Then you take a deep inhale and blow it out...not hard...just blow it all out. Between each of the 3 times, you just stand there and breathe quietly.
Then you do that "Inhale, now blow, blow, blow, blow hard" part that we're all so familiar with.
Finally, you just stand there and when they tell you, you take a big "sniff". Just one sniff then breathe quietly. 3x.
Okay, all the breathing is done. Now we start the treadmill at .5 mph. Man, that's creeping along. 2 minutes of this. Speed it up to 1 mph (2 mins.), 1.5 mph (2 mins) and finally 2 mph (2 mins.) And that's all there is to this test!
I think the hardest part of this test for me was the standing there waiting between sections and such. I have lousy posture and boy, my lower back hurt! They asked if I wanted to sit but there were so many dots and my O2 tubing was so well taped, I surely didn't want to upset anything.
As you can see here, they had to tape the various parts of the bra in order to keep the dots in a nice row without interference.
Gosh, I look round-shouldered. If you get to be in this test and they take a "back" picture, make sure you stand up straight and don't slump!
