Waiting to Exhale

[Ducatista]

Just curious about others' breathing patterns. (I know this is sort of a dupe of marvy1's topic, but I want to get specific.)

I've gone both ways - inhale on the drive vs. exhale on the drive. My not-the-flattest stomach makes inhaling on the drive easier, but years of habit, on the erg and in the weight room, make exhaling on the drive more intuitive (and more satisfying, if I exaggerate the exhalation).

I've done both enough that I now find myself unconsciously switching back and forth over the course of a session. I can't decide whether that's fine, or whether I should pick one way or the other and stick with it.

Thoughts? Does conventional wisdom prefer one method over the other, or some other option I haven't tried?

Thanks!

Ann

[chgoss]

Breath in at the very end of the recovery
Hold during drive
exhale at end of drive
in on beginning of recovery,
out at end of recovery

two breath's per stroke.. it works pretty good if I dont think about it.. If I start thinking about it, I tend to over or under breath...

Rowing is a very difficult sport with respect to breathing.. Running/cycling it's never even an issue.

[johnlvs2run]

I've done them all but usually exhalation on the drive, in line with contraction of the muscles.

Most important is the rhythm of breathing, not breathing in excessively, and making sure to give the exhalation time to expel the air as intended.

[Snail Space]

Breath in at the very end of the recovery
Hold during drive
exhale at end of drive
in on beginning of recovery,
out at end of recovery

two breath's per stroke.. it works pretty good if I dont think about it.. If I start thinking about it, I tend to over or under breath...

Rowing is a very difficult sport with respect to breathing.. Running/cycling it's never even an issue.

That's my chosen method too. If my technique deteriorates, or my rate drifts upwards, I concentrate on making that breathing rhythm as smooth as possible. It seems to restore a nice cadence with the rowing technique.

Cheers
Dave

[Buckiller]

Breath in at the very end of the recovery
Hold during drive
exhale at end of drive
in on beginning of recovery,
out at end of recovery

two breath's per stroke.. it works pretty good if I dont think about it.. If I start thinking about it, I tend to over or under breath...

Rowing is a very difficult sport with respect to breathing.. Running/cycling it's never even an issue.

I am going to go erg and figure out what I do naturally... im pretty sure this is my breathing for high spm, but at low spms I dont think it is.

[Mitchell]

I normally breathe out on the drive and in on the recovery. When I increase the intensity of the workout, I find I still breathe out on the drive, but breathe in, out, in on the recovery. My final inhalation being at the very end of the recovery, just before the drive.

[JohnFlynn]

Breath in at the very end of the recovery
Hold during drive
exhale at end of drive
in on beginning of recovery,
out at end of recovery

two breath's per stroke.. it works pretty good if I dont think about it.. If I start thinking about it, I tend to over or under breath...

Rowing is a very difficult sport with respect to breathing.. Running/cycling it's never even an issue.

same