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Breathing Exercises as We Age: Why Respiratory Muscle Strength Deserves More Attention
When I think about staying strong as I get older, there are plenty of things that immediately come to mind. Maintaining muscle, keeping my joints moving, protecting my balance, getting enough sleep and continuing to stay active are all fairly obvious. Breathing muscles weren’t high on that list. The more I learned about respiratory muscle…
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Expand-A-Lung Review: Is This Simple Breathing Exerciser Worth Trying?
Most of us understand the idea of resistance training. We use weights to challenge our arms, resistance bands for our legs, and various exercises to strengthen the muscles throughout the body. Until recently, though, I hadn’t given much thought to applying that same basic idea to the muscles involved in breathing. That’s what made the…