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Train breathing through your nose. It'll be uncomfortable at first but you'll get used to it. After some time I was able to do tempo runs with nose breathing on

by andor 6y ago

Train breathing through your nose. It'll be uncomfortable at first but you'll get used to it. After some time I was able to do tempo runs with nose breathing only.

crazygringo 6y ago
Maybe some people have larger nasal cavities or nostrils or something. But the idea that I could run -- whether in summer or winter -- with enough air exchange through my nostrils alone is simply impossible. It's not merely uncomfortable. I mean I'd literally pass out from lack of air before five minutes were up. I've tried before and wound up gasping for air no different from if someone had been suffocating me. And my nose is unremarkable according to my ENT. Not congested with allergies or unusually inflamed or anything. I'm 6'1", healthy weight, athletic, average-sized facial features. I'm actually baffled by the idea that there are people out there who can breathe through their noses while running.
- notesinthefield 6y ago
  Ive been a daily ashtanga practitioner for years were nasal-only breathing is important. It took quite some time to make it through the entire practice only breathing through my nose during, same goes for running, at anything more than an easy pace I cant do it. Youd have to be incredibly fit to pull it off.
- krageon 6y ago
  It's mostly a matter of practice. You build it up slowly and one day you realise nose breathing comes easy.
OneLeggedCat 6y ago
That absolutely does not work for me when I try to exercise in cold weather. Fast breathing thru my nose in really cold air turns my head into a congealed block of cement within about ten minutes, with zero air flow, and with all that now less-hydrated snot dripping down the back of my throat makes me gag, sometimes violently. Once that is happening, I have to stop exercising and recover for maybe another 15 minutes. I can exercise much longer if I simply deal with the negatives of mouth breathing. I probably have poor quality sinuses, but I don't think my experience is all that unique either. I should add that I do nose breathe when exercising in warm weather, and that works fine.

by andor 6y ago

Train breathing through your nose. It'll be uncomfortable at first but you'll get used to it. After some time I was able to do tempo runs with nose breathing only.

crazygringo 6y ago

Maybe some people have larger nasal cavities or nostrils or something. But the idea that I could run -- whether in summer or winter -- with enough air exchange through my nostrils alone is simply impossible. It's not merely uncomfortable. I mean I'd literally pass out from lack of air before five minutes were up. I've tried before and wound up gasping for air no different from if someone had been suffocating me. And my nose is unremarkable according to my ENT. Not congested with allergies or unusually inflamed or anything. I'm 6'1", healthy weight, athletic, average-sized facial features. I'm actually baffled by the idea that there are people out there who can breathe through their noses while running.

notesinthefield 6y ago
Ive been a daily ashtanga practitioner for years were nasal-only breathing is important. It took quite some time to make it through the entire practice only breathing through my nose during, same goes for running, at anything more than an easy pace I cant do it. Youd have to be incredibly fit to pull it off.
krageon 6y ago
It's mostly a matter of practice. You build it up slowly and one day you realise nose breathing comes easy.

OneLeggedCat 6y ago

That absolutely does not work for me when I try to exercise in cold weather. Fast breathing thru my nose in really cold air turns my head into a congealed block of cement within about ten minutes, with zero air flow, and with all that now less-hydrated snot dripping down the back of my throat makes me gag, sometimes violently. Once that is happening, I have to stop exercising and recover for maybe another 15 minutes. I can exercise much longer if I simply deal with the negatives of mouth breathing. I probably have poor quality sinuses, but I don't think my experience is all that unique either. I should add that I do nose breathe when exercising in warm weather, and that works fine.