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I quit smoking three months ago after 50 years and am looking for tools to help increase my lung capacity.
Any suggestions?

Swimming

Doug Elliott wrote: Sat Mar 28, 2026 5:33 pmSwimming

Ditto: Swimming gives you no choice but to breathe in a relaxed manner, and at the right time, and to inhale quickly, and exhale in a controlled way, which sounds a lot like the requirements for playing a brass instrument.

While a gadget might allow you to quantify the volume of air you exhale, nothing is going to come close to the great effects of low-tech swimming.

With all respect for swimming and other types of aerobic exercise, he asked for a device.

The device I like is the Breath Builder: https://www.originalbreathbuilder.com/

Good doctors prescribe the right medicine.

GabrielRice wrote: Sun Mar 29, 2026 8:11 am With all respect for swimming and other types of aerobic exercise, he asked for a device.

The device I like is the Breath Builder: https://www.originalbreathbuilder.com/

THANKS! That's what I'm looking for.

JTeagarden wrote: Sun Mar 29, 2026 9:06 am Good doctors prescribe the right medicine.

I have COPD and my diaphragm is paralyzed. There's no medicinal or surgical procedure to help me.

Swimming is out of the question? It can be very low impact...