Video: Deep Breathing Chest Expansion Exercise

Deep Breathing Chest Expansion Exercise

Deep breathing chest expansion exercises often require you to begin in a basic Yoga pose. Learn about deep breathing chest expansion exercises with help from an expert fitness professional in this free video clip.

Video Transcript

Hi, I'm Coach Morgan Johnson and I'm here at the Playtri Performance Center in Dallas, Texas, and today I'm going to show you an exercise for deep breathing chest expansion. So for our deep breathing chest expansion exercise we're going to start in a basic Yoga pose. I suggest having some sort of a prop or support like a folding mat to put under the buttocks so that you're not having to focus as much on the flexibility in your hamstring and lay back. Once you sit down you're going to move your feet into your cross position keeping the back straight, shoulders back down and relax, and the hands resting lightly either palm down or palm up on the knees. At this point you're going to close your eyes and begin to focus on your breathing. Focus on breathing in through the nose and out through the nose. As you breath focus on filling first the chest and then the abdomen letting the breath go all the way down. As your body begins to relax and your chest to expand begin to inhale for a count of 5 and then exhale for the same count. Focus on your breath and continue to remain aware of your body position. It's important that you keep your shoulders down and back throughout the exercise keeping the shoulder blades together to maintain space and area in the chest. Since part of the exercise is to encourage chest expansion you want to make sure that you don't close off the chest by letting the shoulders roll forward. I'm Coach Morgan Johnson and that was your deep breathing chest expansion exercise. I'll see you next time.

Deep Breathing Chest Expansion Exercise

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