Sports & exercise performance
In our highly competitive world sports performance is highly prized. For many it becomes the equivalent of their full time job and career. The primary goal of every athlete is to achieve his or her absolute potential. An important determinant of whether this will be possible is our breathing pattern.
A poor breathing pattern will: limit oxygen exchange; increase the production of lactic acid, subsequently leaving the athlete with residual muscle soreness; increase dehydration; increase the occurrence of cramp; increase recovery time; elevate the heart rate; increase baseline anxiety; and contribute to poor sleep patterns.
The aim of the Buteyko Method is to normalise the breathing pattern. When the body is working within its physiologically normal parameters, it can work at its optimum.
Many athletes both in New Zealand and internationally have used Buteyko to improve their sporting performance, among them the New Zealand Rowing Four Darnelle Timbs and also Con Barrell, All Blacks Rugby Team
A poor breathing pattern will: limit oxygen exchange; increase the production of lactic acid, subsequently leaving the athlete with residual muscle soreness; increase dehydration; increase the occurrence of cramp; increase recovery time; elevate the heart rate; increase baseline anxiety; and contribute to poor sleep patterns.
The aim of the Buteyko Method is to normalise the breathing pattern. When the body is working within its physiologically normal parameters, it can work at its optimum.
Many athletes both in New Zealand and internationally have used Buteyko to improve their sporting performance, among them the New Zealand Rowing Four Darnelle Timbs and also Con Barrell, All Blacks Rugby Team
