How can I improve my breathing?
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You need to improve your endurance with aerobic activity, not just kung fu.  Try cross training with jogging, swimming, or biking for at least 30 minutes two days a week.  When your body gets used to longer workouts you wont run out of breath after 10 minutes.
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Choir is an excellent answer!you start out quiet and get louder as you get more comfortable...also they will teach you everything you need to know about breathing,tone,pitch..all that!Better than lessons...ITS FREE!!!!Let everyone be heard!!!\n               ****Good Luck****
450452
Try Breathe-Right Strips - they help a lot for me.
307350
Get a voice coach. Use your diaphragm. Sing louder (high notes are easier to hit with great force and volume).
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YOGA\n\nStudies have shown that yoga reduces allergic reactions, improves your respiratory system’s stamina, and drains mucus from your lungs.  Here is a simple yoga exercise: sitting on the floor with your legs in front of you, raise your arms above your head, stretch toward the ceiling and inhale.  Now bend forward and exhale, reaching for your toes while keeping your back straight.  Gently hold this position for a few moments, then release.  Repeat three times.
275567
breath in deep and hold as long as you can.\nit works.
108341
what do u mean??? isn't more lung capacity supposed 2 be greatt?????.. what the dangerous part? i mean.. u can breath more.. u can hold ur breath more...
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Drink 10 little sips of water without taking a breath.  Works for me everytime.\nGood luck!
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besides practicing, you have to take care of your voice, which means no smoking and no drinking. Hydrate yourself with a lot of water. Water does wonders to the voice and it thins out the mucous, which is what you want. Lessen the caffience. Drink Hot Tea and eat ginger, it helps a lot. Also do some vocal eases, and sing in front of people, this helps you in performance mode as well as performance practice. Find a good vocal teacher who knows different styles of music. The more styles of music you know, the better of you will be. practice in increments of 30-45 minutes 3 times a day and sing 5/7 days. i know practicing is a killer, but it helps a lot in the final performance.:O)
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Try taking up exercise - great for the body and soul\nStress management - take time out to do pleasurable activities\nReduce fats and sugar in your diet, increase veges and vitamin C uptake.\nBreath therapy - stop to conciously slow breathing\nSmile more frown less\nDrink plenty of water\n\nSee your doc, if pressure is very high - medication may be necessary in the short term\n\nbest of health
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Try breathing exercises.  Concentrate on breathing in to the count of three, holding for the count of three, out for three and hold for three.  Take slow deep breaths and concentrate on the entire breath.  This works for me and I have the same problem.
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You can expand your lung capacity via aerobic training (sprint repeats, interval training, hill workouts, fartlek, etc).\n\nIncrease your endurance by increasing the base mileage you run and your long run for the week.  If you put in an avaerage of 40 miles a week, with a 10 miler as your long run, then increase it to 41 miles with an 11 miler as your long run for the next week.  I've found that 10% or less increments in your long run work best, followed with a backing down of the mileage every 3rd week to allow for recovery (do only 30 miles that week, with a long run of only 8 miles).  Most importanyly, when you're trying to increase your endurance, listen to what your body is telling you, and don't overdo it.  If you do, you'll surely be off your feet longer than you'd want to if you hurt yourself.\n\nGood luck, and enjoy your runs!
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There are so many things people can do to aid their breathing. \n\nOne is by the way you walk. You can breathe in as you lift your leg, and out when your foot hits the ground.\n\nUsed pursed lip breathing. Ever seen anyone panting after running? They blow their cheeks up with air to expand their lungs. This is gr8 to do at intervals in the day.\n\nAnother thing might be to use a bi-pap machine for sleeping. That would only be on a doctor's advice though.\n\nSwimming is always a terrific exercise because your weight is bouyed up by the water, and yet you are really exercising!\n\nCheck out breathing tips at a COPD site. 50% breathing is not a bad level actually and will permit most activities.\n\nDon't smoke!!!!!! And don't use any sprays, paints, perfumes, incense or any other chemical that bothers the lungs.
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the best solution for u is MEDITATION, i hope u know abt meditation, its nothing but concentrating on respiration(breathing). though u may face difficulty initially practising it , latter it gives excellent results\n\nstart with 15mins a day, slowly improve .
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Got to increase your VO2 Max, that is, the volume of oxygen your body can process in a given time.  When you're out training, switch back and forth between a steady pace and brief spurts of very fast running.  The trick is to keep your heart rate at about 90% of max.  Only do this if you're already in decent shape.
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practice... breathing every 3-5-7-9 strokes.. and back.. and after a while try keping every 7 and than 9 and than you can try 25 m without breathing to see how are you doing.. keep long and smooth strokes.. and rememmber never overdo because it's much worse...it takes some time practice but i'm sure that you can do it
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before you swim, warm up your lungs by breathing bubbles under the pool and coming up, at least ten times or so. then start swimming long distances. \n\ni had your problem once, and i did the aforementioned action and i can hold my breath longer than before. \n\ngood luck.