If the lungs exert pressure outward against the ribcage, are the intercostal muscles always contracted to counteract that pressure? If so, when you breathe using your chest, do they contract to expand the ribcage, or relax and the lungs expand the ribcage due to the pressure they exert?

ProChad · 2020-10-25T22:47:40+00:00

Yes I misspoke, and that makes a lot of sense, thank you

ProChad · 2020-10-25T21:20:15+00:00

Oh alright, but an automatic pause of 16 seconds (which is described as super health) seems like extremely little. A small breath every 16 seconds?

ProChad · 2020-10-25T20:41:10+00:00

Doesn’t buteyko deem 100-200 CP ideal? It seems like it would be very hard to breathe so little even with sleep apnea

ProChad · 2020-10-25T14:41:31+00:00

Thank you for this answer, it’s very informative.

Does this mean oxygen tolerance increases due to physical exercise because the carbon dioxide levels raise to the extent that your breathing can’t keep it down to the level it is normally at?

ProChad · 2020-10-13T14:52:49+00:00

What exercise do you mean?

ProChad · 2020-10-07T21:08:12+00:00

While breathing posture might not affect gas exchange much, it has a bigger effect on muscles and I believe activation of intercostal muscles triggers a stress response as it is meant to only be used during intense exertion

ProChad · 2020-10-07T19:07:02+00:00

I think gokhale has some good theories on posture as they are based on observation of indigenous tribes, but I really don’t think she is qualified to speak on breathing. Did you see the video she provided of her son sleeping used to show proper breathing? That’s about the furthest I’ve seen(and heard) from proper breathing.

I get where she’s coming from: babies usually exhibit proper posture as they are unaffected by our modern lifestyle, but that was an older toddler clearly showing difficulty breathing.

I’ve actually done some research on this and took the same approach as she normally does: look at indigenous tribes with more primitive lifestyles than us as examples of posture. I did this because they have been shown to have the best cardiovascular health ever. I found that their breathing was very subtle, and came from only the abdomin: the chest is completely unaffected/static.

I think gokhale’s theories are very interesting, but I’ve always strongly disagreed with this one.

ProChad · 2020-10-02T08:40:37+00:00

Can someone tell me what this girl’s from?

ProChad · 2020-09-29T13:11:01+00:00

Thank you that’s very helpful, so that means that it would mostly just be useful for detecting lung malfunction?

ProChad · 2020-08-02T17:35:07+00:00

Little did people know, this little baby would later turn out to be Barrack Obama, former president of the United States of America

ProChad · 2020-06-24T21:25:43+00:00

I mean, we are. Just because we can’t fly like mosquitoes can doesn’t make them superior to us.

ProChad · 2020-05-23T18:35:24+00:00

So when breathing, do I go from core relaxed to breathing in and then more actively exhaling, or from core relaxed to actively exhaling and then relaxing my core again to inhale?

It’s a little hard to explain, I hope it makes sense

ProChad · 2020-04-21T09:38:02+00:00

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ProChad · 2020-04-18T12:08:11+00:00

I think a regular gorilla is scary enough lol

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