BREATHING TRAINING AND CORE DEVELOPMENT FOR RUNNING: As our breathing muscles form part of our core and assist in flexion, stability, balance, rotation, they are at constant risk of fatigue whilst running. In order to minimise the risk of breathing muscle fatigue, it is possible to engage and work the core muscles whilst training breathing muscles by inhaling forcefully against a set resistance to improve speed, strength, volume and power in inhalation. Our abdominal muscles and iliopsoas form a functional unit during running. The abdominal muscles are working reactively and the psoas provides concentric power during the running stride. It is vitally important to develop a strong core; enabling you to fully utilise these muscles, in order to oppose the force of gravity and maintain an erect trunk whilst running. An upright trunk will assist with performance during running. In this video one of our coaches can be seen breathing forcefully against resistance* whilst maintaining a braced core. The training is utilising bodyweight exercises, swiss ball and a POWERbreathe Plus unit. https://vimeo/108221375 (Clients are required to complete an initial 30day period of POWERbreathe training (minimum) with The Running Coach before starting the exercises shown in the video) For further information on how breathing training can assist your performance, how to achieve correct breathing technique for performance gains and breathing strength assessments please visit The Running Coach web page: therunning-coach.co.uk/powerbreathe
Posted on: Tue, 07 Oct 2014 13:05:28 +0000