Chest vs. Abdominal Breathing During Exercise - Interview with Dr. Artour Rakhimov

Chest vs. Abdominal Breathing During Exercise

In this video, Dr. Artour Rakhimov addresses the question, “how important is it to breathe with the upper abdomen and diaphragm during exercise?”.  Breathing with these muscles  improves body oxygenation.  The muscles of the upper abdomen and diaphragm are separate muscles.  Breathing with both of these muscles is beneficial by providing oxygen for the lower part of the lungs.  In comparison, it is problematic to breathe solely with the chest.  When you take a breath with the chest, the lower part of your lungs is unused.  This provides much less fresh oxygen to the blood and body.

It is especially problematic to have less oxygen in the blood during rest.  Also, having less oxygen in the body, during sleep, makes many sick people die.  While during exercise people can not perform well and they can not use exercise to get healthier.   These effects take place because the chest only provides oxygen for the upper part of the lungs.  Diaphragmatic breathing or upper abdomen breathing stretches all of the lungs.  This stretching gives the great benefit of providing fresh air to all the alveoli of the lungs.

When blood arrives in the lungs, oxygen comes into the lungs.  The important physiological fact is that  gravity makes the blood flow much stronger.  In the lower part of the lungs, it is 6 times stronger than the upper part of the lungs.  When the main vein goes through the lungs, most of its activity is concentrated in the lower part of the lungs.  When people breathe with the upper chest, they do not get fresh oxygen.  That dramatically reduces their blood oxygenation and this especially affects the quality of their exercise.

Learning how to have diaphragmatic breathing can be done with a chest belt.  The belt or strap goes around the upper part of the rib cage.  Also, you can use two belts to help.  The belts can serve two different purposes.  Some of them can be used to prevent the physical stretching of the lungs and to force yourself to have diaphragmatic breathing.  It is also possible to have belts that are not that strong.    In the beginning of breathing retraining, it can require extra concentration to use the diaphragm if you have previously not used it throughout the day.  Breathing with the upper chest and not using the diaphragm becomes an unconscious habit.

More about “Breathing Techniques For Running: Maximize Oxygen Intake and VO2max” on this page: http://www.normalbreathing.com/s/breathing-techniques-for-running.php and its Spanish translation “Técnicas de Respiración para Correr: Maximize Niveles de O2 en el Cuerpo” http://www.respiracionnormal.org/tecnicas-respiracion-de-correr/ .

Another goal is to use diaphragmatic breathing all day and night by changing the way you usually breathe.  Dr. Artour Rakhimov teaches this as a part of his breathing retraining course.  This process has students to start to slow down their unconscious breathing patterns and achieve 30 seconds for the morning body-oxygen test.  In turn, this makes students to naturally use diaphragmatic breathing and it becomes unnecessary to pay extra attention to their diaphragm during physical exercise.

The YouTube URL of this video is: https://youtu.be/YXMrfmFigBg /.

Chris Prokop created this video description. This YouTube video features Dr. Artour Rakhimov (an author of NormalBreathing.com) interviewed by Chris Prokop. Dr. Artour is a health writer and Buteyko breathing teacher and trainer of Buteyko and NormalBreathing practitioners.

Coach of 2 World Champions About Benefits of Exercise with This Simple Trick - Interview with Dr. Artour Rakhimov

Chris Prokop interviews Dr. Artour Rakhimov, an individual coach of 2 World Champions. This breathing information helps to improve physical health and mental wellbeing due to special types of exercise and other types of physical activity. This same information can be used for diabetes, cancer, hypothyroidism, HIV-AIDS, COPD, asthma, chronic fatigue, heart disease, epilepsy, and many other health issues.

In this video, Dr. Artour Rakhimov addresses the question, “What are the benefits of physical activity? How to get maximum benefits from exercise?”. From Dr. Artour Rakhimov's experience with his students, he found that the key benefit of physical activity is to improve oxygen levels. This type of benefit is possible if exercise is performed in a specific way or with one ancient trick.

Previously in human history, our breathing patterns were much different. In the modern age, exercise is not correctly. Even in sporting contests most people breath through their mouths. If you look into dictionaries the definition of mouth breather from 50 to 70 years ago is a moron, imbecile and stupid person. When Dr. Artour Rakhimov read this, it came across as a shocking experience and for many others when he tells them. Mouth breathing was culturally and socially unacceptable. Also, people paid a lot more attention to these physical details.

