Can running increase lung capacity?

The lung capacity is different for each of us, which is related to our usual exercise. People who don’t like to exercise obviously have worse lung capacity than those who like to exercise. So in normal times we have to increase our lung capacity through exercise. Many friends want to know if running can increase lung capacity? In fact, running can increase lung capacity, but we also have to pay attention to the method when running. Let’s learn about it below.

First, warm up your body slightly when you first start running to avoid straining while running.

Second, you need to set a good tone when you start running, jogging at a steady pace and then accelerating. Pay special attention to breathing regularly through your nose from the beginning, which can be inhaling every two steps and exhaling with one step. This needs to be continued for a long time. If you feel uncomfortable during running, try to hold yourself back as much as possible. This will help increase your lung capacity in the long run.

Third, if you feel that you are already struggling, you can breathe through your mouth and then speed up. It is recommended to run at a constant speed throughout the whole process. This is a simple and practical exercise.

You can also do the following exercises to increase your lung capacity:

1. Hold your breath. I took a deep breath and held it until I couldn't hold it any longer. Repeat three times as a set, three sets each in the morning, noon and evening.

2. Swimming. Breaststroke or freestyle is best.

3. Voice exercises. For example: a very long sound of a tune. Or the ending of a song. "Ah" and so on.

4. When washing your face in the morning and evening, put your face in the basin and hold your breath. The training methods of hard qigong.

5. Breath-holding exercise. You can choose treadmill, cycling, 200-meter run, etc.

Through the above introduction, we now know that running can increase lung capacity, but there are also things to pay attention to when running. In addition, there are many exercise methods to increase lung capacity. We can exercise according to our own situation in normal times. As long as it is aerobic exercise, it will have certain benefits for increasing lung capacity.