How does breathing impact musculature?
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It’s a combination of things:
I think the cue to breath while stretching is for the same reasons to breath while exercising
It prevents you from passing out
the breathing cue also means to control your breath and breath slowly, which is another relaxation technique, highly valuable thing while stretching
The main point of breathing is to get CO2 out of your body.. bringing oxygen in is secondary to that.. when suffocating to death, the build-up of co2 will kill you long before the lack of oxygen does. That’s becasue co2 is acidic in water and thus makes the blood more acidic.. if it gets too acidic, proteins in your body unfold and refold into different shapes and your body won’t be able to recognize it anymore. Breathing helps keep the muscles nourished
That being said, it’s much easier to increase a stretch when breathing out.. I think this is because our midsection is smaller when our lungs have less air in them.. creating less of a physical obstruction.
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