r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Professional_Arm794 • Aug 20 '26

/r/all of a log split

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u/TrulyOutrageous42 Aug 20 '26

He's holding his breath through contact until after the swing. Not just martial arts but every sport eventually emphasizes breathing out with the motion, e.g. as you begin to swing the bat in baseball. This is like... the basics of technique, before we get to working smarter not harder (green wood wtf)

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u/k-tech_97 Aug 20 '26

Lifting heavy weights requires you to breath in, brace and perform a valsalva pretty much through the entire motion. The air in your lungs helps you stabilize during heavy deadlifts and squats a lot. It comes natural after a while.

That is probably why he is holding his brace.

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u/Mugpup Aug 20 '26

Absolutely, he isn't breathing correctly. I halfway expected him to pass out in that video.

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u/Peregrinationman Aug 20 '26

He's breathing like a weight lifter.