>thanks, Richard

Your mates a dummy. Ignore him.

In article <HLFIMM.CJ2@news.boeing.com>, Richard Holliingsworth wrote:
> How do yo breathe when you run? For years, I have breathed through my mouth (mostly) after I get
> winded and an office mate ways that is hurting my endurance.

He's talking rubbish. (Ask him for a reference and watch him cough and splutter)

Cheers,
--
Donovan Rebbechi http://pegasus.rutgers.edu/~elflord/

His Mother named him Richard, but we all know him as a ****. If breathing is such an ongoing
problem, might I suggest giving it up altogether?

On 18 Sep 2003 22:11:46 GMT, theracker@aol.com (TheRacker) wrote:

I hate to give up any of my secrets, but if you throw in a little "back n forth" and "side to side"
with that "in and out" you'll be much, much more popular with the ladies.

Why do you suppose mouth-breathing and knuckle-dragging are often linked as physical and behavioral
characteristics?

Steve McDonald

Richard Holliingsworth <william.r.hollingsworth@boeing.com> wrote in message
news:<HLFIMM.CJ2@news.boeing.com>...
> How do yo breathe when you run? For years, I have breathed through my mouth (mostly) after I get
> winded and an office mate ways that is hurting my endurance.

Your office mate knows of a different method of breathing? Is this mate of yours an amphibian and
breathes through his skin?

Please have your mate explain what the other alternative is I'd love to hear it.

>
> So, once and for all, what is the correct way to breathe while you are running?

The harder you work the more oxygen your muscles need (and the more they need to expell carbon
dioxide and other stuff). Use your abdominal muscles to draw a breath in through your mouth and push
it out through your mouth. Some folks recommend you breath in rhythm to your steps, something like 2
steps breath out, two more breath in. I've never tried it but it may help you. Don't close your
mouth and breath through your nose.

As you increase your speed your need for oxygen will increase and your breathing rate will also
increase. At some point you'll probably notice you are also drawing in air through your nose.

Hope this helps. Andy

>
> thanks, Richard

"Richard Holliingsworth" <william.r.hollingsworth@boeing.com> wrote in message
news:HLFIMM.CJ2@news.boeing.com...
> How do yo breathe when you run? For years, I have breathed through my mouth (mostly) after I get
> winded and an office mate ways that is hurting my endurance.
>
> So, once and for all, what is the correct way to breathe while you are running?
>
> thanks, Richard
>
Try duct tapping your face and breathing through your ass. Our company sells lots of products that
suck..Try www.microsoft.com . thanks

Richard Holliingsworth <william.r.hollingsworth@boeing.com> wrote:

>How do yo breathe when you run? For years, I have breathed through my mouth (mostly) after I get
>winded and an office mate ways that is hurting my endurance.

What kind of carpet is he smoking?

>So, once and for all, what is the correct way to breathe while you are running?

Breathe in quickly, using essentially the stomach (diaphragm). Breathe out as slowly as possible
without suffocating. It'll regulate itself after that.

Breathe through whatever holes will allow air into your lungs. Unless you're running in Siberia or
Alaska it makes no odds (and even then... Dot?)

steve common wrote:

> Breathe through whatever holes will allow air into your lungs. Unless you're running in Siberia or
> Alaska it makes no odds (and even then... Dot?)

Just be careful not to inhale too much snow Watching elite mountain runners over the weekend -
yep, they breathe like we do - through whatever works, esp. the mouth.

Dot

--
"Success is different things to different people" -Bernd Heinrich in Racing the Antelope