Homo Urbanus Out of Breath
Breath for Fitness in the City
Throughout our blog we already have several resources for the importance of better breathing, as well as ways to achieve it.
So, here I will organize some of that material so you can go more in depth if you have not already read those articles.
To perform a good self-analysis for your breathing start with this article, Respiration Weight Loss and Metabolism. It is an excerpt from our RESOLUTE Weight Loss and Metabolism course. In it we touch on what is proper breathing, common issues we see daily, and how to resolve those issues.
Earlier this year we did a 30 Day Breathing Challenge. The challenge was composed of four videos with three exercises each. The purpose of the exercises was to improve posture, diaphragm control, and to help reduce the number of breaths we take each minute.
One of the ways we measured progress was with the length of our controlled pause. This was how long we could go between needing to take a breath.
Here are the links to the series:
30 Day Breathing Challenge Week One
30 Day Breathing Challenge Week Two
30 Day Breathing Challenge Week Three
30 Day Breathing Challenge Week Four
In our studio we ran the challenge for thirty days and it was so successful that we continued to indefinitely as part of our warmups before our workouts. Many participants saw at least a 50 to 100 percent increase in their controlled pause. This reflected their increased respiratory efficiency.
If you are just getting started with the Homo Urbanus article series we encourage you to start from the beginning and keep you eye out for the rest of the series.