m_arch
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Thanks Heidi! Although its not very peat-like, with the cold and all :PMe too. I feel the same way.
The tricky part for me is knowing how much I can stress myself to raise my CP. Everything that raises CP causes a degree of stress. For me a gentle approach improves breathing and increases CO2, but doesn't raise the CP very significantly. Things that increase CP are using the breathslim in a vigorous way, exercising while breathing through my nose, breath holds, steps, etc. Raising the CP really reminds me of when I use to run. I bet my CP was really good then. It was a lot of effort to build up my aerobic capacity, and then it had to be regularly maintained. It seems like some people have more of a natural capacity for raising their CP without so much stress.
m_arch, I really appreciate your posts on this thread and the Control Pause Question thread. I'm glad that you got the capnometer and have been thoroughly pursuing this issue. Also, that's a beautiful picture that you're using for your user ID.
It seems like a huge issue in terms of human health, so I've been pursuing it a lot. It like they say, we can go 30 days without eating, 2 days without drinking, but no longer usually than 3 minutes without breathing... And I've always had some strange breathing patterns... i.e. I tend to fog up a room at night, I was definitely a mouth breather growing up, and I've often recovered slowly from sports (which I think is due to lactic acid build up which co2 breathing destroys!)
In the new buteyko thread I've posted, there is supposed to be a correlation with ETCO2 (or metabolism) and CP / MP. It doesn't always seem the case though.
In my situation it seems the maximum pause is closer to being correct than the control pause.
However if buteyko is right and there is a correlation, doing pro-metabolic things like taking aspirin and MB and OJ and all those kind of things should work to increase, if not the CP, then the maximum pause.
It seems CP and maximum pause can be influenced by a lot of shady factors - so i'd say metabolism and ETCO2 are a better measurement.
However like in my post above, there are noticeable benefits to flooding your body if only temporarily with CO2. Bag breathing or recovery breathing should be adequate to do this.
In fact, recovery breathing sounds perfect to do after exercise.