Dr. KP Buteyko trained over 200 Soviet and Russian medical doctors with his breathing techniques. He found that breathing through your nose when exercising prevents exacerbations of diseases. Thousands of people die during or after exercise because of mouth breathing. While CO2 becomes much higher when breathing through the nose and oxygen levels improve. Here is more about benefits of physical activity: http://www.normalbreathing.com/benefits-of-physical-activity.php . The Spanish translation of this page “"Beneficios de la Actividad Física: Sólo si es respiración nasal 100%"” is here: http://www.respiracionnormal.org/beneficios-de-actividad-fisica/ .

When breathing through the nose and exercising at the same time, the heart rate drops significantly in comparison to breathing through the mouth. This can be tested on treadmills or any exercise machines that have heart rate monitors. Also, it has been tested that there are about 15 different physiological effects just from nose breathing during physical exercise.

The main benefit of physical exercise is to improve health and improve body-oxygen levels. There is a do it yourself breathing test that can be found on Normalbreathing.com and on this YouTube channel. People that do not exercise have a very low body-oxygen level. Students can get somewhere around 10 to 15 seconds on their CP test at best if they have very little exercise. These students would have about half an hour of daily physical exercise. Urban dwellers would have a bit of walking included in their daily schedules. To gain 20 seconds for the body oxygen test they need about 1 hour of intensive physical exercise. Also, about 1 hour to half an hour daily of mild exercise such as walking.

In order to achieve about 30 seconds for the body oxygen test younger people in their 30 and 20's need 2 and a half hours of exercise. Elderly people would need 1 to 1 and half hours of exercise. At this stage, automatic breathing patterns become calmer and slower. Also, their quantity amount of sleep drops and people require about 6 hours of sleep. This provides them with more time for physical exercise.

Another great benefit is that students have much more energy and this allows them to exercise with more intensity. For ordinary people exercise can be very challenging and uncomfortable. Also, they breathe through their mouths while exercising which has drastic effects. Thus, an exercise program, when combined with breathing retraining, makes it a lot safer.

When students achieve 50 to 60 seconds, they sleep for about 4 hours. Exercise becomes very enjoyable. They exercise for around 2 and a half hours. If they do decide to take a day off, they still incorporate an activity such as walking into the day. In contrast, modern people find it too difficult because of their experience.

The YouTube URL of this video is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQ9Fk5ulNkM /.

The video features Dr. Artour Rakhimov who was interviewed by Chris Prokop, who also created this video description. Dr. Artour is a health educator, writer, author of the website NormalBreathing.com, and Buteyko breathing teacher and NormalBreathing trainer.

How to define physical health and a simple DIY test to measure it - Interview with Dr. Artour Rakhimov

Chris Prokop interviews Dr. Artour Rakhimov, an individual coach of 2 World Champions.  DIY body-oxygen test and physical health.

This same info can be helpful for COPD, diabetes, asthma, cancer, HIV-AIDS, heart disease and many other health issues.  In this video, Dr. Artour Rakhimov addresses the questions, “how to define physical health and are there any tests for it?”.  The physical health of many people is poor these days.  Lots of people are looking for specific tests to show what proper health is.

In the Soviet Union, Dr. Buteyko and 200 medical doctors tested the health of a half million people.  They used a simple do it yourself test that relates to body oxygenation.  The definition related to physical health is having 50 to 60 seconds on the body-oxygen test.  More information for this test can be found on this YouTube channel or Normalbreathing.com.

The body-oxygen test has specific rules where you do not eat for a few hours before the test.  Also, it is recommended that you sit down and relax for 3 minutes.  Then the test starts after a natural exhale and you do not try to hold your breath for as long as possible.  This factor makes the test a lot shorter than a maximum breathing holding time test.  When you notice the first signs of stress or discomfort in the diaphragm or the throat area you stop counting the seconds.  This marks how long you did not breath for.  Afterward, your breathing pattern or the size of your inhales and exhales should be the same as before you took the test.

The control pause number that you write down shows you how much oxygen you have in your body.  People with various health issues such as diabetes and cancer have a very low CP number.  When these people have acute attacks or exacerbations, their oxygen level drops to a critically low level.  Also, when people die, they usually have extremely low oxygen levels in their heart or brain.

More information about physical health, its definition, and this easy DIY test to measure physical health: http://www.normalbreathing.com/e/physical-health.php.

