Ian Locke, Personal Trainer - how and why I came to use the POWERbreathe K5 Ian Locke, founder of Thrive Personal Training in Swindon, provides personal training in a private gym as well as nutritional analysis to help clients reach their health and fitness goals. Here he talks about how and why he came to use the POWERbreathe inspiratory muscle training device, and shares his first experience of using it. In future reports we'll learn of his progress, so please keep coming back to check on how Ian's breathing training is going on his POWERbreathe K5 ... "As someone who has tried their hand at running, high intensity interval training, boxing and playing a wind instrument, I've become more conscious in recent months that the limiting factor in each of these activities is my breathing. Running is a classic example -- unless running up steep hills, it is not tiredness in my legs which slow me down, but rather that my breathing doesn't seem to keep pace. I also find that my airways close partially when exercising at high intensities, making pushing myself harder very uncomfortable. Having set up a personal training business in January, I wanted to find a way to improve the weakest link and increase my performance, as well as that of my clients. I read Alison McConnell's book " Breath Strong Perform Better " over Christmas and invested in the POWERbreath K5 a few weeks back. I am in the early stages of training (30 breaths,