When you are making an effort rowing you don't need to think about when to breathe. You have to breathe. However, you can notice your breathing. You can pay attention to it. For example at low rates I generally take one breath per stroke. But as the power output increases, as the rate increases, one breath, no matter how big, is just not enough and I need to snatch another half breath. That is instinctive though. Noticing how you are breathing helps you to discover how hard you are working and whether you have crossed the anaerobic threshold, for example or whether you are about to die, ha ha!
You'd be surprised how many rowers need to be instructed on how to breath when doing light training and racing. It doesn't naturally occur to some people how important it is to have a good breathing pattern and how to do it.
Hi Aram, thanks for this video. Again some essential informations and facts I didn´t know before. 2:53....to focus on exhaling... I didn´t expect that to be so important. And to be aware not to press out rapidly - but effortless. I paid attention to this at my last rowing sessions...yes - it makes sense!
The Whistle sound reminds me of the one guy from New Zealand , it was in Munich and he was training in a single and you could hear him breath out from a couple of 100m far away.
I have heard, from Xeno Mueller, I think, that the correct way is to exale going forward to the catch, and inhale at the release. This would help maintain to a strong position at the finish. What do you think? Thank you.
At SR40 with 500m to the line, you would need a set of extra lungs to make this happen. Probably two extra sets. This single breath cycle only works for the low to med stuff.
Just from the perspective of Hatha Yoga, an exhale is done when bending forward i.e. when spine is going into flexion, and inhale when extending spine. So to me it makes sense that you would exhale when going forward to the catch. But for rowing this is probably good for the low/medium strokes.
THis is old information. Maybe you have changed your philosophy. Check out the book and videos on UA-cam relating to the Oxygen Advantage (book) breathing program. The author Patrick McKeown has a lot of solid science on breathing for performance. You may be able , with this new information, to adapt the information concerning the Bohr effect and the role of nitric oxide in the body to rowing. Another method of breathing for rowing is to breath in through your nose on the drive, hold that breath and exhale naturally through you nose or mouth as you approach the end of the recovery. THere is less compression on your abdominal organs and less work for your breathing muscles to do. A big part of the Oxygen Advantage program is to lower your bodies sensitivity to CO2 so you can easily maintain a slightly higher % of CO2 in your blood that helps release more O2 from your blood into your muscles and organs. The nose breathing that the Oxygen Advantage program promotes is like a super power for power endurance athletes.
When you are making an effort rowing you don't need to think about when to breathe. You have to breathe. However, you can notice your breathing. You can pay attention to it. For example at low rates I generally take one breath per stroke. But as the power output increases, as the rate increases, one breath, no matter how big, is just not enough and I need to snatch another half breath. That is instinctive though. Noticing how you are breathing helps you to discover how hard you are working and whether you have crossed the anaerobic threshold, for example or whether you are about to die, ha ha!
You'd be surprised how many rowers need to be instructed on how to breath when doing light training and racing.
It doesn't naturally occur to some people how important it is to have a good breathing pattern and how to do it.
Hi Aram,
thanks for this video. Again some essential informations and facts I didn´t know before.
2:53....to focus on exhaling...
I didn´t expect that to be so important. And to be aware not to press out rapidly - but effortless.
I paid attention to this at my last rowing sessions...yes - it makes sense!
Thank you very much!
The Whistle sound reminds me of the one guy from New Zealand , it was in Munich and he was training in a single and you could hear him breath out from a couple of 100m far away.
Nice, thank you
I have heard, from Xeno Mueller, I think, that the correct way is to exale going forward to the catch, and inhale at the release. This would help maintain to a strong position at the finish. What do you think? Thank you.
At SR40 with 500m to the line, you would need a set of extra lungs to make this happen. Probably two extra sets.
This single breath cycle only works for the low to med stuff.
Aram Training and what would Xeno know huh?
David Martin Anyway, I’m not sure Xeno was talking about high stroke rate breathing
Just from the perspective of Hatha Yoga, an exhale is done when bending forward i.e. when spine is going into flexion, and inhale when extending spine. So to me it makes sense that you would exhale when going forward to the catch. But for rowing this is probably good for the low/medium strokes.
THis is old information. Maybe you have changed your philosophy. Check out the book and videos on UA-cam relating to the Oxygen Advantage (book) breathing program. The author Patrick McKeown has a lot of solid science on breathing for performance. You may be able , with this new information, to adapt the information concerning the Bohr effect and the role of nitric oxide in the body to rowing. Another method of breathing for rowing is to breath in through your nose on the drive, hold that breath and exhale naturally through you nose or mouth as you approach the end of the recovery. THere is less compression on your abdominal organs and less work for your breathing muscles to do. A big part of the Oxygen Advantage program is to lower your bodies sensitivity to CO2 so you can easily maintain a slightly higher % of CO2 in your blood that helps release more O2 from your blood into your muscles and organs. The nose breathing that the Oxygen Advantage program promotes is like a super power for power endurance athletes.
So are you saying one should exhale when going forward into the catch and inhale when driving back?