[Trombone-l] Altitude vs Lung Capacity?

[Jeff Albert]

On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 5:02 PM, Galen Zinn <grzinn at astound.net> wrote:
> Thanks for your thoughtful response. Can anyone verify Breathing Gym and/or
> Arnold Jacobs results (did Arnie have suggestions that increase breath
> capacity). I had one of his publications several years ago; perhaps I didn't
> dig deep enough. Lungs have a finite capacity, right? If you are "there"
> (full to capacity) already, there's not much point in talking about it.
> Right? Does anyone have a lung stretcher?
> GRiZ
>

Lungs have a finite capacity like runners have a finite top speed.
I'm sure there is a limit, but the right activities can increase your
capacity, or at least the capacity that you use.  That's my
understanding anyway.

I have not used the breathing gym, but I've flipped through the book,
and it looks good.  I have a buddy that swears by it, and he has great
use of lots of his lung capacity.

Jeff
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