Dr. Artour Rakhimov did the CP test on thousands of his students.  He did it during his lectures for the last 15 years.  This test has an excellent correlation for student’s physical health.  Dr. Buteyko and Soviet doctors suggested that 50 to 60 seconds CP is the gold standard of ideal health.  When Dr. Artour Rakhimov would test sick people, they would have less than 10 seconds.  These are people that have later stages of cancer, diabetes, heart disease and complications with other problems.  The next stage of people correlates to people with moderate forms of diseases, such as mild blood pressure, initial stages of diabetes, epilepsy, digestive problems, sinusitis and initial stages of cancer.  They would have 10 to 20 seconds.  That would indicate very poor physical health.  After this stage is having 20 to 30 seconds.  This a level where most chronic diseases do not progress.  People still can have some problems related to their digestive system, hormonal system, skin problems and other mild health abnormalities.  At this stage, it is recommended to still use breathing exercises to get better health.  When people achieve 30 seconds, different abnormalities start to disappear and physical health improves.  At 30 to 40 seconds the body can start to detoxify the organs at the tissue level.  Lastly, ideal health would be at 50 to 60 seconds for the CP test.      

The YouTube URL of this video is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cNrkownviU /.

The video features Dr. Artour Rakhimov who was interviewed by Chris Prokop, who also created this video description. Dr. Artour is a health educator, writer, author of the website www.NormalBreathing.com, and breathing teacher and trainer.

Causes, definition, and treatment of sighing - Interview with Dr. Artour Rakhimov

Breathing exercises and breath retraining help to get rid of and treat causes of sighing. These same breathing exercises are helpful for diabetes, cardiovascular disease, COPD, HIV-AIDS, cancer, asthma and other health issues. 

 In this video, Dr. Artour Rakhimov addresses the question, “What are the definition and causes of sighing and how to treat it?”. The medical definition of sighing is exhaling 1.5 to 2 times more than the usual tidal volume. Tidal volume is the amount of air we inhale and then exhale. When people sigh they take a larger than usual inhale and exhale about the same amount.

There is a strong correlation between people that suffer from health problems and people that sigh frequently. Sighing according to Soviet doctors relates to the desire of the lungs to stretch. Organs stretch to prevent an accumulation of toxins. They require maximum expansion and contraction in order to have good health. In a way, sighing is a positive reaction if you view it only from this point of view. From Dr. Artour Rakhimov's experience sighing mostly occurs for people that very little physical exercise. Individuals that are in hospitals and that require lots of attention frequently sigh to maintain stretching of their lungs.

Here is a web page from the NormalBreathing site about “The Sigh and Meaning of Sighing: Dysregulation of Breathing” http://www.normalbreathing.com/d/sighing.php . The same page is availabel in Spanish “Suspiros y su significado: Desregulación Respiratoria” http://www.respiracionnormal.org/suspiros/ .

When we exercise our metabolism speeds up and we use 8 to 10 times more energy. Also, we generate more CO2 and we require more oxygen. Our breathing is increased by about 10 times. All these parameters increase together. When we increase our ventilation rate per minute, it is increased by about 10 times. The medical norm of ventilation is 6 liters per minute. So light physical exercise will increase this to about 60 liters per minute. This is a significantly large amount. Physical exercise is a healthy way to provide stretching to the lungs. Also, engaging in physical exercise with 100% nasal breathing is the safest and most beneficial way to exercise. In modern times there has been a switch to people exercising with mouth breathing because overall most people hyperventilate. On Normalbreathing.com historical changes of breathing are displayed.

Sighing is a symptom that reflects too low amounts of physical exercise. Dr. Buteyko in Russia observed that healthy people needed about 4 to 5 hours of moderate exercise or 2 to 2 and a half hours of more intensive exercise daily. These physical requirements were to maintain an already good state of health. While people that are sick can not engage in these levels of exercise. When sick people have 10 seconds for the body-oxygen test(CP), they should engage in walking. Walking for hours per day with a 100% nasal breathing would be very beneficial for them. When Dr. Artour Rakhimov's students get 20 seconds or higher on the CP test, they can start running with 100 % nasal breathing. This activity would lead to even better body oxygen results and prevent sighing. Sighing can be eliminated naturally with physical exercise. Some students that had COPD, asthma and other respiratory disorders were not able to use all parts of their lungs. These people can not even walk and instead they should use breathing devices. For example, the Frolov device and the DIY device (Dr. Artour Rakhimov's invention) can be used until they reach higher CP levels. Then the sick patients should engage in physical exercise for greater benefits.

The YouTube URL of this video is: https://youtu.be/1J1lY3zXLCM /.

The video features Dr. Artour Rakhimov, health educator, writer, breathing teacher and trainer, and the author of the website www.NormalBreathing.com. Dr. Artour was interviewed by Chris Prokop who also created this YouTube description.

