HOW DIVERS CAN INCREASE  BOTTOM TIME & SWIM TIME
BY BREATHING TRAINING AGAINST RESISTANCE

Wouldn't you love increase your bottom time by 38 percent? Almost sounds too good to be true, doesn't it?

A  study just released in January, 2007 from the University at Bufalo in New York used a resistive breathing device and had subjects follow a resistance-breathing training protocol. These subjects (30 experienced male swimmers in their 20's) improved their respiratory muscle strength and their snorkel swimming time by 33 percent and underwater scuba swimming time by 66 percent, compared to their baseline values. Participants improved their respiratory endurance and surface and underwater swimming times by 38 percent and 26 percent, resprectively.

The group using the placebo training program, conducted with the same equipment and protocol, showed no significant improvement in respiratory or swimming performance.

The device used for the study had the swimmers inhaling and exhaling against a valve with a set opening pressure and imposed a continuous resistance and was tracked with a computer system. The study was supported by a grant from the Naval Sea Costal System.

Claes E.G. Lundgren, M.D., Ph.D., professor of phsiology and biophysics in the UB School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and the study's senior author says, "These data are in agreement with previous studies in cyclists, rowers, and runners. They suggest that athletes in most sports could improve their performance by undergoing respiratory muscle training. It is also clear that the greater the stress on the respiratory system, the larger the improvement in performance" and that this type of training also may be useful for patients who suffer from respiratory stress.

Dr. Lundgren also noted "Increasing the strength and endurance of the respiratory muscles prevents their fatigue during sustained exercise, enabling divers and swimmers to sustain their effort longer without tiring.

The study produced these amazing results in only 4 weeks.

This is good news indeed for athletes in all sports everywhere.

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