Feb
27
Since my last blog I have been continuing with the Powerbreathe 30 breaths. Having started with the resistance at the lowest level and struggling initially to complete the full 30, I have seen progress in that I now can manage 30 with the resistance up to level 2. So how has this affected training? I …
Jan
16
I have just completed a 12 week trial with a medium resistance Powerbreathe. I cycle or row just about every day but do not compete formally so I cannot quote figures of percentage improvement in particular events. Having said that I do push myself very hard whilst riding at the Velodrome and on some club …
Jan
11
Well I’ve had my POWERbreathe for a little while now. My first attempt to use it showed how much improvement I had to make! I tried the thirty breaths at level one and failed! Very soon after the arrival of my POWERbreathe came my first test in the lead up to the World Indoor Rowing …
Jan
09
I have just completed week 10 with the Powerbreathe. This is my second week at level 5.5, and I now use a mini pyramid of settings each session. By that I mean 10 breaths at a low setting, 10 at a medium setting, 30 at my maximum setting, 10 at medium and finally 10 at …
Dec
21
I have just completed week 9 with the Powerbreathe. This week I have moved up to level 5.5 and still doing my 10 breaths at half load, 30 at full load and finishing with 10 at half load. In December I generally start to feel very tight in my chest when under exercise …
Dec
19
Festive greetings, Apologies it’s been a while, I have been rather busy with the usual things in life (NVQ, Youth Work, Kickboxing, General Fitness training, Fund raising, meetings, my regular full time job and of course family life). The good news is I have almost completed my NVQ and I have now broken up from …
Dec
13
I have just completed week 8 with the Powerbreathe. This week still working at level 5 with my 10 breaths at half load, 30 at full load and 10 at half load routine. I could probably move the level up a little but I think for me it is more beneficial to concentrate …
Dec
12
Another spanner in the works, talk about ‘best laid plans’. The cardio work has increased over the last 2 weeks more than I’d anticipated due my tearing brachioradialis in my arm. Gutted. It’s not that common, so I must have some deep biomechanical issues that I wasn’t aware of – embarrassing as I’m a Biomechanics …
Dec
12
I have just completed week 7 with the Powerbreathe. At the end of the week I moved up to a setting of 5, still with my 10 breaths at half load, 30 at full load and 10 at half load routine. I felt able to move the setting up because I was achieving …
Dec
10
So 12 weeks have come to an end, and wow, what a change has occurred. When I started this trial I was an athlete and an asthma sufferer. Now, quite simply, I’m an athlete. You think I exaggerate? No I don’t! I stopped needing the inhaler in about week 3 or 4. I carried around …
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