So in January's issue of Runner's World there was an article about How to Breathe When Running. Well, duh, I said, through the mouth. I read it anyway and come to find out it should be belly breathing, not chest breathing.
That was the article that kinda helped motivate me with running on that Christmas Eve day. I tried doing the belly breathing. I tried out the Unfortunately, it was no go. I am a chest breather. I don't even know how to make my belly fill up with air! They say it's a hard habit to break and indeed it is!
Then instead of my tempo run next week, I'm going to run hills on Wednesday. I used to do this last fall for my half marathon training. It was a good way to get the mind off of treadmill running and get in some fun new activity on the treadmill. I mentioned it back in this post. But here it is again.
On the up and up
At zero incline, run for ten minutes at a comfortable pace. Set the incline to one percent and run at the same speed for a minute. Drop back to zero incline and run a minute.
Raise it to two percent for a minute, then down to zero for a minute. Next raise it to three percent, then down to one percent, then up to four percent, then down to two percent -- all for a minute each. Then go up to five percent and down to three percent.
Work your way back down from there: four, two, three, one, two, zero, one, zero. Finish with ten minutes of comfortable running at zero. Total running time: 38:00 (14:00 uphill).
It's pretty heavy duty but also a good way to break up the monotony of treadmill running. Why don't you give it a try sometime?
10 Most Annoying People At The Gym.
That was the article that kinda helped motivate me with running on that Christmas Eve day. I tried doing the belly breathing. I tried out the Unfortunately, it was no go. I am a chest breather. I don't even know how to make my belly fill up with air! They say it's a hard habit to break and indeed it is!
Then instead of my tempo run next week, I'm going to run hills on Wednesday. I used to do this last fall for my half marathon training. It was a good way to get the mind off of treadmill running and get in some fun new activity on the treadmill. I mentioned it back in this post. But here it is again.
On the up and up
At zero incline, run for ten minutes at a comfortable pace. Set the incline to one percent and run at the same speed for a minute. Drop back to zero incline and run a minute.
Raise it to two percent for a minute, then down to zero for a minute. Next raise it to three percent, then down to one percent, then up to four percent, then down to two percent -- all for a minute each. Then go up to five percent and down to three percent.
Work your way back down from there: four, two, three, one, two, zero, one, zero. Finish with ten minutes of comfortable running at zero. Total running time: 38:00 (14:00 uphill).
It's pretty heavy duty but also a good way to break up the monotony of treadmill running. Why don't you give it a try sometime?
10 Most Annoying People At The Gym.
1 comments:
I try to be a belly breather. I know how after years in choir. But I find that if after taking belly breaths for a long period of time that my chest feels tight. So then I need to take a really deep chest breath. Almost like belly breaths don't expand my entire lung and I need the chest breath to finish it off.
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