(Holding breath). Hey everybody, it's Doctor Jo! Today I'm going to show you some pulmonary
breathing exercises for things such as COPD or just to increase your lung capacity if
your a swimmer or if your a surfer, if you want to be able to hold your breath for longer.
So let's get started. So with the breathing exercises, you always wanna inhale through
your nose and exhale through your mouth. With your mouth, you don't want to make kissie
face, but purse your lips when you're breathing out. So the first thing you wanna do is breathe
in through your nose for 2 seconds, and then your gonna purse your lips and blow out for
4 seconds. Pretty sexy, huh? Now just do that about 10 times to get the oxygen flowing.
Then your gonna start making some movements with your arms to loosen up the muscles in
your chest area as well. So the first one with your arms moving, bring your hands into
clasped in front of you, and you are going to move at your trunk. So your gonna take
in a big breath, and while you are doing your movements, your going to breathe out. So big
breath in, and out. Keep doing that as long as you are breathing out until you get to
the end, and do that 5 times. After that, then we are going to do the chicken wing.
So bring your arms up to your shoulders, and same thing, big breath in through your nose,
and while your breathing out, (circle motions with shoulders). Makes me feel like I'm at
a wedding doing the chicken dance. Now after all that's nice and loosened up, you can try
some breathing through your diaphragm. That's actually breathing in the stomach area, instead
of your chest area. A good way to know you are breathing with your diaphragm, is put
your hands on your stomach like this. If your fingers aren't moving back and forth, then
your breathing up in your chest area. So try and make your hands move...did you hear that
noise? Somebody must be hungry! Same thing, do that about five times. The very last thing,
is a very interesting, kind of embarrassing one. My brother claims that guys can't do
it, but I think it's just because he can't do it. So what you are going to do, this is
going to be a very forceful breathing out. You are just trying to get all the air out
of your lungs, even in the reserved area, and then once your forcefully get all the
air out, your gonna hold your breath and kind of suck in. It's going to actually make a
little dimple here. So if you are doing it right, it will almost feel like a vacuum in
your throat. So you are going to do this. Breathe in, and blow out. (Pointing to throat),
and hold that as long as you can. When you let go, it will make a real interesting kind
of suction noise, and that's getting all of it out. Hold it as long as you can, but since
you are on the breathing out, it probably will only be a few seconds. Oooo, after all
that holding and breathing, I feel like I'm gonna pass out! I hope you don't feel like
you're gonna pass out. If you have any questions, leave them in the comments section. If you
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