Activeforever PowerLung - Manual

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Inhale. Exhale. Breathing just seems so natural. Why do you need to
train the muscles you use in breathing? After all, aren’t you breathing?
You are doing cardio workouts, running, wind sprints or aerobic activity;
isn’t that the same?
But, if they are so well conditioned, why do you “get out of breath”?
If you are doing aerobic activity, you are aerobically exercising the
muscles used in breathing along with your other muscles. If you have
been working out aerobically training your breathing muscles, when
was the last time you trained them?
Just like any other set of muscles "the respiratory muscles can be trained
for improvement in strength, endurance or both." Pardy et al. (1988)
1 .
This is supported by a number of other studies, notably Dupler &
Amonette
2 , who found, using the PowerLung, that in a relatively short
period of time, four weeks, respiratory training produced "significant
changes in maximal V
E
(ventilation), maximal V
T
(tidal volume), and sub-
maximal V E ..." The study revealed a 1.99 breath/minute decrease in RR
(respiration rate) coupled with a 4.93 L/min increase in V
E
and a
.81L/breath increase in V
T
for the treatment group. Subjects in the
treatment group also had a 28.25mm/Hg increase in P ex (peak exhalation
force) as compared to only a 2mm/Hg increase for the control group."
These findings are supported conclusively by a number of researchers,
using a wide range of people, proving that these specific muscles have
become stronger.
Peak Performance Training
Begins with PowerLung
You may think you have been training your breathing,
but in reality, you have never trained it at all.
"the respiratory muscles
can be tr ained for
improvement in strength,
endurance or both."
Pardy et al. (1988)
I f y ou r breath in g i s so wel l
conditioned then why do you still
“get out of breath”?
Peak Performance Training Begins with PowerLung