Is holding your breath often good for your health?

Athletes need to have strong heart and lungs. If their heart and lung function is not good, they are not worthy of being a good athlete. Therefore, people who have dreamed of becoming athletes since childhood need to exercise their cardiopulmonary capacity in addition to the necessary training in order to realize their dreams. Many people like to exercise their lung capacity by holding their breath, so is it good for the body to hold your breath frequently?

Practicing breath holding frequently will have a certain impact on your body. It is not recommended to use the breath holding method to exercise lung capacity.

Good ways to improve your lung capacity:

1. Deep breathing method: First, inhale slowly through the nostrils to fill the lower part of the lungs with air. During inhalation, the abdomen will slowly bulge as the chest cavity lifts upward and the diaphragm moves downward. Then continue to inhale to fill the upper part of the lungs with air. The ribs will then lift up and the chest cavity will expand. This process usually takes 5 seconds. Finally hold your breath for 5 seconds. After a period of practice, you can increase the breath-holding time to 10 seconds or even more. After the lungs have absorbed enough oxygen, exhale slowly, and the ribs and sternum will gradually return to their original positions. After pausing for one or two seconds, start again from the beginning and repeat for 10 minutes. After practicing for a long time, it can become a normal breathing method.

2. Quiet breathing method: Press the right nostril with your right thumb, and slowly take a deep breath through the left nostril, consciously imagining that the air is flowing towards the forehead. When your lungs are saturated with air, press your left nostril with the index and middle fingers of your right hand, hold your breath for 10 seconds and then exhale. Then start again by holding the left nostril. Do 5 times on each side.

3. Sleep breathing method: Lie on the bed, place your hands flat on both sides of your body, close your eyes and start taking deep breaths. Slowly raise your arms above your head, close to your ears, with your fingers touching the headboard. This process takes about 10 seconds, and both arms are restored at the same time, and repeated 10 times. This method can also help you fall asleep peacefully.

4. Exercise breathing method: Actively increase your breathing volume while walking or jogging, inhale slowly and exhale quickly. When inhaling slowly, slowly expand your chest as you inhale, and exhale quickly. Do not exercise less than 20 times each time, and you can do it several times a day.

5. Maintain the correct posture of keeping your head up, chest out, and back straight

In daily life, whether sitting, standing or walking, if you can maintain the posture of keeping your chest up, head up and back straight for a long time, your lung capacity can be increased by 50% to 20%, and the amount of oxygen obtained by various tissues of the body will also increase accordingly.

6. Adhere to appropriate physical exercise

According to your age, choose 2 to 3 physical exercise programs. Don't be greedy and don't exercise excessively. Instead, do what you can, persevere, and proceed step by step.

7. Keep participating in appropriate physical activities

According to age, gender and occupation, people who participate in physical activities and engage in mental work also need to participate in appropriate physical activities regularly.

8. Do chest expansion exercises every day

First, clench your fists, then pull and push forcefully to the left and right, up and down, forward and backward about 50 times. At the same time, stretch and move your cervical spine 10 times.

If you want to significantly improve your lung activity, you should pay attention to smoke protection. Try not to go to places where people smoke, and pay attention to personal hygiene. You must open the windows of the room you live in frequently to let fresh air into the room. If there is smoke in the room, it must be dealt with promptly.