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A systematic review and meta-analysis was performed in order to determine the factors that affect the change in endurance performance after RMT (Respiratory Muscle Training) in healthy subjects.

The conclusion was that RMT improves endurance exercise performance in healthy individuals with greater improvements in less fit individuals and in sports of longer durations (rowing, running, swimming and cycling).

Read the Abstract for this meta-analysis recently published on PubMed: ‘Effect of Respiratory Muscle Training on Exercise Performance in Healthy Individuals: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis’.

Read more about POWERbreathe respiratory muscle training for rowing, running, swimming and cycling.

I'm an indoor rower, and proud member of c2tweetcrew, our virtual indoor rowing team. (http://c2.tc) We are a diverse group of enthusiastic indoor rowers that compete in different challenge and competitions.

At the moment, I'm getting ready for the Dutch National Indoor Rowing championship on december 10th. That's a 2K race, the traditional distance that rowers compete in in the Olympics for example. Not that I'm comparing myself to Olympians :) , I'm just a guy who enjoys the challenge of indoor rowing and improving my personal bests.

I have a following a training programme from concept2, http://concept2.co.uk/training/interactive and am keeping...