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Inspiratory Muscle Warm Up
POWERbreathe Warm-Up Boosts Your Inspiratory Muscle Performance
Research has shown that a standard pre-exercise warm-up routine fails to prepare the inspiratory muscles (breathing muscles) for the rigours of exercise1, and laboratory trials on competitive rowers showed that a POWERbreathe warm-up significantly improved rowing performance and reduced breathlessness.2
Neglecting to warm-up the breathing muscles leads to excessive breathlessness during the start of any form of exercise. POWERbreathe Inspiratory Muscle Training (IMT) can be used to specifically warm-up these muscles prior to exercise, using a reduced load setting.
Train smarter, not harder, to perform better.
POWERbreathe Inspiratory Muscle Training Warm-Up
You first need to determine your current training setting by checking the position of the training level indicator on the numbered scale. For warm up exercises the POWERbreathe resistance should be set to approximately 80% of your normal training resistance. For guidance use the following table to calculate your ideal warm up load from your current training load.
Once POWERbreathe is set at the appropriate warm-up level, perform two sets of 30 breaths with two minutes’ rest between each set. Try to breathe in fully and forcefully. This routine should be completed within five minutes of starting your workout, training or competition.
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.
- 1 Specific respiratory warm-up improves rowing performance and exertional dyspnoea.
- 2 Inspiratory muscle training improves rowing performance.
- Influence of acute inspiratory loading upon diaphragm motor-evoked potentials in healthy humans.
- Effect of specific inspiratory muscle warm-up on intense intermittent run to exhaustion.
- Specific inspiratory muscle warm-up enhances badminton footwork performance.
