Description
The POWERbreathe K-Series is the world’s first series of intelligent digital breathing training devices.
The K4 with Breathe-Link® software is for the elite training, testing and monitoring of individuals. Regular breathing training improves the way that you breathe, which can benefit sports performance and give you an edge over competitors.
Whether you’re preparing for a triathlon, part of a professional football team, or training your breathing to improve your health, the K4 is ideal.
Benefits of breathing training with POWERbreathe IMT include:
- Improved sports performance
- More energy with less effort
- Faster recovery after exercise
- Improve breathing symptoms of those with breathing issues
Strengthen your diaphragm- Breathing training with the POWERbreathe K4 strengthens your diaphragm rather than your lungs. This is because your lungs are a pair of spongy, air-filled organs, and not muscle, and therefore cannot be strengthened.
Patented ‘intelligent tapering system’- The K-Series uses a patented and researched based ‘intelligent tapering system’ that matches the strength profile of your breathing muscles. This is the most effective way of training your breathing muscles, compared to conventional methods.
The K-Series devices feature an electronically controlled ‘tapered flow resistance’ that uses a computer-controlled rotary valve to create resistance to your in-breath. Therefore, resistance is not fixed at the same level throughout your breath (unlike a pressure threshold device). Because the device automatically reduces the resistance as you progress through your breath, matching the load to your declining muscle strength.
Use a wider range of breathing muscles- The tapered flow enables you to perform a longer inspiration and use a wider range of breathing muscles to achieve higher flow and higher tidal volumes for better results. It achieves this by automatically adapting to increases in your inspiratory muscle strength at the beginning of each training session. What this means is that the training load is highest at the start of your inhalation and then gradually decreases as your lungs fill with air.
Automatic setup- During the first two breaths of each training session there is no resistance and you should inhale as quickly and deeply as possible. It’s during these breaths that the K4 device measures your maximum breathing capability. Training load is then gradually introduced during breaths three and four until full loading is achieved for breath five and onwards. During these breaths, you will find it increasingly harder to inhale.
Monitor training progress- Training measurement results are displayed on the K4’s LCD screen when connected to the software, and live, breath-by-breath, when connected to the software. This, allows you to monitor training progress and optimize your training technique.
See results after 4-6 weeks- Consistently follow the training regime of 30 breaths, twice a day to feel less breathless during exertion in 4-6 weeks. This is scientifically proven. Learn more about how the POWERbreathe IMT device works in our guide.
