One muscle is particularly important for breathing: the diaphragm. In Good Shape fitness trainer Tim Bertko shows us how to train our strongest muscle. This exercise is especially good if you’re feeling tired!
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00:00 When you sometimes feel tired, I have a great exercise, a great breathing exercise, which will wake you up.
00:07 Now tilt your pelvis, it goes like this.
00:09 From there, you inhale completely and simultaneously to lift up your arms over your head.
00:21 Now you breathe out with your mouth open.
00:29 Until nothing is left.
00:31 It's totally normal that you might cough.
00:38 And it could happen at the beginning that you feel a bit dizzy.
00:42 So take a longer break between the repetitions.
00:47 Simply start with five repetitions at the beginning.
00:54 If you feel more comfortable and advanced, increase up to 10, maximum 15 repetitions.
01:00 This is a great exercise for your diaphragm, which is the most important breathing muscle.
01:06 And it's a real energy booster, because you simply inhale much more oxygen with every breath you take.