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Causes of mucus and how to treat it naturally with Buteyko and breathing retraining - Interview with Dr. Artour Rakhimov

Causes of excessive mucus and its treatment remedy: cure your sputum problems naturally in 2 minutes with simple breathing exercise. 

In this video, Dr. Artour Rakhimov addresses the question about causes of excessive mucus and how to cure excessive phlegm production.

When people have respiratory conditions, they produce a lot more phlegm or mucus. The sources of mucus can be very different. For some people, it can be from nasal congestion. Other people can have it produced from their lungs. While for others it is from an infection or diet.

Dr. Artour Rakhimov has interesting experiences from observing his students that start to improve their body-oxygen levels. The students perform a daily do-it-yourself body-oxygen test. Healthy numbers for the test are about 40 seconds and over. Soviet doctors did these tests on over half a million people. When Dr. Artour Rakhimov's students begin the breathing retraining journey, they start with very low numbers from 10 to 20 seconds.

 People at these numbers have very frequent infections. When mucus is a green or yellow colour, it means the body already defeated bacteria in the body and is getting rid of it. Dr. Artour Rakhimov's students that achieve 20 or more seconds for the body-oxygen test have reversed their lactic acid cycle. This relates to the free radicals in the body. The body becomes much cleaner, energy levels become higher and sleep is improved. Also, in relation to this specific video topic, their immune system becomes strong. This allows students to stop having frequent sinus infections.

Dr. Artour Rakhimov had students that mentioned they had mucus that was clear in colour. If these students had already improved their body-oxygen test, then this would relate to diet. Different foods cause extra mucus in the body. The number one cause of clear mucus is dairy products. Here it usually relates to lactose or casein. Some of these people may just take out the milk from their diet and this helps them. Others remove all dairy products to eliminate all casein out of the diet. Sour cream and especially butter are safer dairy products. Also, taking out dairy products reduces calcium intake from the diet.

More about causes and treatment of excessive sputum or mucus phlegm production: http://www.normalbreathing.com/how-to-get-rid-of/how-to-get-rid-of-phlegm.php . The Spanish version of this page is “Cómo deshacerse de la flema en 2 minutos” http://www.respiracionnormal.org/como-deshacerse-de-la-flema/ .

Foods that can cause mucus are also starches and carbohydrates. These include all types of grain, corn and rice. Additionally, poor chewing of starches and carbohydrates is problematic as the pancreas has poor abilities to digest starches. Less than 1,000 years there were no starches in the diet. If people chew starches from 100 to 150 times and it becomes liquid-like, then it is safe to consume them. Further, people use low carb diets to help reduce mucus. Ketogenic diets and low carbs are very effective. When people eliminate starches they have little or no soiling (residue on the anus).

Dr. Artour Rakhimov's students that have 50 to 60 seconds for the body-oxygen test have completely eliminated soiling. Other problematic foods can include meat, fish and eggs. For some people, it greatly increases mucus. When these people increase their body-oxygen level to 20 to 30 seconds, it helps reduce this problem. Breathing retraining is the most beneficial and long term to solution eliminating excess mucus and phlegm.

The YouTube URL of this video is:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGmPaPG8cIs /.

The video features Dr. Artour Rakhimov, health educator, Amazon writer, breathing teacher and trainer, and the author of the website www.NormalBreathing.com. He was interviewed by Chris Prokop who also wrote this description.

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The Only Main Cause And Natural Treatment for Snoring with Buteyko And Breath Retraining – Dr. Artour Rakhimov and Volker Schmitz

In this video, Dr. Artour Rakhimov and Volker Schmitz discuss causes and natural treatment for snoring. Dr. Artour Rakhimov's students would not seek interest in breathing retraining specifically for snoring problems. They would come in for serious problems such as asthma, bronchitis, high blood pressure, diabetes and other health problems. Snoring is a condition that is common for people that already have health problems. Snoring occurs when people breathe heavily 24/7. A key point of breathing retraining is to slow down breathing patterns.

There is a lot more information on the homepage of Normalbreathing.com and on Dr. Artour Rakhimov's other videos on the channel. There are links provided to the mentioned websites. Hyperventilation causes us to have less oxygen in our body. When Dr. Artour Rakhimov has students practice breathing retraining, snoring is eliminated naturally. More about this most natural treatment of snoring with Buteyko breathing and breath retraining: http://www.normalbreathing.com/stop-snoring.php .

Snoring takes place when people too heavily and they breathe almost twice the amount than the medical norm. The medical norm for the CP test is 20 seconds. The related factor is the abilities of carbon dioxide to dilate the airways. When people have problems with snoring, the smooth muscles around the airways constrict. This makes air move faster. People that have problems with snoring they have various abnormalities related to muscles in the mouth.

