Physical fitness experts and trainers agree that how you breathe during your workout can have a huge impact on how effective your exercises are and how your body responds to physical exertion. Here are a few tips:
• Breathing During Cardio Exercise
The preferred breathing pattern for a cardio workout, such as running, is to inhale through your nose and exhale through your mouth as evenly and consistently as possible. As with yogic breathing, this can take a while to get used to, especially when you up the intensity and naturally want to breathe through your mouth only.
When starting out, focus more on fully exhaling through your mouth, as that helps the inhale come more naturally. Try to say calm and reduce your pace if the breathing doesn’t feel manageable.
• How to Breathe When Lifting Weights and Strength Training
It’s common to wonder during weight training when should you inhale vs exhale. The exhale should happen with the concentric part of an exercise (the resistance/effort) and inhale with the eccentric part (the yielding part) when doing strength moves. For example, if you’re doing a shoulder press, you would exhale as you press your dumbbells overhead and inhale as you lower them. The same goes for how to breathe during pushups: Breathe in as you lower your body to the floor and out as you push yourself back up.

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