Work on Your Breathing to SEE Better and SHOOT Better

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Work on Your Breathing to SEE Better and SHOOT Better « Daily Bulletin

Do you find that the crosshairs in your scope get blurry after a while, or that you experience eye strain during a match? This is normal, particularly as you get older. Focusing intensely on your target (through the scope or over iron sights) for an extended period of time can cause eye strain.

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[nbkky71]

Another simple, yet important point to remember! Keep breathing and never hold your breath during a string of fire

Several deep breaths are a part of my shot process when shooting offhand, as well as short/deep breaths between shots during rapid fire strings.

 

[chiefjason]

Nasal breathing tends to be more relaxing than mouth breathing too. Lowering heart rate and stress. And a lot of folks don't actually understand what a deep breath is. I didn't until I started focusing on it as part of my exercise. And cardio will bring down your resting hear rate, and make your heart rate recover and lower after movement faster. Both would make you more steady on the gun.

 

[Stick]

That was a good reminder. As I have gotten older I have found blurry vision when focusing on sights or cross hairs to be more and more of a problem.

 

[Dave951]

Well Shazam. Whodathunkit. All stuff that comes from shooting iron sights. Never ceases to amaze the things the old dead guys knew coming back for the new guys.

 

[DrScaryGuy]

Nasal breathing tends to be more relaxing than mouth breathing too. Lowering heart rate and stress. And a lot of folks don't actually understand what a deep breath is. I didn't until I started focusing on it as part of my exercise.

years back in adult martial arts class, sometimes the exercise was just laying on your back and breathing. breathing was important when you were doing 2-3hrs of stuff at a time.
I also used to jog on the treadmill, before my knee got wrecked. if i was focusing on my breathing, i could do a mile at ~5mph without starting to sweat. if i was listening to music or watching tv, i was worn out inside of 1/4mi.

you wouldn't think people would need to be taught how to breathe, but it makes a huge difference

 

[nbkky71]

if i was listening to music or watching tv, i was worn out inside of 1/4mi.

Interesting, as I'm just the opposite. If I'm on the treadmill without music, TV, etc. I feel like I'm just dragging along. If I have some kind of audio/video distraction I just breeze through the miles! My wife bought a new treadmill a few months ago and it came with an iFit subscription. It's great because I can run with video footage anywhere in the world and listen to music at the same time!