Devanys wise words, set no goals have no failures.
So this is more of a motivator to get me focused. It will also be a good test to see how my past training experience fairs.
The competition is in my current gym in December so should give me enough time to up my training.
http://www.worldgymchallenge.com/
Saturday 27 August 2011
Thursday 11 August 2011
Breathing
An area which has interested me since linking my previous diagnosis of asthma with mouth breathing, I have been asthma free for over 5 years now and correct breathing is one element which I feel has contributed to helping acheive this.
It takes a long time to correct mouth breathing to the nose and at moments quite uncomfortable, however the benefits are amazing.
Lane Sebring -
'It is hard to know for certain but if you study present day hunter gatherers we can get some idea. Wade Davis, an ethnobotanist from Harvard, who lived with 15 different groups of indigenous people, reports that it is typical for tribal hunters of the Amazon to be able to smell the urine of the animal from 40 paces and be ale to tell you what it is, even male or female. They can feel the heat of another human being on their skin from 25 feet away. A paleontologist, who is also a triathlete, was allowed to go hunting with hunter gatherers. He reported they began their morning hunt in a run, jog, run, jog fashion. When found the trail of an animal they wanted to hunt there was no more jogging only running because they had to catch up. When they caught up with the animal it sprinted off for its life. The men continued running after it until it could run no longer and then they killed it. He was able to keep up with them but not without considerable effort of his part. He said the most impressive thing to him was the fact the men never opened their mouths to breathe. To them the nose was not a restriction. What has happened to us civilized humans?'
website accessed 11 Aug 2011 - http://www.sebringclinic.com/article.asp?a=33
I am now attempting to incorparate more nose breathing during exercise, will also do a little research into any known benefits or negatives / studies.
It takes a long time to correct mouth breathing to the nose and at moments quite uncomfortable, however the benefits are amazing.
Lane Sebring -
'It is hard to know for certain but if you study present day hunter gatherers we can get some idea. Wade Davis, an ethnobotanist from Harvard, who lived with 15 different groups of indigenous people, reports that it is typical for tribal hunters of the Amazon to be able to smell the urine of the animal from 40 paces and be ale to tell you what it is, even male or female. They can feel the heat of another human being on their skin from 25 feet away. A paleontologist, who is also a triathlete, was allowed to go hunting with hunter gatherers. He reported they began their morning hunt in a run, jog, run, jog fashion. When found the trail of an animal they wanted to hunt there was no more jogging only running because they had to catch up. When they caught up with the animal it sprinted off for its life. The men continued running after it until it could run no longer and then they killed it. He was able to keep up with them but not without considerable effort of his part. He said the most impressive thing to him was the fact the men never opened their mouths to breathe. To them the nose was not a restriction. What has happened to us civilized humans?'
website accessed 11 Aug 2011 - http://www.sebringclinic.com/article.asp?a=33
I am now attempting to incorparate more nose breathing during exercise, will also do a little research into any known benefits or negatives / studies.
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