Unexpected benefit of cycling

[ny biker]

When you're driving on the highway on a nice sunny day, and you're singing real loud with the stereo, you can hold all the really long notes without having to take a breath in the middle of the note.

Today it was the Foo Fighters' "All My Life." But recently I was going retro with some Crosby Stills & Nash, and there's this one note at the end of "Wooden Ships" that I can hold better now than I could back when I was in high school.

Of course all that lung capacity doesn't guarantee I'll be singing on key, but hey...

[Jiffer]

That's hilarious! As a singer, I am especially humored by this. And also, as a singer, I can tell you that the way a singer is supposed to take a breath is the same as what I was told by a coach to take a breath for cycling. With your stomach, not your lungs. Your stomach should move out when you take in a breath, not your chest.

If you didn't already know that, maybe that'll help you hold your notes even LONGER!