Table 2.
Exercise Prescription Considerations for Respiratory Strength Training 67
| Definition | |
|---|---|
| Training Type | Method of strengthening via increasing load on respiratory muscles or minute ventilation |
| Resistive Training | Involves breathing through a small diameter hole (resistor), which limits available flow and increases ventilatory (training) load |
| Threshold Training | Involves breathing with sufficient force to overcome a spring-loaded valve to enable airflow |
| Normocapnic hyperpnea | Involves simultaneous training of inspiratory and expiratory muscles via re-breathing bag (at 30% to 40% of the participant’s forced ventilatory capacity) connected to a tube system and mouthpiece |
| Intensity | Set at a percentage of maximal effort (via respiratory strength, pressure or ventilatory capacity) |
| Time/Duration | Number of repetitions performed or amount of time spent performing training in a single session |
| Frequency | Number of weekly training sessions or intersession time interval (i.e., 7 days per week or daily) |