Breathing Exercises for Runners

Video Transcript

"Hi my name is Michael Quebec and today's subject is breathing exercisers for runners. Actually these breathing exercises are for anybody engaged in any high, high impact cardiovascular physical activity. So one thing you want to keep in mind when you are breathing, the faster your body goes, the more you'll want to slow your breathing down. So what I'm going to do, I'm going to breathe through my midsection, my diaphragm and my abdomen. I'm going to take a deep breath in through my nose slowly and then I'm going to breathe out through my mouth slowly. Nice steady pace in through the nose, filling up the stomach with air, out through the mouth filling on, exhaling the air out of the diaphragm. With that in mind the faster my body goes, the more I want to slow my breathing and keep it and a nice steady pace. So the last thing I want to do is speed up my breathing with my body. That will tire you out no matter how good a shape you're in, you'll really get tired and you'll start to lose gas real quick. So remember when you are breathing especially while you are running, keep your breaths slow, easy paced, in through the nose, out through the mouth. The faster your body goes the more you slow down your breathing. Thank you."