After Quote by Archibald Hill

Most workouts are way too aggressive. Thousands of lunges wear out the body.

— Richard Simmons

The body needs to rest. It needs a lot less exercise than you think.

— Sylvester Stallone

“It is a common belief that we breathe with our lungs alone, but in point of fact, the work of breathing is done by…

— Alexander Lowen

In man, the mechanical breathing is essential to life, and it is one of the old tests for death to see whether these movements…

— August Krogh

Exercise tells your cells that you are alive. All bodies need oxygenation.

— Suzanne Somers

The stresses, strains, and traumas of ordinary daily existence in the process of working and living tend to inhibit our breathing ability.

— Leonard Orr

Aspiration gets stuck in some people. It's difficult to think yes. Or up. When all you feel is fight or run.

— Lidia Yuknavitch

The only reason I would take up jogging is so that I could hear heavy breathing again.

— Erma Bombeck

When I started focusing on my breathing, I became a stronger athlete and was better able to control my levels of effort and pain.

— Laird Hamilton

Breathing is the first act of life, and the last.

— Joseph Pilates

“To accomplish this, we will go through the entire body again. This time, we will use the breath consciously while focusing on each part…

— Julie T. Lusk

If you're throwing punches or exerting energy but you're not breathing, you're holding your breath. That actually saps your strength, it saps your stamina.

— Chris Eubank Jr