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       Two Easy, At-Home Exercises That Make Your Lungs Stronger
   DIR By: LightMove
       Date: November 8, 2021, 1:03 am
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       Basic survival is a useful way to make sense of your health and
       fitness. Prioritising based on what you simply wouldn’t be able
       to live without is a simple way of figuring out where you can
       make improvements.
       The human body can go for about three weeks without food, less
       than a week without sleep and three days without water. So, top
       priority is to drink enough water, then to get enough sleep,
       then to eat a balanced diet. Sort these out and throw in some
       exercise, and you’re on track to a healthy body.
       But there’s another thing we need to do to survive that’s even
       more essential than water, sleep or food: breathing.
       Oxygen is the most essential fuel that our bodies need to
       function, and without it, we don’t last very long. But unlike
       drinking, sleeping and eating, breathing is largely automated,
       so we don’t think about it unless we deliberately take control.
       Most people spend their whole lives without ever thinking about
       whether their breathing could be improved, but – like any other
       action – you can be trained to breathe better, making a
       significant difference to your well-being. Breathing better
       tends to be breathing deeper.  In the lungs, there is more blood
       at the bottom, so the more oxygen we can get there, the better.
       When we breather better, we suffer less tension, fatigue, and
       anxiety. We perform better in daily life and in our exercise or
       sport.
       Luckily, it’s quite easy to train yourself to breathe better.
       Here are two simple exercises that you can do in the comfort of
       your own home that can increase your lung capacity, and
       breathing technique, helping you to take in more oxygen, think
       clearer and reduce your stress.
       Diaphragm Breathing
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       Take a light object such as a yoga block, shoe or empty bottle
       and place it on your belly as you lie on your back. Then breathe
       in slowly through your nose and exhale through your mouth,
       watching the object rise and fall. If the object isn’t moving
       then you’re breathing using your chest and not your diaphragm,
       so focus on trying to breathe into your stomach.
       After some time of practising this technique for five to ten
       minutes a day, you’ll eventually feel less tight chested when
       you breathe. This is because your diaphragm muscles will have
       strengthened, increasing your lung capacity and decreasing the
       amount of pressure on your thorax. This is an easy technique to
       do at home to relieve stress and improve your health.
       Straw Breathing
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       This technique was first developed by Russian special forces to
       increase the lung capacity of their divers, but works just as
       well for chronically stressed people who have developed rapid
       and tight breathing that remains even when they’re not in a
       stressful situation. It’s changed the life of clients of mine
       who work in high pressure corporate environments or law
       enforcement whose breathing patterns have been damaged by the
       near constant stress.
       You start by lying on your back, plugging your nose with a
       diver’s clip or a peg and then placing a straw in your mouth.
       You then breathe only through the straw for five minutes,
       repeating this every day for a week before moving up to two
       straws for a week and then three.
       Because breathing through a straw is more difficult, it forces
       your body to use your diaphragm to give your lungs the power
       they need. This has the same benefits as the diaphragm exercise
       mentioned above but is more difficult, giving quicker results
       and can push your lungs even further. Even if you don’t suffer
       from shortness of breath, it’s worth training with straw
       breathing as the increase in lung capacity can be revelatory.
       Although both of these exercises can be completed without any
       help, a Breath training device like OPUMP can also provide more
       breathing exercises and professional instructive training, which
       can help you breathe better, no matter you Do you want to
       improve athletic performance or just reduce daily
       stress.
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