AirFlow BREATHING TRAINER

AirFlow Pulmonary Trainer.

During physical exertion, the muscles and organs demand more oxygen, causing breathing to quicken and become deeper, while heart rate multiplies. This physiological response underscores the vital role oxygen plays during physical activity. The volume of inhaled oxygen significantly increases—from 8 liters at rest to 100-140 liters. By additionally training your respiratory organs with the AirFlow Pulmonary Trainer, you increase lung capacity, improve their ability to absorb more oxygen, and reduce excess strain on the heart as blood becomes adequately oxygenated. By training your respiratory system, you raise the VO2 max indicator - which increases your capabilities. Consequently, all workouts become more effective, burning more calories, increasing your threshold, and endurance.

Further Details

• "Effects of Training with Breathing Resistance to Improve Endurance Capacity and Respiratory Muscle Function." J Phys Ther Sci. 2013 May.
• "Respiratory Muscle Training: Theory and Practice" Alison McConnell 2014.

Oxygen is essential for muscle recovery, especially post-exercise or injury. Muscles consume ATP for energy during exertion, depleting oxygen levels. During recovery, oxygen-rich blood replenishes myoglobin, a muscle protein storing oxygen, aiding in rapid oxygen level restoration. This process is vital for converting consumed nutrients into glucose, refueling the body's glycogen stores necessary for energy during physical activities.

Interesting fact: the brain's weight averages 2% of the body's weight, yet it consumes 20% of the total oxygen intake. You don't need to delve into the brain's workings to understand that oxygen plays a crucial role in brain function. By training your lungs, you enhance their efficiency, thereby increasing oxygen levels in the blood. Enhanced oxygenation can lead to improved focus, problem-solving abilities, and overall mental clarity.

Utilizing the resistance trainer promotes deeper and more effective breathing patterns. As a result, your lung capacity gradually expands, enabling you to intake more oxygen per breath and extend breath-holding durations. By stretching your diaphragm and intercostal muscles, you can reduce residual volume while increasing the volume of usable air. This development is particularly beneficial for athletes and individuals coping with conditions such as asthma or COPD.

Resistance lung training using the simple AirFlow Pulmonary Trainer helps patients with COPD and asthma improve their respiratory function, reduce breathlessness, and increase physical activity levels. These exercises target the strengthening of respiratory muscles, increasing lung capacity, and enhancing their endurance. This also contributes to improving the quality of life and reducing the risk of complications associated with these conditions.

Training the respiratory system with resistance has a positive impact on the body. During exercises, our respiratory muscles strengthen, which facilitates breathing and improves oxygen transport in the blood. Increased oxygen flow to organs and tissues promotes optimal functioning of all body systems, including the cardiovascular system.

However, a significant benefit is the reduced need for increased blood circulation, as reduced but oxygen-enriched blood circulation is quite effective. This leads to lower blood pressure, improved blood flow, and reduced risk of cardiovascular diseases.

Increased oxygen saturation resulting from respiratory training contributes to improved sleep quality and reduced anxiety levels. This is another additional pathway, akin to meditative "mindful" deep breathing. Both approaches aim to provide all body systems with the necessary amount of oxygen to optimize processes and achieve a harmonious balance.

During training with a breathing resistance trainer, core muscles, including abdominal muscles, are actively engaged in breathing against resistance. This leads to intense work and strengthening of these muscles as they perform movements necessary for optimal use of the breathing trainer.

Therefore, using a breathing trainer can be beneficial not only for improving respiratory function but also for increasing core muscle tone, which promotes strengthening and toning of the abdominal muscles.