Archive for 2001

Training & Conditioning

PowerLung, in Houston, Texas, provides isolated threshold resistance to train the muscles used in breathing. The PowerLung Trainer is for the recreational athlete who attends aerobics classes or works out two to three times a week; or for those just starting a fitness routine. The PowerLung Sport provides a much more serious workout at a [...]

Fitness Plus

Improved strength means improved endurance and that means improved muscle performance. PowerLung’s advanced design makes it easy for you to train your lung muscles. Thirty breaths, twice a day with PowerLung resistance training is all it takes to train your inhale and exhale muscles in the same breath. The PowerLung offers flexible training levels. You [...]

Trade & Industry

more power to your lungs Breathing seems so natural – in fact most of the time we don’t even think about it. This changes, however, as soon as we apply some effort in our cycling and get out of breath. Normal training does get you fitter and traditional cardio-vascular training will improve lung capacity but [...]

Freediving Internet Magazine

PowerLung Review by Cliff Etzel – Editor Due to the nature of my work as a website developer, the time I need for training is difficult to schedule – primarily because the hours for lap and dynamic apnea training at the pool I train at this time of the year coincides with my work hours. [...]

Freediver Magazine,

Issue No. 12 Sometimes in life you need to read between the lines or gather up all the throwaway comments and see what you end up with. So it is with respiratory muscle training (RMT) devices and freediving. Of the three units reviewed here only the PowerLung is both an inspiratory and expiratory trainer – [...]

real runner

“Train Your Lungs” Review by Tom Rogers Whether we’re training for an event or just running to get and stay fit, how many of us worry about the development of our lung muscles – probably not many of us! Of more concern to most runners is how their legs are holding up and are the [...]