Your breathing muscles exhibit the same ‘use it or lose it’ phenomenon as other muscles. If you get out of breath going upstairs, then you’ll perhaps choose to take the lift, the consequence of which is that your breathing muscles get less exercise.

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Your breathing muscles exhibit the same ‘use it or lose it’ phenomenon as other muscles. If you get out of breath going upstairs, then you’ll choose to take the lift, the consequence of which is that your breathing muscles get less exercise.

This is why people who are less active and lead a more sedentary lifestyle tend to feel more breathless – because they are less active, their inspiratory muscles (breathing muscles) are not exercised and so they grow weaker.

A team of scientists at Britain’s leading Human Performance Research universities discovered that a major cause of the sensation of breathlessness is weakness of the muscles we use to breathe. Their studies showed that people who exercise and strengthen these muscles tend to feel less breathless and find they are able to carry out activities which previously left them gasping for breath.

POWERbreathe, developed by this team of leading scientists, exercises and strengthens the muscles used to breathe in (the inspiratory muscles) and

• Increases breathing muscle strength by 30 – 50%
• Reduces breathlessness & restores breathing power
• Is quick to use – taking less than 5-minutes per day
• Is easy to use – you can even train while watching television
• Is drug-free & effective within 4-weeks

Within a few days your breathing muscles will feel stronger; within 3-weeks you’ll feel less breathless; and within 4-weeks activities, such as walking upstairs, will feel easier.

Research:

Links to research papers, published in peer-reviewed, high quality scientific journals. As well as original studies, we have also included some articles that review IMT; these have been written by experts in this field of research.

Studies showing that Inspiratory Muscle Training (IMT) is helpful

• Oxygen uptake kinetics and maximal aerobic power are unaffected by inspiratory muscle training in healthy subjects where time to exhaustion is extended.

• Effect of high-intensity inspiratory muscle training on lung volumes, diaphragm thickness, and exercise capacity in subjects who are healthy.

Review Articles

• Respiratory muscle training in healthy humans: resolving the controversy.