Abstract
In this study, about breathing quantity, breathing rhythm, and timing, subjects performed simple and easy exercises while using the long breathing exercise method, and we measured their breath with an expiration gas analyzer. We got basic data about their breathing, and used the information about the difference to describe a relationship to the skill level. The subjects were one instructor and 7 beginners. The long breathing exercise method is gymnastics performed with special breathing based on the Nishino breathing method. We found that breathing rate was lower at Pre rest than Post rest for the Expert, while it was higher in the beginner group. The expert had a longer time in the Post rest after the exercise than the beginner group. The amount of ventilation did not change in the Pre rest and Post rest for the Beginner group, but it increased for the Expert. We thought that ventilation efficiency was improved by practicing the long breathing method. In particular, the expert performs deep breathing slowly by controlling inspiration and expiration in Sokushin breathing, and we thought that the Expert had harmonized movement and breathing.
