Popeye breathing

[CoachKris]

My favorite breathing drill

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-vNJL3W5ZM

[HydraFx]

So is this a drill for yourself as well as your students?

[CoachKris]

yep I'm usually using it on rest's between sets, it allows me to hyperventilate a bit and reinforce breathing in controlled environment

[haschu33]

why do you want to hyperventilate ???

[CoachKris]

to get more oxygen into your bloodstream, allows a bit faster recovery as it helps to reduce acidity level of your blood, helps a lot during VO2max workout

done some research and find out that hyperventilation is actually a wrong term for what I'm doing ;) proper name would be hyperpnea same idea different name ;) difference is that first one is bad and the other one is good ;)

p.s. I do not recommend hypernea to swimmers without a good bit of experience ;) so don't try it at home - this technique can be helpful as long as you keep it on a low level of intensity as you dont really wont to get hyperventilated you just put a bit more oxygen in

p.s.2 from ti point of view only the part about working on your breathing technique is useful