Other/Mixed Interesting Buteyko experiment

[Oscar]

Today I was running on the treadmill after my ROP presses. I was running at8 km/ h at 152 beats per minute. I decided to reduce my breathing rate and see what happened with my heart rate. This is the graph:



Before the reduced breathing, my HR was steady 152. During the reduced breathing, my heart rate reduced to 140, that can be seen in the graph where it first touched the red zone. After the reduced breathing, my heart raised again, but to a lower steady level of 146. During this period I kept running at the same speed.

I'm a bit surprised by the result. In particular, the reduction of 6 bpm in the steady state before and after the breath holds. 6 bpm is a lot.

@Harald Motz IIRC you usually row doing reduced breathing, right? Have you noticed something like this?

 

[Steve Freides]

I don’t find this surprising. Good work!

-S-

 

[Al Ciampa]

Yes, this is to be expected.

 

[Abdul-Rasheed]

I decided to reduce my breathing rate

How do you do this? I suppose this is Buteyko technique?

 

[Oscar]

How do you do this? I suppose this is Buteyko technique?

Abdul, you just have to do a breath hold until you really need to breathe. Then you breathe in little air, and hold again. Then repeat a few more times. When I first started I found it easier while walking. Its very powerful medicine that affects the body in lots of ways.

@Al Ciampa @Steve Freides I was familiar with this phenomenon because when I first started Buteyko my resting heart rate dropped from 60 to 50. However, in this case, seeing it on a graph with all other variables remaining equal, made it much more clear.

 

[Abdul-Rasheed]

Thanks @Oscar that is interesting.

 

[Pantrolyx]

That is interesting indeed! I assume you felt fresh and good to go after the reduced breathing?

 

[Oscar]

That is interesting indeed! I assume you felt fresh and good to go after the reduced breathing?

I felt pretty good, yes. This wasn't a full buteyko session, but it felt good anyway.