The Correlation Between Stability And Breathing
Scientific and Empirical
Hey everyone, how’s the week been?
I hope you guys are well, cause if you’re not, lie down and do some breathing exercises for a few minutes. I guarantee you will feel a lot better.
Very well, to conclude this breathing series, for the time being, I would like to share an article with you guys. It is a scientific study from two Korean Universities published in the Technology and Health Care Journal.
The title is Best core stabilization exercise to facilitate subcortical neuroplasticity: A functional MRI neuroimaging study. The main subject is the comparison between two different exercise methods concerning subcortical activation, the ADIM (Abdominal Drawing-in Maneuver) and the DNS (Dynamic Neuromuscular Stabilization). An excerpt from the article:
…during DNS, the anterior cingulate cortex, an integral part of the limbic system that might be involved with subcortical processing, learning, and memory [19] as well as core stabilization movement, executive function, and respiratory control, was activated. Unlike ADIM, which involves conscious, cortical motor control, the DNS exercise emphasizes subconscious and subcortical motor control of the diaphragm’s dual respiratory and postural core stabilization functions…
The DNS is one of the methods that use exercises in positions of motor development, allied with gaze control and diaphragmatic breathing. The important thing for us is to understand that the study found through fMRI (functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging) that the DNS method of training significantly activates subcortical parts of the brain.
What does that mean?
It means that it helps with habit learning, emotional and psychological rebalance, motor learning and control, deeply affecting Human behavior and state of mind. Also, these techniques promote long-term adaptations to new motor functions and abilities.
I’m just sharing this as a way of proving that all that I’ve been talking about for the last couple of weeks is scientifically correlated. So start including simple and comforting breathing exercises in your routine. There’s no reason not to. With time, you will notice that what you previously needed to intentionally do, is now somewhat automated.
Diving deeper into more performance-driven breathing strategies, even though there are components like elevated intra-abdominal pressure and apnea, you will understand that simple diaphragmatic breathing is the foundation for all future performance techniques.
I will leave you guys today with a bonus article from one of my favorite strength blogs. It is an excellent piece to teach breathing and tension techniques for heavy lifting. If you read nothing else, make sure you at least watch the video on how Brett Jones (the author of the following article) breathes through a Barbell Deadlift.
That will be all for today! Don’t forget, any questions, feedback, comments, feel free to share. I’ll be happy to learn a bit more.
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