how to hold your breath for longer hypoxic swimming trainning

The main reason why you feel the urge to breath is because there is an excess of carbon dioxide in your lungs and blood. This is why you feel weak and sometime dizzy after you hold your breath for a long time. The other reason is the lack of oxygen. On this video we will see what you can do to help increase your lung capacity.

Before you attempt to do any breath control, I’m going to remind you shallow water blackouts are more common than they should be, so please be careful. If you have a breathing condition such as asthma be extra careful and consult your doctor before doing any hypoxic training.

Increasing your lung capacity happens naturally when you exercise on a regular basis. If you follow a workout program such as our Swordfish program you will increase the strength and function of your muscles. The more efficient they become the less oxygen the will require to swim and the less carbon dioxide the will produce. The heart is also a muscle and if you train it it will become stronger and you will be able to hold your breath for longer because of better circulation.

It is also important to breath correctly when you exercise. Let’s do a little experiment right now. Prepare a stop watch. Take a breath and hold it for as long as you can and pause this video. Welcome back! write down your time. Now we will take a breath correctly before holding it again and beating your time. Diaphragm breathing is the way to go. When you push your diaphragm down you give your lungs more space to expand and thus you can inhale more oxygen. Try that right now and see how good it feels. Prepare the stop watch again. Stand up or sit up straight and inhale pushing your belly outwards first and then expanding your chest. Inhale as much air as you can, hold it and start the stop watch. Write down your times in the comment section below.

Ok now that you know how to breath properly and you/ll exercise regularly what’s next. To increase lung capacity further, you need to get mentally and fiscally comfortable with excess carbon dioxide and lack of oxygen in your blood. This requires specific exercises that we will go over next week so make sure to subscribe and click the bell icon if you don’t want to miss it.

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