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  • 20-09-2006 10:47am
    #1
    monosharp
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    After many years of trying to figure out how Johnny Dooley and others could be superb athletes and still smoke, i decided i don't really want to know.

    I dumped the cancer sticks last sunday and i'm a bit worried/surprised that my breathing hasn't improved at all. I gave them up last year for a few weeks before an important event and i noticed the change almost immediently, but this time i don't notice a thing. Maybe its just early days ...

    Anyhoot, i'm just wondering if anyone has any advice for the following problems.

    1. Breathing -> Obviously the fags didn't help but i also have slight ashthma. I want to get the breathing sorted so are there are exercises etc that would be of any use ? The problem simply being that i can't keep my breath.

    2. Stitches -> Don't know what causes them but i was told if i got one to just keep training through it, slow down a little. Now either a) i'm extremely soft or b) that advice was pure utter crap talk because i've being doing this for over a year and the stiches are still coming. Anyone advice here please ?

    3. Speed -> I do a lot of jogging (or used to, starting again) but not very fast. I want to increase my sprinting bursts over say 20-30 metres range ? (This is usually how i get the stiches)

    Thanks all.


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  • #2
    iregk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,235 ✭✭✭iregk


    Ok to answer some of your bits and others can extrapolate and make additions.

    1. It can take a good while to start feeling the effects of giving up the fags. This is due to the amount of tar that has built up in your lungs as a result. Its not something thats going to go away overnight. If you want to improve your breathing get a book on Yoga breathing techniques. Yes I know may sound a bit mad but trust me, this works wonders. There are also breathing devices you can buy in good sports shops that many rugby players, cyclists etc... use. They look like an inhaler but are designed to offer resitance and strenghten your lungs and intercostal muscles (these help you breath).

    2. Stitches are born out of body movements in the diaphram while running. Basically your intercostal muscles (see above) are in between your ribs and expand your rib cage while your breath. The diaphram sits under your lungs on top of your liver. This pulls your lungs down while you breath in. While running if you are out of breath and take short bursts your diaphram can become impeeded and cause muscle spasms on your sides. The reason they happen is that your not breathing correctly and can't get enough air in.

    3. To improve sprinting over short bursts you really need to do some plyometric training. These are box jumps, shuttle runs, skipping and a load of other things. Plyometrics concentrate on short explosive bursts of power. Do a search on google for this and you can get entire programms on how to improve.

    Hope this helps.


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