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Originally Posted by nancysmithwp
Hi! I'm Nancy, and I'm halfway through Phase I. This book came at an opportune time for me as I was diagnosed with osteoporosis in December and needed to step up the heavy lifting as part of my therapy. The lower body exercises in particular are exactly what research is showing will grow strong bones. I'm loving the program.
I've always been taught to exhale on the exertion, but I find myself holding my breath for the first couple of seconds on the hardest part of the squat and the deadlift. It feels like it makes me stronger. Is this bad?
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No it is not bad to have your core set when you are doing heavy lifting like squats and deads. Any compound lifting you do you want to breath in sink it down into the core and "set" (as Lisa mentioned) it while in the deepest part of the movements when you are coming out of the lift half way to 3/4 up for squats you breath out taking in another breath at top and repeating.
Here are a couple of great articles on proper squatting, dead lifting, and it talks about breathing as well.
10 tips for flawless squatting
TESTOSTERONE NATION
Mastering the Deadlift 3 parts (read all 3 parts)
TESTOSTERONE NATION