Is breathing through your nose the secret to reaching peak fitness?
World No.1 women’s tennis player Iga Swiatek was as confused as the rest of us about why she was practising with tape covering her mouth last week.
During a press conference, after photographs of her training in Montreal were published around the world, the 22-year-old from Poland said: “I don’t get it either… but, it’s harder to breathe when you’re only breathing with your nose, and it’s easier for my heart rate to go up, you know? And I think it has something to do with endurance.” …[read more]
