Recovery Breathing

How it works

Recovery breathing is a slow even 6-6: six seconds in, six seconds out, no holds. The cycle is 12 seconds, 5 breaths per minute — slower than coherent breathing (5-5, 6 breaths per minute) and slower than equal breathing (4-4). The default session is ten minutes. It is for later in the day after a run or workout, not a mid-interval tool. Right after you stop, post-run breathing (3-6) is the longer-exhale option. Zone percentages live on the heart-rate zone calculator.

How to do it

1. Use this when the session is already over — not between track reps.
2. Inhale six seconds. Exhale six seconds. Keep the sides equal.
3. The default is ten minutes. Drop to five if you want a shorter even cycle.
4. If 6-6 feels too slow, open coherent 5-5. If you want a longer exhale, open post-run 3-6.

Session duration

Ten minutes is the default so it sits apart from the two-minute pre-run and five-minute post-run pages. Five minutes is a valid shorter even practice. Twenty minutes is available on the duration control if you want it; this is still a timer, not a recovery protocol.

When people use it

People use a slower even pattern later, once the workout is done. Interval rest seconds are a different problem — that math is on the work/recovery calculator. This page does not track HRV or readiness. More context: the sport hub.

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