Use yoga for training

Yoga for endurance

We can live without food and water for an extended period of time but without air, we die within minutes. You are about to learn some techniques and secrets of breath control. These methods have been used for over 5,000 years. Yoga masters have been known to be able to slow their heart to just one beat per minute and take one breath per minute. We all know that people can breathe and we know that people can breathe in and out without having to think about it. The interesting thing is we can also control our breath and by controlling your breath you can learn to extend your endurance. If you learn the yogic art of pranayama, or breath control and practice the following breathing exercises, you will most likely be surprised at how dramatically your endurance improves.

Diaphragm

Your diaphragm is your major respiratory muscle. The diaphragm is a mushroom shaped muscle that moves up and down when we breathe. What’s unique about the diaphragm is that fact that it’s a skeletal muscle just like your biceps and your quadriceps and all your other muscles that you control. This means that you can control, strengthen and train your diaphragm just like you would with your other muscles.

Breathing process

When you breathe in, your diaphragm moves downward, massaging the organs and the lower back while at same time your lungs are sucking in air and filling like two vacuum bags. Poorly oxygenated blood is pumped over to the lungs where it picks up new oxygen and drops off toxins. The oxygenated blood is brought back over to the heart where it is then pumped through to the entire body. The blood delivers oxygen, nutrients and energy to your muscles to able you to do work. When you breathe out, the diaphragm moves back upward and compresses the lungs which pushes out carbon dioxide, gaseous toxins and debris.

The key secret

Before beginning the breathing exercises, it is important to know that the ability to slow down the exhalation and breathe out longer than you breathe in is the key to being able....

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