How to Breathe Correctly While Running

Video Transcript

"Hello, my name is Samuel Harvell and I'm a personal fitness trainer and running coach. Today what I would like to do is talk to you about correct breathing while you are running. If you are a 100 meter sprint runner, your breathing pattern is going to be considerably faster than say the breathing pattern of someone who is running a marathon where their pattern of breathing would be considerably slower because they're running for 26.2 miles. So someone who is running a marathon is not going to be breathing at a fast, rapid pace as compared to say a 100 meter runner who has more of a faster breathing pattern. If your long run includes running hills, you're going to have more of a deeper breathing pattern. You're going to breathe in a lot deeper as you're running uphill because you're going almost vertical as you're running up so you're going to breathe, your breathing is going to be a lot more pronounced if you will as you are going up the hill compared to if you were running a flat section of your training run where your breathing is more of a calm, regular breathing pattern. So it depends on what kind of course you are running as part of your training run. If you are running on a completely flat course, then you're going to have more of a normal breathing pattern. But if you're running a course that also includes hills, then you're going to have more of a, you're going to be taking in a lot more deeper breathes as you are going uphill. So depending on the course that you're training for, your breathing pattern is going to change and shift during the run. But if you'd like to learn more about how to breathe correctly as a runner depending on what kind of ways you are training for, please contact me at harvellfitnesstraining.com. That's H A R V E L L fitness training.com."