About five years ago I realized I was being limited by my current stable of breathing devices. I was using a six-liter breathing bag, an Ultrabreathe, and multiple sizes of breathing tubes. I could easily fill the breathing bag; I was using the maximum resistance on the Ultrabreathe; the breathing tubes become irrelevant. I had to find a way to break through this plateau and continue to develop.
The Breathing Bag Problem and Solution
I found that because the standard breathing bag is made of a material that stretches, the first count of my inhalation was not me, but rather the bag blowing the air back at me. I had to find a large breathing bag, but no one makes an eight-liter breathing bag.
So just stay with me here…go buy a five-liter BOX of wine. In a trip to your local hardware store and a few quick steps, you can turn this into a breathing bag that you will never fully fill up. Because you can never fill this bag, any air movement (in or out) is being moved by you. Initially this will feel harder to inhale on the first count, but that is good because YOU are actually being forced to move the air.
Resistance Training
By adding some resistance to the inhalation, you can begin to actually work the muscles that are involved with the inhalation. Initially, I was using the Ultrabreathe, but found that I quickly had to modify it and start drilling holes to allow me a resistance free exhalation. Another