How can I exercise to increase my lung capacity?

Vital capacity can often indicate the strength of lung function, and can also indirectly reflect a person's physical fitness. In daily life, we can generally improve our lung capacity through some physical exercises. So what specific things should we do to achieve the exercise effect? Below, the editor will recommend to you several exercise methods that can significantly improve the effect. Let us read the following article to find out.

1. Chest expansion exercises. Stretch your arms straight with your palms facing down, raise them horizontally in front of you, keep your palms facing down, and slowly and forcefully expand your chest to both sides, then retract them to both sides of your body. Inhale when you raise your arms, and exhale when you bring your arms back. When you start practicing, you can repeat it 50 times. Gradually increase to 100 times.

2. Stretching exercises. Stretch your arms straight forward and upward, then slowly and forcefully stretch them behind your head. The upper body can also be slightly bent backward, and the shoulder joints should be allowed to reach the maximum range of motion as much as possible, with a noticeable "aftershock" feeling in the shoulder joints. Then bring the arms back to both sides of the body. Inhale when you raise your arms, and exhale when you bring your arms back. Repeat 30 to 50 times.

3. Abdominal breathing. The specific method is: relax your whole body, sit naturally, focus on the lower dantian, and breathe slowly and deeply. When inhaling, imagine the fresh air of nature entering the lower Dantian, and your lower abdomen naturally bulging slowly. When exhaling, try to retract your abdomen as much as possible and exhale slowly. When breathing, you should do the following: light, fine, deep, long, and without sound. Practicing "reverse breathing" helps expand the lower lobe tissue of the lungs to maintain good lung capacity. Each practice should be no less than 15 minutes. After a period of practice, it is best to keep each practice lasting about 30 minutes.

The three exercise methods introduced by the editor in the article can promote the improvement of personal lung capacity to a great extent, so you might as well try to exercise and persevere in it for a long time. It is best to exercise for about an hour every day. I believe you can see obvious results after a period of time.