Breathe Ability Part II, The Action
Last week on Breathe Ability…
Recap –
• There are 3 elements to breathing. Biomechanical. Biochemical. Psychophysiological.
• Biomechanical are the parts that pump and process the air you breathe.
• Biochemical is the gas exchange in your lungs and cells.
Breathe - Ability Part I, The Knowledge
Breathing is a bit of a hot topic these days. It might seem new, but Yogi’s and martial artists have known about the benefits or rather necessity of proper breathing for centuries. Not just in the context of the movement itself, transferring air into and out of your lungs, but breathing as a part of everyday movement and exercise.
Train to Recover
This week, I want to get a little deeper into why I think recovery should be a priority in your training. That is if your goal is improving your fitness rather than displaying it. There’s a difference! I’ll also share some tips on what you can do to improve your recovery efforts, thereby improving your fitness. Hint: no ice baths, saunas or Tibetan unicorn milk is required.
An Instrument for recovery - Heart Rate Variability
By now I’m sure you heard of HRV (Heart Rate Variability). If you haven’t, I’ll fill you in.
HRV is a representation of the variance in time between heart beats over ‘X’ amount of time. The time from one beat to the next is called an R-R interval which is measured in milliseconds.
Again, HRV is the measure of the difference between R-R intervals over a period of time.
Your HRV is an indicator of which branch of your Autonomic Nervous System is currently running.