Belt out those nose by boosting your lung efficiency.
Increasing your lung capacity is really about improving the efficiency of your lung function. According to the Upgrade Your Body website, most people's lungs hold roughly 5 liters of air, although this can vary by age, sex, height, weight and activity level.
Instructions
1. Understand that your lungs aren't muscles and don't fill up with air on their own. You actually create a vacuum in your lungs using your diaphragm, the big muscle just below your ribcage. Take a deep breath and notice where the air goes and what muscles control it. Notice that your shoulder are not involved, so forcing them back won't do any good.
2. Grab your timer. To breathe for singing you need to be able to breathe quickly and sustain the air coming out. Take a deep breath and start the timer as you let your breath out slowly. See how long you can sustain the outflow of air. Take another deep breath, but do it in half the time as you did the first time: Do it like a gasp. Time your outflow again. After a few tries, you should be able to equalize your times.
3. Practice sustaining longer. Frank Sinatra used to hold his breath underwater as a way to practice improving his lung power. Don't go overboard, but try to hold your breath and let it out more and more slowly. Half of what you're going to overcome is mental. Once you've practiced for awhile you'll notice a dramatic increase in your sustained length.
4. Start singing notes and timing yourself. Your times with and without the voice added should be roughly the same. Note that the louder you sing the more air you'll use. But keep practicing: Even your loud notes will last longer than your quiet ones used to.
5. Practice several times a day.
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