At the presentation night, our guest speaker Jacko sang the praise of nose breathing. In his book he does too. There is something about breathing in through small holes that helps. You have to go slower, and that gets the air deeper into the lungs. The deep part of the lungs is the efficient part.
In the book (which I bought at presentation night) he also describes how hard it is to breathe exclusively through your nose when you’re running. But he said it sure pays off. I’m happy to believe him.
I hadn’t started practicing myself yet. I am such a creature of habit! I had tried a bit during the warmup on the track. The actual drills are too intensive for that. The Thursday doesn't lend itself to nose breathing much.
What I should have done is practice on my bike. I’m on it every weekday. It is where most of my exercise comes from. And as long as you're on the flat, it is not a problem to breathe through your nose. And then you can see how long you last on the ascents.
I've started that now, after the actual session! Because I have been doing that bike commute for so long, I never thought of breathing through my nose during it, as I am in my normal commuter mood. Once I get into the habit of seeing how much of the distance I can cover while breathing through my nose, that will become the habit, and I will just do it without thinking too much about it. This might help quite a lot! We will see. I hope to break a few personal bests in the coming months; let's see if I manage that with my newly developing breathing techniques!
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| What I am supposed to look like on my bike: with closed mouth! |
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