Paradoxical breathing is often a sign of breathing problems. Paradoxical breathing causes the chest to contract during inhaling and to expand during exhaling. This is the opposite of how it should ...
Breathing has been an intrinsic feature of our lives since the day we were born. Akin to background noise, we inhale and exhale thousands of times per day, the vast majority of which we are unaware of ...
We runners lift weights, "resistance train," and otherwise overload our muscles on a regular basis in order to become stronger. It only makes sense that we would do that for our breathing as well.