Breathing Exercise Tips from Experts, Adapt to Sports Movements
Humans are known to be able to do two ways of breathing, namely using chest breathing and abdominal breathing. Humans breathe using respiratory organs or organs consisting of the nose, pharynx, trachea, bronchi, bronchioles and lungs. In normal lungs, the volume of air can reach 4500 cc.
For your information, human breathing can be distinguished based on several types, namely chest, abdominal, external and internal breathing.
Chest breathing is done with the help of intercostal muscles. This breathing is the most common type of breathing done by humans. While abdominal breathing is assisted by the diaphragm muscle located under the stomach. This breathing generally occurs during sleep.
Furthermore, breathing also occurs in the blood, namely, external respiration, namely the exchange of air in the alveoli with blood in the capillaries, and internal respiration between red blood cells in the capillaries and body cells.
Breathing exercises themselves provide many health benefits, both physical and mental. Through the Indonesia Wellness Tourism International Festival (IWTIF) 2024 webinar, Dr. Agasjtya Wisjnu Wardhana SpPD KGEH FINASIM as an Internal Medicine Doctor, clearly explained the benefits of breathing exercises for health, what are they?
1. Reduces stress and anxiety
2. Lowers blood pressure
3. Improves posture
4. Improves immune function
5. Improves sleep quality
6. Improves focus and concentration
7. Regulates emotions
8. Increases lung capacity
9. Increases endurance and muscle strength
For those of you who like to do physical activities, there are several sports recommended by Dr. Agasjtya such as aerobics, interval training, yoga, pilates, swimming and breathing exercises.
He also gave tips on regulating good breathing when exercising, what are they?
- Set the time to inhale and exhale, because when exercising, your body produces more carbon dioxide.
- Inhale through your nose, exhale through your mouth
- Avoid holding your breath
- Adjust to exercise movements
- Use abdominal breathing
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