Don't forget to breathe!

I hear this phrase throughout my workouts.  My husband walks by and hears this and ask, do people really forget this?

It's not really about forgetting to breathe.  Boy, I sure hope people do forget to breathe.  It's more like learning to breathe with the moves you are doing.  When you do ab work, or resistance work and things get tough, people tend to hold their breath.  Instead, you should be either inhaling or exhaling along with the instructors.  When you focus on your breathing, it helps your form.   When you have good form, you get better results.

So, the next time you hear, don't forget to breathe just remember to listen to when the trainer is breathing and follow what the do.  Do they breathe when the are lifting that weight up or as it's being lowered?  Do the inhale on the upward motion of the sit up or as they go down.  

The more you do it, the more natural it becomes.  Now, no more holding your breath.  Just breathe through your moves.

Heather