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Walk into any fitness center, exercise arena or weight-training room and you will hear a lot of heavy breathing. It is an essential element in lifting weights because breathing properly will increase the effectiveness of the workout. Breathing improperly can lead to high blood pressure and sometimes serious medical problems. Any person who lifts weights or performs similar resistance training needs to learn correct breathing technique.
Summary. 1  Shallow, upper chest breathing is part of the typical stress response. 2  The stress response can be reduced by consciously breathing using the diaphragm. 3  Abdominal breathing helps to control the nervous system and encourages the body to relax, bringing about a range of health benefits. 1  Breathing is an automatic function of the body that is controlled by the respiratory centre of the brain. When we feel stressed, our breathing rate and pattern changes as part of the âfight-or-flight responseâ.