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Archive Home > 2007 > February > 08 > Breathing power

Breathing power

Respiratory-muscle training gives athletes leg up on competition

By Markian Hawryluk / The Bulletin
February 8, 2007

Competitive athletes generally leave no stone unturned when looking for ways to improve their performance. Yet most ignore a crucial set of muscles used in every athletic event: their breathing muscles.

For years, experts believed that the muscles that controlled inhalation and expiration were....

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