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Belly breathing?

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started by deepbluex on June 14, 2006

Do you "belly" breathe? If so, when? On the swim? bike? run?
If yes, then why is belly breathing a good thing? (I'm not really sure how many other types of breathing there are)

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bigdogtwo posted 1 year ago.

You should "belly breathe" when you are sitting in the office or watching TV. You should also practice breathing exercises - great for stress reduction and controlling blood pressure. If you always belly breathe - then that should carry over to exercise. You may want to focus on it some while running or biking though.

I think a great CD is "Breathing" by Dr. Andrew Weil. Fantastic introduction to pranayama (sp?) which is breathing practice.

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ggalvao posted 1 year ago.

I always belly breathe but it's a normal thing for me. I don't actually have to think myself 'do it'.