Respiratory Muscle Training (RMT) is a method used by professionals across healthcare, physiotherapy, and elite sports to strengthen the lungs and breathing system.
Every breath requires coordinated work of many muscles. When all these are strong and efficient, your breathing system is well-oiled.
With simple inhale and exhale exercises through differing resistance levels, RMT trains your diaphragm, abs, intercostals and accessory muscles.
Think of respiratory muscle training as a workout for your breathing muscles, much like lifting weights strengthens your arms or legs by adding resistance. RMT follows the same principle.
When you want to build muscle, you introduce resistance to challenge your body. As your respiratory strength improves, you can gradually increase the resistance, just as you would with weight training.
5 easy steps
Connect your Airofit breathing trainer to the app. Adjust the resistance.
Choose a personalized plan to improve your physical performance or mental health.
Take a test to measure your lung volume, inspiratory and expiratory pressure.
Pick a breathing exercise and follow live guidance to optimize your breathing.
Check your training statistics and track your progress.
Research shows that to see and measure results, respiratory muscle training should be done consistently for 5–10 minutes a day over a period of 4–6 weeks. Once you reach your peak performance, train every other day to preserve muscle strength.
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