| If you have that breath just before you contract you can use it in a psychological way as part of the contraction.  You then breath in in the reverse mode.  Like others have said, a contraction is the push on a pushing movement and the pull on a pulling movement.  So on a bench press movement, take a deep breath (with your diaphragm) right before you press and then let it out as you go through the contraction.  Air is a fuel used at one point in time.
 And I think the point is to grow muscle, not the body cavity area.
 
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