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Secret BREATHING Tips for Rowing • What You Need to Know

Dark Horse Rowing

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The ability to set, control, and maintain proper breathing when rowing is extremely important and is often the first thing to go when performing.

What is the correct way to breathe when rowing? Shane Farmer answers that question in today's Top Questions video and explains techniques you can use to gain even more control over your breath.

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20 Comments

@DarkHorseRowing Creator 5 years ago Pinned

How do you manage your breathing while rowing?

@michaelcraig7683 5 years ago

I found your channel when I bought a used Concept 2 Model E rower about 8 months ago and I was looking at how to clean and maintain it. you had a few videos showing how you do this and it was very helpful. thanks for that.

i've been following your channel since then, but i mainly watch youtube on my flatscreen TV and not sure how to make comments on it since i'm 65, but I'll learn some day. I saw this breathing video and you hit my issues right on the head with this cause I feel that is what is holding me back from doing better workouts.

then you sent me (us) down the Wim Hof worm (rabbit) hole and I do believe that is something I need to learn more about. I've always said Yoga is one of the best workouts and if i had taller ceilings I'd probably still own a VERSACLIMBER, but i do like the rower and I have to say you have been a great teacher and it looks like you are in great shape too.

keep up the great work(outs) and teaching and I'll keep checking in on you regularly.

thanks

@L555HEP 5 years ago (edited)

Have you ever done a video about nutrition? I was wondering about it the other day as I had some toast, almond butter and banana a few hours before rowing and I felt like an olympic athlete on my concept 2 haha

@jasolee 5 years ago

I breathe through my nose only. The Oxygen Advantage by Patrick McKeown. Good read. Also, Breath by James Nestor.

@judys1340 2 years ago

I just watched a great video on breating. It's called " How breathing correctly can change your life with James Nestor- the Will John podcast." Talks about how breathing thru your nose builds endurance and hels you work out more efficiently. Great video.

@andrewbrown8148 4 years ago

This is very helpful, Shane. I was just talking to my wife about breathing and the difficulty I'm having getting a rhythm (she's a runner/cyclist) and this video popped up a bit later. You were listening, huh? :-) I'm going to give the power breathing a go to see if that'll help in doing some conditioning. The 2-breaths per stroke is about where I'm at, but just a little erratic. I've had some minor respiratory issues growing up and in my adulthood (asthma-like), so I'm hoping this will help me in my new addiction called rowing~!! Thanks much~!!

@squealer42 5 years ago

Breath control is such a tough nut to crack.
For me, two per stroke is too many and one per stroke not enough, so my comfort zone has basically been "just breathe / don't worry about it". I'll give it a go again trying to nail down a repeatable rhythm.

Hyperventilating for 2 minutes, though, and then hold as long as possible? - giving me Hawaii flashbacks to free-diving and underwater hockey days.. Ahh, Good times.

@Dontwakemeupplz 1 year ago (edited)

Impressive! Why YouTube didn’t recommend your video earlier? They are so helpful! I’m in Japan, and I’ve already learned from 3 different rowing coaches before and I don’t think they are better than you, at least they can’t express these things so clearly and more understandable to me…

@josephmartinez4953 2 years ago

I understand how to breath, I need to visually see it
Does that make sense
Thank you and appreciate you

@JeffLucario 1 year ago

@ 1:47 is what we need!

@TheSkullSculler 2 years ago

Great tip. I do well at a higher SR, but never could find a comfortable breathing pace for a slow SR. Interestingly enough, my heart rate was higher doing a SR of 20, than a SR of 24. I attributed it to the fact that I was breathing harder at 24, than 20, therefor giving my body more oxygen. It was easy for me to take 1 breathe per stroke at 20, but when I up the pace, I found I would give 2 breaths per stroke. I never really thought about slowing down my pace of 2 breathes while at a slower SR. Interesting.

@sandraredmond4812 5 years ago

Another helpful video but I am still a bit confused with breathing as you suggest and bracing at the catch and “inflating the tire”. I think another commenter below is also asking about this. I watched one of your older videos about inflection with the arms at the catch to increase connection and to engage the lats. It would be great to see all of this in slow motion as you take the stroke and demonstrate your breathing at the same time ( do you inflect your arms at the catch or the release ?? - do the arms stay inflected or relax during the recovery ??) . I am confused as I think you say to take a breath in at the catch and exhale through the drive and the same with the recovery. But in other videos you talk about breathing out at the catch to inflate the tire. It seems in the video about the arm inflection that you are breathing out while doing that ?? I don’t want to overthink each of these steps and make it more complicated than it needs to be but I am a little confused on how to match breathing with engaging the lats and bracing at the catch. A demonstration of all this together would be great !

@muddy250 4 years ago

Thanks for this Shane, I knew you'd be the guy to ask. I was doing a 5k time trial last week and I was all over the place with the breathing when under stress. This will be so much help in future!

@fragranthills 2 years ago

Thank you. Excellent explanation.

@allenazali 5 years ago

Great instruction. I definitely learned to keep it natural. I try not to think about it too much. So far in practice, good breathing makes for better catch, better catch gives me greater watts.

@danieldumas7361 10 months ago (edited)

THANK YOU for this "Comprehensive" breakdown. As a Newbie, I'm now going to look at the 10 minute build, after subscribing
PS; Though I appreciate your concern, I feel that I should inform you that I've Always been the"storksie" of my own workouts!!!

@tynerappel3892 4 years ago

So motivated by your awesome videos.

@mariecockerell9958 1 year ago

We need CO 2 to get the oxygen to the muscles ( Bohr effect) we should be training with nasal breathing at the lower intensities. Nasal breathing will offer resistance to strengthen your respiratory muscles and slow your breathing making you more efficient. Train it well and in the race you will breath better and won't need to think about breathing. When racing your mouth will kick in but that's ok as your respiratory muscles will be strong and hopefully you'll be efficient

@markborchelt2098 2 years ago

Check out the Oxygen Advantage book by Patrick McKeown. also the Bohr effect ( the CO2 in your blood helps break the O2/hemoglobin bond. ) describes the roll of CO2 in the release of O2 from your blood to go into your muscles and organs. It's very complex and you are right the slower and deeper your breathing is the better. Most of the info out there doesn't address the issues the rower has rolling back and forth. Its hard on your diaphram and abdominal organs to breathe in at the catch TRy nose breathing into your lower belly on the drive hold that breath and exhale through your mouth as you roll up to the catch. That's one breath per stroke. It's more efficient for your lungs and a lot less work.