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Im week two and loving this app. If anyone can advise me on a breathing technique i would be very grateful. I find myself in vicious circle taking short breaths and it tires me out so i pant more and get breathless.
Tried breathing through my nose but after a short
while find myself doing the " goldfish thing"

If i can crack my air intake issue i will be a very happy little goldfish

Thanks in advance for any help

Don't breathe through your nose! Try for a steady breath (at least two seconds long) out through slightly pursed lips. Then a steady breath in (another two+ seconds). The trick is to never let your breathing reach the point where you are gasping unevenly, because that will give you side stitches. Practice timing your inhale/exhale with your footfalls: it really helps to settle you into a good rhythm, and eventually it will become second nature.

Thank you for breathing advice , i tried it all on the treadmill today, initially it all got a little untidy and must have looked so funny ( i took the pursed lips thing to the max!)
But i found a rhythm and tomorrow feel brave enough to take it out on the streets.
If small kids dont fall over laughing at me then i have cracked it.
Thank you again

Wish I could sort out my breathing, because I'm sure I could get further if I could breath easier!
I'm sure when I'm jogging along and am coming up behind someone, I see them turning around think who the hell is that heavy breathing behind me!! Hopefully I will get it shortly!! X

Hey hey .. Followed Starknuts advice and it worked like a dream and boom !!!a 1.5 km run under my belt. I am delighted ( i did work on the Trout pout got it down to kind of whistling look )
Thank you very much Starknut i am still grinning now

Well done, Plodder!