How you breathe during strength training directly affects muscle engagement, core stability and power output. Dana Santas explains in the last of this five-part series.

When I’m working with clients, one of the most common things I see when someone is having trouble engaging their core is that they tend to hold their breath. Why is this important? Because breathing ...

It’s not often that we think about our breath – inhaling and exhaling happens involuntarily, after all. But paying attention to your breathing could unlock better performance. ‘Running is an endurance ...

Have you ever tried to “just take a deep breath” and found that it does absolutely nothing for you? Deep diaphragmatic breathing is truly one of the easiest, most effective ways to reduce the impact ...

While training for that fall 10K you signed up for, let's say you notice you’re breathing a little too heavily during runs — making you wonder if the way you inhale and exhale is impacting your ...

Unless we get out of breath, most of us hardly think about the way we inhale and exhale. Because of this, many of us actually breathe incorrectly and only use about a third of our lungs when we take ...

Recently, I incorporated weight lifting breathing into my workouts, and discovered why it's so important to do correctly. As a health and fitness writer, I often learn new info firsthand that ends up ...

Editor’s Note: This story is a part of Peak, The Athletic’s new desk covering leadership, personal development and success through the lens of sports. Peak aims to connect readers to ideas they can ...

It’s one of the first things parents and teachers tell a child who gets upset: “Take a deep breath.” But research into the effect of deep breathing on the body’s stress response has overwhelmingly ...

It may seem a little silly to read a “how to breathe” article—we do it to live and for a living, after all—but breathwork for singing is a genre all its own. Whether you’re a true beginner or a ...