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ThreeFingerPete
10-04-2007, 08:47 PM
When I'm running/biking/whatever, if I try to breathe through my nose, it seems extremely labored. Is this normal? It's kind of like being stuffed up, but not enough that I can't breathe, just enough to make it harder than it seems like it should be.
SlowLX
10-04-2007, 08:55 PM
When I'm running/biking/whatever, if I try to breathe through my nose, it seems extremely labored. Is this normal? It's kind of like being stuffed up, but not enough that I can't breathe, just enough to make it harder than it seems like it should be.
nasal strips
ThreeFingerPete
10-04-2007, 08:57 PM
Link? I'm not sure what you're talking about exactly.
Strychnine
10-04-2007, 09:06 PM
Is this normal?


It is for me... but I have a deviated septum that needs surgery to remedy.

I don't want to do that right now though, so sometimes it becomes an excuse :o
Slowhand
10-04-2007, 09:07 PM
don't run?
ThreeFingerPete
10-04-2007, 09:28 PM
don't run?

What kind of fucking retarded advice is that? It would be like me telling you not to be a moron. It just ain't happening.
BlackSnake1996
10-04-2007, 09:39 PM
It just sounds to me like you need to control your breathing. Your getting too winded and trying to suck in too much air. Takes time to develop.
ThreeFingerPete
10-04-2007, 09:41 PM
It just sounds to me like you need to control your breathing. Your getting too winded and trying to suck in too much air. Takes time to develop.

Hmmm. So you're saying that if no other part of my body is giving me trouble, and it just seems like my nose is restricting my breathing, that for some reason I should slow down?
ThreeFingerPete
10-04-2007, 09:42 PM
Oh, by the way, I feel like this 200 yards into a 2 mile run and I can maintain my pace for the entire distance. I don't really see this as "being winded". I'm well aware of what that feels like. LOL
injectedpony
10-04-2007, 09:44 PM
http://www.breatheright.com/images/pagephoto_products_nasal.jpg

Nasal Strips..... I think that is what he was talking about Adam
DON SVO
10-04-2007, 09:45 PM
Quit getting your ass kicked by Sebastian and your nose will be OK.
BlackSnake1996
10-04-2007, 09:47 PM
Hmmm. So you're saying that if no other part of my body is giving me trouble, and it just seems like my nose is restricting my breathing, that for some reason I should slow down?
No. I'm just speculating that that is the problem and suggesting that it takes time to develop a comfortable inhale through the nose with less trouble. Its the breathing that you have to learn to control. It will come in time if you keep training hard.
BlackSnake1996
10-04-2007, 10:15 PM
Your breathing is probably too shallow and too quick. This will cause you to not take in sufficient oxygen and not eliminating sufficient carbon dioxide. As a result, your body is oxygen starved.
Learn to control your breathing by taking in deeper,slower breaths and you will develop a better and more comfortable cardio workout.
Ronin6135
10-04-2007, 10:17 PM
I have never been able to breath through my nose. Welcome to the club. You will get used to it.
Strychnine
10-04-2007, 10:35 PM
Your breathing is probably too shallow and too quick. This will cause you to not take in sufficient oxygen and not eliminating sufficient carbon dioxide. As a result, your body is oxygen starved.
Learn to control your breathing by taking in deeper,slower breaths and you will develop a better and more comfortable cardio workout.

Sometimes it's not as simple as you would like to make it.

For instance, I was told by my ENT that because of my deviated septum and enlarged turbunoids that my nose was probably "operating" in the 50-60% range. It is physically impossible for it to move a "normal" amount of air.

Try all you want, at some point that kind of restriction will affect your training.
BlackSnake1996
10-04-2007, 10:45 PM
Sometimes it's not as simple as you would like to make it.

For instance, I was told by my ENT that because of my deviated septum and enlarged turbunoids that my nose was probably "operating" in the 50-60% range. It is physically impossible for it to move a "normal" amount of air.

Try all you want, at some point that kind of restriction will affect your training.
True. There are several reasons that would explain his trouble. I was just giving him the most common reason.
That_Is_My_El_Camino
10-04-2007, 11:07 PM
Quit getting your ass kicked by Sebastian and your nose will be OK.Fuck you for posting what I thought before I thought and posted it! :mad:Sometimes it's not as simple as you would like to make it.

For instance, I was told by my ENT that because of my deviated septum and enlarged turbunoids that my nose was probably "operating" in the 50-60% range. It is physically impossible for it to move a "normal" amount of air.

Try all you want, at some point that kind of restriction will affect your training.Then you just to drill two more nostrils. Problem solved!
Vertnut
10-04-2007, 11:30 PM
When I'm running/biking/whatever, if I try to breathe through my nose, it seems extremely labored. Is this normal? It's kind of like being stuffed up, but not enough that I can't breathe, just enough to make it harder than it seems like it should be.
You may just be outside your "target" heart-rate, or in other words, working too hard. You should be able to maintain a reasonable conversation, or you're working a little too hard.
MotoMan
10-06-2007, 01:28 AM
It is for me... but I have a deviated septum that needs surgery to remedy.

I don't want to do that right now though, so sometimes it becomes an excuse :o


I've got that same damn problem which sucks because I don't breathe at my fullest potential due to restricted airflow to the nasal passage.