Especially lazy people do not want to lose weight, subject themselves to active exercise and a "painful" diet proper nutrition. It is for them that nutritionists have developed breathing exercises for weight loss, which allow in a few days to reduce volume and tighten muscles significantly. Is this really possible?
It turns out that breathing exercise not only contributes to weight loss, but also reduces the risk of developing most diseases - for example, cardiovascular or musculoskeletal pathology. It’s all about proper breathing and the saturation of the body’s cells with the oxygen needed for normal life. Actually, this can be achieved through regular sports, but since this is not in normal life, this means having to fill the deficit with breathing exercises.
What are breathing exercises?
Experts say that breathing exercises help to lose weight because of the supply of oxygen to fat cells and subsequent burning in the body - in this way the process is significantly accelerated (this fact encourages those who lose weight to breathe properly while playing. Sports). This is evidenced by many reviews about those who have lost weight, who do exercise with a certain regularity.
This is important: Choosing the type of exercise for weight loss is recommended only with the permission of your doctor. It will allow you to choose a technique that will not harm an existing disease or injury that has ever happened.
Respiratory gymnastics today is represented by a different set of exercises, which are divided into techniques - body flex, oxidation, yoga, pranayama and other practices. All these methods are based on deep breathing, which ensures the penetration of oxygen deep into the blood cells and internal organs.
Technical advantages
Breathing exercises to slim the abdomen, thighs and other problem areas have the following advantages:
- Deep breathing promotes the oxidation of fat cells, resulting in their natural burning. If people always breathe properly, there will be no problem with being overweight. According to expert studies, the average person uses only 25% of the total lungs.
- Saturation of the body with oxygen promotes better absorption of nutrients, vitamins and minerals by the digestive tract. This significantly increases metabolism, which prevents weight gain.
- Oxygen helps reduce appetite, as it promotes the production of ATP molecules - the substance responsible for the rapid breakdown of food into energy. The same fact naturally leads to rapid satiety.
- If you breathe properly, you can get rid of toxins and other harmful substances that accumulate in fat cells. This fact helps their oxidation and rapid removal from the body.
- Breathing gymnastics exercises are allowed to be performed even by people with injuries that are prohibited from standard sports.
Breathing exercise techniques for weight loss are often recommended to fight the stomach. This is due to the simple fact of deposition of fat cells on the internal organs of the abdominal cavity. As a rule, these fat cells quickly accumulate in the event of overeating or intake of large amounts of fatty foods, and at the same time, they are eliminated first. Therefore, if problems appear in the presented area, along with restrictions in nutrition, it is necessary to take breathing exercises.
Effective class
Exercises can be done to lose weight by choosing a specific complex with a doctor. Otherwise, it is enough to use standard exercises, which will be presented below and are effective for the general removal of excess body fat.
"Count to 4"
In the standing position, take a deep breath - inhale slowly, for this you should mentally count to 4. Breathing is delayed - also counted to 4. A slow exhalation is made, where it is also counted to 4. This is repeated onat least 10 times. It is recommended to do such exercises whenever a stressful situation arises, or there is a desire to have something to eat, but not due to restrictions or diet.
"We pull in the stomach"
This exercise will have a significant impact on the condition of the abdomen, as it allows not only to get rid of excess fat, but also significantly tighten the muscles. Exercise is the usual deep breathing with the nose in a standing position, when the abdomen is pulled in and the muscles tense at the same time. This is followed by a slight hold of breath. Exhalation is done jerkily with the mouth with the lips tightly closed - while the abdominal muscles are also gradually weakened. This exercise is difficult to do the first time, and it needs to be repeated at least 20 times. Therefore, such breathing is performed throughout the day, until they reach the norm.
"Stomach breathing"
The following exercises will help tighten your abdominal muscles. The advantage of action is that it can be done at any suitable time and place. Sit in a chair, bend your knees at right angles, do characteristic abdominal breathing, tensing your abdominal muscles. The exercise begins with 10 repetitions, gradually increasing the load to 40 consecutive breaths.
"Pressure change"
Breathing gymnastics can be done in the supine position. Lie on the floor, bend the knees, place the left hand on the chest and the right hand on the abdomen. The exercise is done by inhaling a deep breath with the chest, where the abdomen is pulled in - moreover, it is pressed with the hands. While exhaling, the abdomen swells, and the chest is pressed. Perform at least 20 repetitions, you can increase the number of breaths, but without reducing the volume of the lungs.
Practical advice: To make weight loss like this more fun, it is recommended to do exercises with class videos or soothing music.
Proposal
In order for breathing exercises to have a positive effect on weight loss, you must follow the simple recommendations and rules of the "developer". The basic principles of doing breathing exercises include:
- regular execution;
- doing for a long time is better continuously;
- breathing should be measured and slow;
- recommended to start breathing exercises on an empty stomach - this will not cause abdominal pain, shortness of breath and headaches;
- provide yourself with fresh air while exercising - it is better to do gymnastics on the street, in extreme cases on the balcony.
Strict adherence to rules and recommendations for performing breathing exercises contributes to rapid weight loss. If proper breathing is a way to lose weight with significant deviations in weight from the norm, then they comply in addition to proper nutrition. Here, rejection of fatty, starchy and sweet foods is distinguished.
Often, for regular motivation and exercise, women and men enroll specifically in yoga, oxidize, body flex and other courses. Here the coach will help eliminate the possibility of mistakes, which are often made by beginners, and individually compile a scheme for performing the exercises. It should also be noted that the weight from breathing exercises decreases slowly - it is faster to evaluate the results with a reduced amount.