Valsava.
Never breathe and move at the same time.
Hold your (VERY DEEP) breath.
So for squats, take a deep breath and hold it before going down? Thats how I do it nowadays, but a PT once told me after observing me do this, to breathe in on the way down and exhale on the way up. This had me rather confused.
PT's generally deal with general populations, not with strength athletes. From a cardiovascular perspective, breathing throughout the rep is safer, however this kills tightness and intra-abdominal pressure, reducing the ability to apply strength with structural safety, so it's generally not appropriate for strength athletes. This is not a sleight against PT's or their clients, but the average PT client thinks that a 100kg squat is a big deal, and a 140kg squat is pure madness. They're not looking to be Goku; they're probably not even looking to be Yamcha, so the loads at which the Valsalva maneouvre becomes highly valuable are loads that they have no intention of approaching anyway. Structurally, so long as they can otherwise maintain good spinal alignment and get their transverse abdominis activated, they're safe. Meanwhile, as most PT clients are middle-aged and have been sedentary for the last 20 years while eating a diet of strict poison, it's pretty common for PT's to be dealing with clients who are hypertensive and have the cardiovascular systems of fecal matter, to the extent that most institutes that train PT's train them on breathing as if to assume that everyone has 160/95 blood pressure.So for squats, take a deep breath and hold it before going down? Thats how I do it nowadays, but a PT once told me after observing me do this, to breathe in on the way down and exhale on the way up. This had me rather confused.
In Australia, PT is a Cert III+IV in Fitness + CEC's. CEC's are usually 1-2 day courses; Cert III+IV is usually 1-2 semesters of full-time study, or 2-4 semesters of part-time study (duration varies depending on institution -- TAFE's and IT's are usually on the long end of duration; private colleges are usually on the short end).Haha...PT's crack me up, what is it like a 2 day course or something!?
I couldn't imagine being able to hold tightness if I breathed through the rep...
Yes and they wonder why they injure themselves, you need to hold your breath to tighten your core and lock everything in.
Meanwhile, as most PT clients are middle-aged and have been sedentary for the last 20 years while eating a diet of strict poison, it's pretty common for PT's to be dealing with clients who are hypertensive and have the cardiovascular systems of fecal matter, to the extent that most institutes that train PT's train them on breathing as if to assume that everyone has 160/95 blood pressure.