Reminds me of the movie Out Cold. They raced to the bottom of the ski slopes with beer in a mug. Whoever got down fast with the most beer won. The winner had it in his mouth and spit it back in the cup at the bottom.
Unfortunately, I’m not sure I can do that. I can only breathe out of 2/3 of my nostrils on a good day.
Not mine.
There are lots of reasons for that including the exchange of oxygen is easier with smaller muscle fibers. The body (muscle fibers) will actually get smaller to be more efficient.
I think it’s a combination of being an oaf and finding running detestable. It’s easy to notice all the sucky things when you don’t want to do it in the first place. You seem to be doing well with the couch program. I was tempted to try that but I don’t want to run that many days per week.
Only crazy people WANT to run that many days per week. And going forward I have no actual plan to, as we have discussed elsewhere I think. I actually like your idea of running a mile every now and then, but I this couch to 5k program will make doing that easier in the long run.
Technically two, but I only seem to get air flow through one of them and part of the other. If I lie on my side or stomach, I have choose which way I turn my head based on my sinus behavior. Pick the wrong side and it feels like I’m suffocating (collapse the down nostril and the upper one is clogged).
I used to say things like “The only way you can get me to run 5k is if there is a mountain lion chasing me for 4.5k”. I still believe that in my heart of hearts.
Way, way back when I joined the army, in something like week 2 of basic training, the Drill Sergeants announced they were going to be looking at who was running slow and who was running fast, and there would be CONSEQUENCES. Not wanting to pay those consequences, I willed myself into the fast group that day. Big mistake. The consequences were that there would be two groups going forward (for 14 more weeks), and I was stuck in the fast group that ran faster and longer every damn day, while all the slackers got off easy. Taught me a valuable life lesson, only I am not sure what.
That indeed. But on the other side of the coin, it showed me that I actually could be a fast runner if I put my mind to it. As much as it sucks now, I’ve done that which was far worse. Suppose that lesson can be applied elsewhere.
My thoughts exactly. During my state police academy, I knew that standing out was bad. Unfortunately, I was one of two people were 6’5" (most guys were under 6’) and I was the only one who weighed 225 lbs (other guy was a bean pole). About eight weeks in, one of the coaches asked one guy who he was; the guy was so average looking that he just blended in to the background. That’s how you want to be in those situations.
To be honest, this stuff is a hobby. If I was competing in something then I could muster what it takes to do miserable things. As an average dude, I can’t muster what it takes to do things I hate. The weight room stuff is fairly easy because I enjoy it. Running sucks. I can achieve good health without a lot of running so I’m not very motivated. I can also do interval runs and sprints and not hate them. It’s the darn steady state running that kills me. It’s one of those things that “would be nice to be able to do” but apparently it isn’t a high priority.
Interestingly, I’m adopting a similar approach, inhaling through my nose and forcibly exhaling through my mouth. When you run, do you breathe through your nose for the duration?
And definitely that first part of a run requires a mental effort to push through.
I was curious so I looked this up. Apparently nose breathing opens more airways and forceful exhale increases pressure so more air is forced into the lungs and more CO2 is pushed out
Mouth breathing apparently encourages shallower breathing instead of using the diaphram, which limits the amount of gas exchange
