Thread: Proper Breathing

breathing is important while performing a power lift especially, the way you let out air at what part of the lift can affect performance. I don't know exactly what you do but try and let your breath seep out very slowly during the eccentric part if the motion as opposed to just letting it out all at once, you may find that your focus and tension at the end of the lift is better while doing this

I blow blood vessels constantly, and look like I just smoked a blunt after I squat, because I forget to breath sometimes.

I struggle with breathing on a few exercises

Standing arnold presses (I think thats the one that dose ya shoulders) and lat. raises (I get the tendancy to inhale as my arms go up rather than exhale, its tricky)

For some reason my breathing is fine on all other exercises, its just those 2 I think which I struggle with

For squats I will often take an additional breath at the top, otherwise I dont think I'd last very long.

bascically, studies have showen that when you try and control your breathing your ability to lift weight goes out the window because it is just another thing that your brain has to prosess. The main thing is that you are breathing. Don't worry about it to much, just breath normally and your body will figure out what is right for you, try to hard to think about it and you wont be able to lift as smoothly.