Re: shortness of breath with the cardio workouts

June 29, 2002

Hi! Could be a couple of things. In my un-doctor-educated opinion,

could be either incorrect breathing technique, OR exercise-induced

asthma. You might want to check out www;.dragondoor.com for Pavel

Tsatsouline's breathing techniques. Not sure which book they are in,

but all his stuff is available on that site, plus they have a good

message board. I believe he calls it Power Breathing, and it's a

very specific technique to increase your oxygen consumption,

efficiency, etc. Actually Bill West on our list here is the resident

expert on the Evil Russian's techniques, so I am hoping he chimes in

here with more info. *pokes Bill where it hurts*

MOST IMPORTANTLY!!! See your doctor, okay? Please don't try to self-

diagnose something like this, even with some experienced people here

throwing out their opinions. See your doc, and if he/she says

nothing is *physically* causing the breathing probs, then explore the

Power Breathing and/or slowing down the cardio a bit. Your health is

most important!

Now, a gentle moderator-poke for not signing your name on your post.

Initials is not enough, k? You need to sign your name, or your post

is subject to deletion. Thanks.

Jen B.

> I usually feel fine and recently ran alot and did the cardio w/o

> really hard and now I am having trouble getting in enough oxygen.

> THis has happened to me before when I was running. It seems to

> happen when I geat my hr up to high. Does anyone out there know

what

> this could be. When I just do real light cardio and weights. I

> don't seem to have this problem. It takes about 2-3 weeks after

> stopping running to get this under control. SOmeone told me that

> they think I have adult asthma. I was also told it could be a

heart

> problem. I live in a high humidity area also. I seem to need to

> take a deep breath about once every 5 minutes when relaxed. More

> often if stressed or moving about. It can be really bad when I

start

> a cardio program for the first 15 minutes. I usually have to keep

> yawning to get enough air. Thanks for any input. Cb

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