Why respiratory training?

Boost your performance level to the utmost.

Amongst all vital skeletal muscle groups only the respiratory system is active at all times. This is an extraordinary feat of endurance. However, during sporting activity, the respiratory muscles can tire, having a detrimental effect on sporting performance as Prof. Boutellier, sports physiologist at ETH and the University of Zurich, has proved quite conclusively. Endurance training (e.g. jogging, cycling), however, is generally not enough to counteract this effect. Normal endurance training does not train the respiration sufficiently. These muscles require targeted and regular exercise. Surprising finding: respiratory muscle training also improves over all fitness. 

As part of a controlled experiment, groups of 38 untrained candidates had the option of engaging in 40 standard endurance training sessions (jogging, cycling), 40 respiratory training exercise sessions (SpiroTiger®), or no physical intervention at all. The SpiroTiger® group significantly improved both its respiratory and exercise performance. The first did not enhance its respiratory capacity at all. Therefore, by using the SpiroTiger® people could improve their physical performance without additional cycling or jogging training. The explanation for this surprising effect is that both the respiratory muscles and the arm and leg muscles draw their energy and oxygen from the same source: the body’s blood supply. The less the respiratory muscles demand from the blood supply, because they tire more slowly and work more efficiently, the greater the proportion available to the arms and legs. The respiratory endurance training with SpiroTiger® makes use of this effect.