Modern life is stressful for everyone, with many sources of stress at work and home. The benefits of HRV biofeedback are not reserved for elite athletes. If your heart rate can go from slow to fast and back again quickly, you are more adaptable to the demands you may face, moment by moment. HRV is the varying interval of our heart rate, where an increase is reflective of a greater capacity to deal with stress.This is because our heart is required to adapt appropriately and quickly to environmental demands from a state of rest to a “fight or flight” response in order to drive other physiological systems such as the delivery of oxygen to the muscles. This type of breathing allows us to “hijack” the body’s natural blood pressure regulation system and to increase our Heart Rate Variability (HRV). Concentrating on your breathing and aiming to slow it down will reduce your heart rate and make you feel more calm and in control. If you feel yourself becoming stressed, you will notice how your heart rate increases and your breathing becomes more shallow and sporadic. The most obvious benefit is the immediate effect upon the athlete’s physiology. This might ultimately change the way the athlete performs. This perception of control is important, because it reflects whether athletes see the situation as a threat or a challenge. The ability to respond positively to anxiety reflects the level of control the athlete feels they have over a given situation, and their own response, “I believe I have the resources to meet this challenge”. The first is a mental, cognitive, component, represented by worry such as, “I am worried that I may not perform as well as I can.” The second component of performance anxiety is self-focused attention represented by: “I am conscious of every movement I make”, and a physiological anxiety component, represented by arousal (fast heart rate) and tension (feeling on edge). Researchers have shown how performance anxiety can be split into separate components. Unfortunately, proper breathing is often an overlooked component of athletic training.Evidence indicates that adopting a regular, long-term schedule of breathing practice could help improve the body’s ability to manage stress. Breathing powerfully affects every system in your body: cardiovascular, nervous, endocrine, lymph, immune, digestive, and of course, respiratory.īreathing properly can decrease stress and muscle tension, calm your nerves, sharpen your focus, minimize negative and distracting thoughts, reduce fatigue, and promote stamina. The manner in which you breathe has a lot to do with your athletic performance as well as your quality of life.
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