This page in Spanish deals with how to stop mouth breathing at night: “Tratamiento para detener respiración bocal” http://www.respiracionnormal.org/deten-respiracion-bocal/ .

Also, sinusitis could be another factor as well because the nose is blocked. Many students of Dr. Artour Rakhimov got rid of snoring naturally with only breathing retraining. Volker has been a breathing practitioner since 2014. All of his students stopped snoring relatively soon after practicing breathing retraining.

Snoring is more of a symptom than an actual health condition. It can lead to serious other health problems. Also, snoring is often the evidence of the beginning stage of health problems. Students following Volker's breathing retraining course would take usually less than a week to stop snoring. For some people, it takes a bit longer to completely stop snoring. These people will stop snoring once they improve their rate of progress in getting higher body-oxygen levels. Students begin with a CP level of 10 to 15 seconds. With 20 to 30 seconds on the CP test, 100 % of students will not have any episodes of snoring.

Eliminating snoring is a great side effect of breathing retraining. There is one specific technique designed to stop snoring that will be discussed in the proceeding video. This relates to mouth taping at night. Mouth taping prevents breathing through the mouth and it prevents body-oxygen levels dropping at night.

The YouTube URL of this video is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GA_852nMap4 /.

The video features Dr. Artour Rakhimov, health educator, writer, breathing teacher and trainer, and the author of the website www.NormalBreathing.com and Volker Schmitz, a Buteyko teacher from from Hamburg, Germany.

How to Treat Hypertension Naturally With Buteyko Method and Breathing Retraining

Dr. Artour Rakhimov and Volker Schmitz about effects of breathing retraining on hypertension

From Dr. Artour Rakhimov's experience breathing retraining works really well for students with hypertension. If people maintain a high body-oxygen level they can continue to not have hypertension cured with Buteyko naturally and breathing retraining. To maintain a high body-oxygen level students have to practice breathing exercises and physical exercises. Measuring the body-oxygen level is done with a simple DIY control pause test. It is described in Dr. Artour Rakhimov's other YouTube videos.

Following are some practical topics discussed. What is the initial stage of someone that has hypertension? There was a medical study that examined breath holding time in people with different degrees of hypertension. People with severe forms of hypertension had very low results for the test. The test results were equivalent to about 10 seconds for the control pause test.

One breathing retraining student with 10 seconds on the CP test was Dr. Artour Rakhimov's father. His father visited him in Canada with that level. Dr. Artour Rakhimov's father had very severe hypertension with headaches. Previously he was very active and would like to ski. In Canada, he was breathing with his chest and through his mouth. This has drastic effects on body-oxygen levels. Going upstairs would make him breathe heavily. Also, he was overweight by 30 pounds and he had problems with sleep.

Dr. Artour Rakhimov taught his hypertensive father and nephew breathing retraining together. They would compete to get a higher CP level. When he achieved about 20 seconds, he was able to walk fast with only nasal breathing. He started to reduce medication by about half. More details about natural treatment of hypertension: http://www.normalbreathing.com/buteyko-method-treat-hypertension.php . 

There is also a Spanish page about "hipertensión cuando comenzaron el reentrenamiento respiratorio" http://www.respiracionnormal.org/aprendizaje-corazon/ .

When Dr. Artour Rakhimov's father reduced his breathing, his medication was too strong for him. It is important to be monitored when doing breathing retraining and taking medication. Having too low blood pressure can be dangerous and you can faint. High blood pressure changes relatively fast when doing breathing retraining. This is good for getting rid of symptoms but requires a careful review of medication dosages. Dr. Artour Rakhimov had many students with hypertension that achieved 30 seconds for the body-oxygen test. They were mostly able to get stop taking medication.

It is required to maintain 40 seconds for the morning control pause. Overnight is when body-oxygen levels tend to drop for many students. Having 40 or 50 seconds on the test people will have lots of energy and be able to exercise a lot. Based on Dr. Artour Rakhimov's experience and thousands of doctors in the Soviet Union, hypertension was the second most common problem after asthma to be treated with breathing retraining. Effects of this natural treatment are here: http://www.normalbreathing.com/buteyko-method-treat-heart.php .

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The YouTube URL of this video is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-D9Dio6fiA /.

The video features Dr. Artour Rakhimov, Amazon writer, breathing teacher and trainer of practitioners, and Volker Schmitz (Hamburg, Germany) who is also a Buteyko breathing practitioner trained by Dr. Artour.

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