breathing wile riding

[milan]

 Hi hubbers does the right breathing tecniques help over all prevormance on the bike. In trough the nose and out trough the mouth vs in trough mouth and out trough mouth. Help please.

[Free]

Either way it goes the same place....

 

 

[Bike Mob]

Take it in the Mouth!

[Capricorn]

i used to do cross country running: in thru nose out the mouth is nearly the rule, but it actually takes some training to do. have to relax your body otherwise it just feels like you going to explode. Not sure if the same breathing technique applies to cycling though..

[SL7]

Controlling your breathing on climbs is essential to bring your HR down. That way you will go faster without tiring too quickly.

[Free]

It really does not matter. All you need to do is take in as much oxygen as possible. If it comes in through your mouth, nose or ears it doesnt matter. Unless you do yoga you dont have to worry about breathing techniques.

[Windbreaker]

ja,it helps to breathe

[milan]

thanks Guys, still a lot to learn.

[Capricorn]

thru the nose gives more volume for each breath. thru the mouth is much shallower. You can train to get more thru your mouth, but your naturally take in more thru the nose. bit of a mission getting it all out again when near HR max

[Windbreaker]

 

thru the nose gives more volume for each breath. thru the mouth is much shallower. You can train to get more thru your mouth' date=' but your naturally take in more thru the nose. bit of a mission getting it all out again when near HR max

 

[/quote']Dunno 'bout you but my mouth has a bigger diameter than 2x nostrils.

 

[Capricorn]

 

 

big enough for a foot or two?

 

kidding.

true, but you dont naturally use your diaphragm as effectively, hence shallower. I found thru experience that learning to inhale thru the nose delays onset of fatigue. So even 2x smaller, it is more effective. Can be done via the mouth, though the shallow breathing under duress has to be consciously avoided. Feels weird initially, but eventually becomes more natural. nothing out of someone else's text book: just my experience./ shrug

 

Capricorn2009-08-21 14:01:45

[skaduwee]

When going slow your nose alone will be enough. But once your HR goes up your blood requires more oxygen so then you breathe through your nose an mouth at the same time. Just try to take deep breaths instead of short fast ones, especially on climbs.

[Minion]

Breathing through your nose has the advantage of filtering out most of the dust, pollen, smoke, bugs and other crap that's floating in the air. The disadvantage, as has been pointed out, is that you can't get enough airflow through your nose at higher intensities.

 

The best breathing advice I ever received (from singing, of all places) is to concentrate on breathing deeply using your diaphragm. If you stand in front of a mirror and take deep breaths with your diaphragm you'll see that most of the visible movement is around your stomach. Often, if you watch someone who hasn't been taught to breath properly, you'll see a lot of shoulder movement when they breath in deeply.

 

[GTRacing]

Breathing through your nose has the advantage of filtering out most of the dust' date=' pollen, smoke, bugs and other crap that's floating in the air. The disadvantage, as has been pointed out, is that you can't get enough airflow through your nose at higher intensities.

The best breathing advice I ever received (from singing, of all places) is to concentrate on breathing deeply using your diaphragm. If you stand in front of a mirror and take deep breaths with your diaphragm you'll see that most of the visible movement is around your stomach. Often, if you watch someone who hasn't been taught to breath properly, you'll see a lot of shoulder movement when they breath in deeply.
[/quote']

I'm with you on this one edman, the way I breathe wille climbing is to take a two step breath. At first shalow followd by a dep chest expanding breath, witch is then let out slowly as to not chase your breathing up.

This has a calming efect and also helps with the heartrate.

 

It takes training to breath like that, and your oxigen intake goes up due to the fact that you use less enegy to breathe and the slower breathing alows your lungs time to absorb more oxegen. up's the old vo2max.

[Windbreaker]

as important, while under exertion, is to get the CO2 out. Breathing slowly doesn't assist in this aspect.   

[Yang]

Breathing through your nose has the advantage of filtering out most of the dust' date=' pollen, smoke, bugs and other crap that's floating in the air. The disadvantage, as has been pointed out, is that you can't get enough airflow through your nose at higher intensities.

The best breathing advice I ever received (from singing, of all places) is to concentrate on breathing deeply using your diaphragm. If you stand in front of a mirror and take deep breaths with your diaphragm you'll see that most of the visible movement is around your stomach. Often, if you watch someone who hasn't been taught to breath properly, you'll see a lot of shoulder movement when they breath in deeply.
[/quote']

I'm with you on this one edman, the way I breathe wille climbing is to take a two step breath. At first shalow followd by a dep chest expanding breath, witch is then let out slowly as to not chase your breathing up.

This has a calming efect and also helps with the heartrate.

 

It takes training to breath like that, and your oxigen intake goes up due to the fact that you use less enegy to breathe and the slower breathing alows your lungs time to absorb more oxegen. up's the old vo2max.

 

Yep- just listen to that experience!

 

I learnt about getting my HR down by inhaling deep, holding it for 2 or 3 seconds, exhaling, holding it for 2 or 3 seconds, repeat a few times and your HR drops. You can even experiment to see the effect by doing this while you're sitting right now. Just shows how important breathing is and that rapid shallow breathing does you no good when your HR is busting through the limits.