my shifu has always told me try to breathe in through ur nose and out through ur nose
this is because at shaolin we believe that heavy breathing through ur mouth loses more chi (energy) than through ur nose.
and when ur nose is too blocked u can get away with breathing in through ur nose and mouth at the same time expiring the same way.
I find this method works well for me cant really say if it improved my performance as it was so long since shifu told me to do this, i honestly cant remember.
To be honest though im suprised u brought this up i thought it was the accepted western general method of running, i thought shaolin were the only 1s that breathe through noses's when running
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