Breathing pattern for running

[FishinWithFredo]

Recently I've noticed that I get tired pretty quickly during sparring which leads to me fighting with my mouth open. In order to remedy this, I've decided to hit the road every other day until I can run about 6 miles fairly easily. In sparring I notice that the mouth piece makes it more difficult to breathe. So here is my question: when doing some jogging, should I try to keep the same breathing pattern as sparring (in through the nose, out through the mouth)?

 

[Sinister]

Or run with your mouthpiece and train with it.

 

[goldennboy]

take your vitamins, get a custom mouthpiece, run run run, train hard and results will show

 

[ChachiKiller]

No. Running is rhythmic. Many people breath in on four steps and breathout on four steps.

Sparring breathing is not rhythmic (sp?). It is short choppy breaths during movement and more normalized or recovery breathing when moving.

I am going to take a big leap on this one but my guess is that you have a lot of desire to fight but you are rushing progress and it is making you anxious. Your anxiety is probably making you hold your breath in strange ways in class and then you can't catch it. Not much anxiety in running.

Get to the gym and think about the top few things you will focus on improving. Relax. Smile. crack a joke and have fun. If it is not fun, why do it?

 

[wheels22v]

Shouldn't this be in the strength and conditioning forum ?

 

[SaiWa]

Shouldn't this be in the strength and conditioning forum ?

perhaps but it also fits in this forum because he's asking about his breathing during sparring/fighting.

he could be out of shape and needs better cardio so more running.

or he could be just nervous and not breathing properly and that's why he's gassing hard. he could have all the cardio in the world but if he's subconsciously not breathing properly, he will get tried fast...

OP - how fast can you run 6 miles? u don't really need to run 6 miles every other day if u are training decently hard. 3-4 miles daily or every other day assuming you are running at a good pace would be sufficient IMO and based on what i've been told from other boxers...

 

[Paranoia]

Usually I just breathe in and out my nose completely, although I can't say it's really had much crossover for sparring. Like Chachi said, it's an entirely different breathing pattern, but at the very least it'll get you used to not having to breathe through your mouth.