Chest Exercises and Shortness of Breath

Neeraj Mehta

Tip: Chest Exercises and Shortness of Breath

Remember to breathe! If you have shortness of breath (such as that caused by asthma), you may think chest exercise is out. Much to the contrary, however, exercising can actually help your breathing. Since asthma tightens the chest after some forms of exercise, a gentle stretching upper and lower chest exercise can loosen the muscles (just be gentle and drink plenty of water as you go).

Yoga is the best chest exercise to open that constricted chest and improve breathing (even though you may feel like a vise is squeezing your lungs).

Another great body building chest exercise for heavy breathers is swimming. Swimmers breathe warm air around a pool (especially indoors) which helps dry the air passages and prevent them from being filled with blockage.

In general, the best chest exercise for asthma sufferers is one that doesn’t involve cold air or aerobic exercise.

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NEERAJ MEHTA, (Fitness Professional, Nutritionist and Inventor of BMXStrength ® Technique of exercise, Director of GFFI Fitness Academy)

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