By now, you must have heard about how breathing can help improve your fitness and weight loss and you might be wondering if this is true. Well, the science that backs this claim is not conclusive, and we can’t promise that breathing techniques, such as the popular Oxycise, will indeed deliver the on what they promise, as the experts continue to debate this back and forth.
However, what we do know for certain, is that breathing exercises do have some benefits, and these are listed below:
1. Normal people under-utilize their lungs
You might never have realized that you are probably using around 20% of your lung’s full capacity, and this isn’t a problem ordinarily, as your lungs can function perfectly well at such levels. However, increasing the amount of air you take in with each breath is one way to lose more fat according to Jill Johnson, who founded Oxycise.
2. Oxygen helps burn fat
Fat molecules in the human body are primarily composed of oxygen, carbon dioxide, and hydrogen. When these molecules become exposed to the oxygen we breathe in, they are broken down into water and carbon dioxide, with the carbon dioxide being exhaled through the lungs.
In this way, the body can burn fat faster, but a certain level of oxygen intake is required, and though you do not need to perform any intense exercise, you will have to do more than the casual breathing most people do, to reap this benefit.
3. Breathing exercises will improve oxygen uptake
Oxygen uptake is the body’s capability to use oxygen from the air that you breathe. The more oxygen your body extracts and actually uses, the better the supply of oxygen will be to the brain and other important organs in the body, and your ability to perform efficiently at physical activities will be much improved.
4. Improved muscle building
Building lean muscle is one of the crucial goals of any weight loss or fitness plan and breathing exercises help to improve the muscle building process. This is because oxygen is crucial for muscle building (muscles are primarily filled with water) and better breathing will ensure that the muscles get the oxygen that they need for optimized growth.
5. Helps you relax
Breathing exercises help you relax better by increasing the supply of oxygen to the brain which causes an increase in the secretion of neurochemicals which help improve mood and alleviate physical pain.
Conclusion
Breathing exercises are probably not going to completely revolutionize your weight loss and fitness efforts, but there is considerable evidence to suggest that if you do them consistently, they will be a valuable addition to your fitness efforts.
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