when i train at my hometown i do a lot of anaerobic capacity training wich is basically learning to breath when your body is out of air or tired but now that im here at the us for the holidays i have been trining quite less and i have noticed that i have some other dificulties with deep breathing on and off the court. its not something that is gonna give me a stroke but i find it hard to take deep breaths while playing. im not any fat and in very very good shape so i was wondering if any of you trains your lungs to breath easier because i saw the other day a study that non-athletic people only use 25% of their lung capacity so any comments, exercises or anything you have to say would be highly appreciated
training lung/breathing capacity
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MarinaHighTennis
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I'm an asthmatic and it used to be really bad until I started martial arts and tai chi. My stamina and breathing capacity increased so that I can take up sports now. But I've been doing martial arts and tai chi since 7 years old.
SystemicAnomaly
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Try posting this in the Health & Fitness section. For tennis you need to train both aerobically and anaerobically. Your body actually employs the aerobic system and 2 anaerobic systems while playing tennis.
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G.O.A.T.
I was wondering where this type info would be.
I've gotten into CrossFit training and HIIT training
(high intensity interval training)
lately and am very impressed with how it's helping me,
even at my age.
I can highly recommend this training for the OP!
could you go a little deeper in that thing about the body employing 2 anaerobic sistems because i really didnt get it when you said "2 systems"
there is a device call incentive spirometry. Nurses use it to help patients to expand their lungs after surgery. If you can obtain one of these device, it can help you to expand your lung capacity. If you can't get it, go to toyrus and buy one of those TOY pipe with the ball at the end. Its the one where u blow into it so the ball will float. It pretty much does the same function as an incentive spirometer. Hint: keep the ball at the same height for AS LONG AS YOU CAN. Do it 10 times per hour. repeat as often as you like.
SystemicAnomaly
Bionic Poster
I've mentioned this several times in the H & F section. The following post provides a link for more info:
http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?p=5422892#post5422892
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G.O.A.T.
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what is hiit?
HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training) is cardio performed at such an intense level that your body will spend the rest of the day expending energy to recover from the ass-kicking you gave it. This is commonly referred to as EPOC (excess post-exercise oxygen consumption) and it means that you consume a great deal more oxygen recovering from the exercise bout than you would have if you'd just done a steady-state workout.
Read more: http://www.askmen.com/sports/bodybuilding_100/135_fitness_tip.html#ixzz1hE0x0Tqi
what is hiit?
HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training) is cardio performed at such an intense level that your body will spend the rest of the day expending energy to recover from the ass-kicking you gave it. This is commonly referred to as EPOC (excess post-exercise oxygen consumption) and it means that you consume a great deal more oxygen recovering from the exercise bout than you would have if you'd just done a steady-state workout.
Read more: http://www.askmen.com/sports/bodybuilding_100/135_fitness_tip.html#ixzz1hE0x0Tqi
Incentive spirometer is not relevant to his case. Lung capacity is closely related with your heart function (or cardio output). So you need to engage in some type of cardiovascular exercise (aerobic exercise) along with anaerobic exercise.
Sorry I didn't make it clear. I was assuming he would be in some sort of exercise routine and the incentive spirometer would be something he can use at home to increase his lung capacity. It is true that lung capacity is closely related to heart fx but they can be trained independently.
Training the heart happens naturally when you engage in any cardiovascular activity. There are different ways the heart becomes enlarged -inwardly, outwardly, etc, and some forms aren't pathologic and actually improves the heart conditioning. It's why the heart rate of long distance runner are low - their heart doesn't need to work as hard.
Post-surgical patient use incentive spirometer because their respiratory rate decreases and they don't take as deep of breath as usual because of pain and pain medication. So, alveoli (or little balloons inside lungs) collapse because they are not getting air. This could certainly help, but it's more important to train in cardio activity so that the heart can function efficiently enough to pump blood to the lungs so the blood can be re-oxygenated.
