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How breathing can shift your center of mass

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Breathing actively ruins your physical balance. Because air has mass and taking a deep breath violently expands your upper chest cavity, your literal center of gravity completely relocates itself upward. Gymnasts inherently manipulate this tiny physical glitch to perfectly stick highly complex landings.

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