Exercising your diaphragm to boost vitality

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One muscle is particularly important for breathing: the diaphragm. In Good Shape fitness trainer Tim Bertko shows us how to train our strongest muscle. This exercise is especially good if you’re feeling tired!

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00:00 When you sometimes feel tired, I have a great exercise, a great breathing exercise, which will wake you up.

00:07 Now tilt your pelvis, it goes like this.

00:09 From there, you inhale completely and simultaneously to lift up your arms over your head.

00:21 Now you breathe out with your mouth open.

00:29 Until nothing is left.

00:31 It's totally normal that you might cough.

00:38 And it could happen at the beginning that you feel a bit dizzy.

00:42 So take a longer break between the repetitions.

00:47 Simply start with five repetitions at the beginning.

00:54 If you feel more comfortable and advanced, increase up to 10, maximum 15 repetitions.

01:00 This is a great exercise for your diaphragm, which is the most important breathing muscle.

01:06 And it's a real energy booster, because you simply inhale much more oxygen with every breath you take.

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