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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 stress and this does affect my cycling as I struggle to get enough breath in.
 
I hope I am not tempting fate here, for the first time I can remember this year my breathing is significantly easier and this makes exercise much more productive.
 
If this continues I will consider using the Powerbreathe has been a success for me.
 
Phil Bradbury

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 Youth Club for Christmas so have my evenings back and have taken a little time out from Kickboxing over Christmas.

Over the last few weeks I have been training hard and raising funds for Cancer Research UK for my friend Matt and his family and along the way I have had Powerbreathe on my side.

I have been...

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 on getting fuller breaths at the current level than shallow breaths at a higher level.

Just completed the fourth week of using the Powerbreathe unit.

1) Still maintaining two daily sessions with the Powerbreathe.

2) I think I may have moved up the resistance setting too fast for my progress as I wasn't really achieving adequate breaths at any point, dropped back down from 4.5 to 4.0.

3) Not sure yet that I am feeling any difference in my breathing when I am training.

Phil Bradbury

Melanie Ryding I forgot the inhaler on purposeThis week, I am beginning to realise that I in fact do NOT need that inhaler at all. Up till now i have always taken it (just in case) but this week, I went to the track WITHOUT it on purpose. Coach is not holding back on me at all, and I am learning to permanently hurt!!

This weeks track was fartlek (speed play) on the roads instead of the track. race pace, with even faster bursts. sheesh!! Summary: yes, it was hard hard, hard, and I told coach where in the car the inhaler was in case I needed it (he is now more worried than me!) but there was nothing to be worried...

Just completed the second week of using the POWERbreathe unit.

1) I have been gradually moving up the setting scale and am now on a setting of 3.5 which feels like that is just about the point where I am failing to achieve the full 30 breaths.

2) As the resistance increases the effort required it has started to feel uncomfortable around my face and neck.

3) I don't yet have an opinion on whether the exercise is changing my performance in any way, but early days yet.

4) In the past I have always felt that at this time of year my breathing becomes a greater limit to my performance than in summer, so proceeding with interest.

Phil Bradbury