How Do You Increase Lung Capacity For Running?
Endurance is essential for most athletic endeavors, but perhaps, most especially, for the long distance runner. Conditioning your body by focusing on things such as increased lung capacity can increase your ability to run longer and faster. Increase the length and difficulty of your running workouts. By gradually increasing the amount of work required to successfully complete your run, you can help to increase your endurance and expand your lungs’ capacity to take in more air. Mix up your workouts to include lap swimming. Swimming, in principle, requires greater lung capacity to swim longer distances under water. Run some laps while you’re in the pool. Underwater running requires more effort than running on land. Your local community or recreational center may even offer water walking and running classes where you work on your endurance. Listen to your breath and try yoga. Many runners have found that the focused breathing required by yoga practice may increase their lung capacity. By
