How To Breathe Properly While Running And Improve VO2 Max

This kind of content was a breath of fresh air.

I've discovered "Cadence Breathing" on my own - and I swear by it! It's always an odd rhythm so that it switches from left to right foot and back. I find that very important in order to keep my stride and posture symmetrical. I have different rhythms for different tempos too, which helps me hit and keep the different paces. When I go faster there are more "in" counts compared to the "outs". For example: easy = 3 counts in + 6 counts out. Tempo and Threshold = 3 in, 2 out, 2 in, 2 out. It's reeeally hypnotic and calming and gets me in a flow when I'm in the groove. I don't need to count consciously, either. I'm a drummer, so maybe this comes a little easier to me than to others :D

I'm a nose breather when in Zone 2 and mouth breather beyond that (kind of obviously). Diaphragm breathing is indeed essential for a good performance, so it's worth paying attention to your breathing once in a while during a run.

This kept me in running. I know this seems like basic knowledge but it’s not discussed anywhere and I was struggling so hard on runs I wanted to quit. It turns out I was breathing all wrong and these exercises turned it all Around. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU.

Changing to nose breathing has improved my running immensely. My heart rate was always high (160+ bpm) while running. I just thought I had a condition and it was normal for me I also struggled to run slowly. I discovered that I was hyperventilating while running, I was breathing out too much CO2, this was also causing tingling and swelling in my fingers and numbness in my feet as well as a racing heart rate. But then I listened to James Nestor on the Joe Rogan podcast and he talked about nasal breathing in depth. I tried it and instantly had a 15bpm drop in heart rate and this also slowed my pace. Over time my pace has improved but so has my VO2max. I'm now consistently jogging in the "fat-burn" and "cardio" zones rather than the "perform" zone for my gentle runs.

I've been running 50 years and I'm still learning. On breathing what I've learned is to actively push the air in and out of your lungs. Don't just breath the way your body wants to, put effort into it.

This has made an immense difference in my performance. I thank the run channel whole heartedly. Tremendous channel guys.

I breath in through the nose and out through the mouth for most of my running. For more intense sessions I will usually switch to mouth breathing.

I breathe in through my nose and breathe out through my mouth while running. I find that more comfortable. Yoga definitely helped my breathing while running 💯

I can’t wrap my head around people who nose breathe. I feel like I’m suffocating. I breathe through my nose AND mouth. If I could include my ears I would. Every orifice in my head!

I began nose breathing to reduce stress just before I began running, both in and out. I can now keep it up on 10sec hill sprints the uptake in oxygen increases over time. Did a half marathon on the weekend, quiet breathing and my slow pace meant trail walkers barely heard I was coming.

I can say it helped me a lot. Started breathing using diaphragm some months ago and I've seen my heart rate dropping down significantly. It takes some time to be used to but then you start breathing that way all day long.

This was sooooooo cool! I'm proud to say that I had done rhythmic breathing on my own by nature without coaching for years, but I've NEVER heard about cadence breathing until now and I'm soooo excited to try it!! Thanks!!!!

Very nicely presented video! I sometimes start singing when running if there is a good song in my playlist, but only when I am pretty sure no-one is in earshot.

Juggling and singing taugth me breathing so I was perfectly prepared when I started running. Very good tips :)

Been after a video on proper breathing techniques for ages as most running videos just seem to concentrate on muscle exercises and stretching. So this is perfect

Thank you both🤝

I've been playing the saxophone for years, and it really helps to bump up your breathing skills (especially if you usually play the big ones like the baritone sax!).

I am a mouth breather - I'm THAT runner but I learnt to use breathing early on in my running career to get rid of stitches and now nearly 3 years in I still use them

Thank you, since I started running a few decades ago, I have switched to nose breathing and it has improved my running.