Topic: breathing and heart rate control

[Steve]

Those of you that run and bike, what do you do to help maintain a good heart rate and cobtrol your breathing? I'm finding as I run I'm breathing too hard and too often and I think that's what's increasing my heart rate (which takes a while to come down).

I don't have lung issues or anything I'm just out of shape and these are things I need to correct in the next two weeks.

[Perspective]

Breathe slowly, in through the nose and out through the mouth.

[Jake]

Everybody works a little different. And it takes time to figure it out for yourself...once you master your breathing exercising is much easier. It was easiest for me to learn it in the water swimming. Biking was easy as well but running was always hard.

[Mike]

Take a moment and focus on your breathing and heart rate.  You'd be surprised how much control you can exert through thought.

[Steve]

I was close. I usually start breathing through my nose and out thru my mouth and I find I tend to end up using my mouth for both and I figured that was my issue. Ok so I just need more focus on it.