Snoring can be caused by many things, but one common cause is being overweight. According to the MayoClinic.com, being overweight causes narrowing of the airway in your throat. This can be a factor in the annoying and embarrassing rattle from your nose. Snoring can make it difficult to fall asleep, and the quality of sleep suffers from snoring. To battle the long nights involved with snoring, you can begin several exercises that have the ability to help you breath easier and quit snoring.
Cardio
Cardio exercises include walking, running, aerobics and the use of cardio machines--anything to get your heart rate up and keep it up for sustained exercise. The goal is to lose weight by burning excess calories. The University of Maryland Medical Center suggests exercising regularly and states that aerobic exercises can help your sleep to be more beneficial. They suggest that you not exercise for at two hours before bed as this can make falling asleep more difficult. Once the pounds start to shed, the narrowing of your airways should be more relaxed and open. This will allow for easier breathing while you are asleep and hopefully cure your snoring.
Weight Lifting
Lifting weights can be good for your snoring. The key to helping you quit snoring is to tone and shape your body, not bulk you up. This will carry the same effect as losing weight or fat off of your throat area. Generally, lifting a higher number of reps with lower weight will get you toned and should be sufficient to help cure your snoring.
Singing
An unusual exercise, but one that appears to be beneficial to snoring, is singing. An article published in the September 2000 issue of "Complimentary Therapies of Medicine" discusses a study on singing exercises with regard to snoring. When the subjects of the study practiced singing exercises for 20 minutes a day for three months, snoring was reduced. However, only 20 patients were evaluated and more studies need to be done to determine whether singing exercises really can reduce snoring symptoms.
Mouth Movements
Various mouth moving exercises have been reported to helping a person snore less. Opening and closing the mouth while making sure the lips touch is helpful and adding an "em" and "ah" sound while doing this may help even more, according to a website produced by Family Gentle Dental Care, a Gering, Neb., based practice. Sticking your tongue out and pushing up on a spoon while the spoon stays in place is another mouth movement exercise.
