Try a Breathing Ladder Workout!

Hey everyone,

For a recent workout, we decided to try out a new workout style - breathing ladders.  We first heard of this type of workout when we attended our HKC certification and decided it was time to try something new...

This was an upper body workout that included four exercises.  To start a breathing ladder, you do one rep, followed by one deep breath.  Then do two reps, followed by two deep breaths and three reps, followed by three deep breaths, and so on... You can do as many reps as you want - we typically did 1, 2, 3, 2, 1 or 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.  You can also just keep going up, or start with a high number of reps (e.g. 10) and work your way down.  For the purpose of not making our demonstration videos too long, we have shown 1 to 3 reps.

Here is what we did:

1. Parallel chinups

 

2. Jungle Gym Pushups

 

3. Jungle Gym Reverse Pushups

4. Close-grip Pushups

We found this to be a great workout style that allowed us to do more reps than usual, because of the rest you get between reps.  Make sure you really slow down your breathing (i.e. deep, full breaths) to allow for full recovery and you'll be surprised at how many reps you can do! 

-Tannys & Alex