Do you breathe through your mouth while running?

Running is a very common sport. Some people who know how to run will pay attention to their breathing method when running. However, most people just want to exercise daily and do not know the knowledge about breathing when running. This is because the breathing method can reduce your effort and make running easier. However, in daily life, most patients do not understand the knowledge about breathing when running. Today I will start with an introduction to this issue, and I hope that every patient can try to do it in this way.

Inhale/exhale through the mouth, not the nose

The most efficient way for a runner to breathe is through the mouth. This is mainly due to two reasons. First, breathing through your mouth allows for a greater air flow than breathing through your nostrils. In addition, you need to stay relaxed and calm when running. This requires relaxing the facial muscles. Breathing through your nostrils can cause your jaw to clench and your facial muscles to tense. So you have to forget what you heard in yoga class, this is not a yoga class. As you run, you should keep your mouth slightly open, like the mouth of a dead fish, hence the name "dead fish open mouth". Your breathing should be short and shallow, but comfortable; your breathing should not be deep and long, and you should not feel like you are deliberately breathing. Also, you can take a deep breath from time to time to regulate your breathing, which is definitely beneficial.

Breathing rhythm of running

You can count your steps silently while running and breathing. For example, if you use a 2-2 breathing rhythm, you should inhale once when you step with your left foot, inhale once when you step with your right foot, then exhale once when you step with your left foot again, and exhale once when you step with your right foot again. And so on. If you use a 3-3 breathing rhythm, you can breathe in for the first three steps you take, breathe out for the next three steps, and so on. When you feel like you can't control your breathing or pace, you can change your breathing rhythm to calm yourself. Practice different breathing rhythms, such as 2-2, 3-3, 2-3, 3-4, etc., to see which one works best for you, especially on different routes (such as how steep the mountain is), in competitions, and in easy runs.

There may still be some people in life who think that they should breathe through the nose while running, which will only consume more energy and prevent them from running easily. It can be seen that they need to breathe through the mouth, which will consume less energy and make them run easily and comfortably. Of course, if they feel any discomfort while running, they need to stop.