Aerobic/Anaerobic Balance

Suppose you had a sore leg. It hasn't gotten better for years because you are standing on it all the time.

So you went to the moon where you were spared from as much gravity. Your leg could finally heal.

That's likely the condition of your cells right now. As your exhale extends, all your cells are getting a rest from years of stress/toxins/poor diet.

If moved to the moon, your bones would get weaker.

You shouldn't stay on the moon forever. As your exhale gets close to 40 seconds, it is important that you begin to exercise your body again. Yes, that's right. You need to begin to add some form of exercise and some of that exercise needs to be high intensity. You just have to be sure you have some stress/adrenaline. It is the interaction between work and recovery that makes us strong. Oxygen metabolism helps in recovery, but we can't forgtet that we need physical activity to make us stronger.

Exercise 9: Endogenous Respiration

Now, we will presume you are comfortably exhaling at least 30 seconds, and still want more benefits of the FRTD. For example, if you still have more weight to lose, or still have some lung issues, or still aren't sleeping deeply yet. You need to keep going.

Remember the pause you did in the last exercise? You are going to add new movement during the pause. First practice without the tube. Close your throat (glottis) and act as if you are inhaling (push belly forward). The air won't actually enter your lungs.

Performing this action during the breathing keeps your lungs inflated. During endogenous respiration, the cells get their own oxygen from fatty acids within the cell, so you will actually expel much more than you inhale. You can easily learn to exhale 60 seconds if you are patient.