is there a trick to breathing while running?

Question

i have a hard time running even though i run all the time, my body never gets tired only my lungs. does anyone have any tips for me to breath better while running?

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Answer 1

As the others have stated, be sure to breath through your nose and out your mouth. Also make sure you breath out more than you breath in. Sometimes runners get a cramp in their side. This is due to a carbon monoxide build up. You are taking in more oxygen then your body is releasing.

As far as your body not getting tired and just your lungs, try working on your cardiovascular. One method is to run in sprints. I run on my neighborhood streets. What I do is use the telephone poles as guides. I will spring from one pole to the next, and then jog then next two poles, then sprint again. As you get better your cardiovascular will improve and your lungs should not hurt as mush.

Hope this helps.

Answer 2

Trouble Breathing While Running

Answer 3

Difficulty Breathing While Running

Answer 4

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is there a trick to breathing while running?
i have a hard time running even though i run all the time, my body never gets tired only my lungs. does anyone have any tips for me to breath better while running?

Answer 5

I have the same problem, but I have started going back to something I discovered years ago when I joined the Marines.
Military cadence. When I joined the Marine Corps, I couldn't run a mile without having trouble breathing. Within the first week of boot camp, I realized that when the group calls cadence while running, it made it so much easier. I could easily run several miles, and then it was my legs that started hurting- not my lungs.
I have started singing cadence again when I run --not when people can hear what I am saying of course :)
Military cadence naturally regulates your breathing- don't know how, but it works.

Answer 6

As everyone else stated : in through the nose, out through the mouth is the best way to breathe. If you're like me, it's hard to keep up an even "breathing rhythm" so what I do is find a tune or cadence to the beat/speed I'm running and breathe to that tune in my head. This has helped me out a ton!

Answer 7

Practice diaphram breathing. Put your hand at the base of your ribcage in the center and breath in deeply through your nose. You should feel your diaphram rise up as it fills your lungs with air. Do this as much as possible to train your body to breath properly and it will come natural as you run.

Answer 8

Practive deep breathing exercises.
Breath in deep while sitting, standing, whatever.
Hold for like a ten to 20 count.
Exhale slowly. Repeat for like a set of 8 to 10.

Your lungs hurting may be cold wind. But the diaphragm (the muscle that makes the lungs work) may be being overworked while running because of the lung capacity you currently have.

As you run more, your lungs will grow to compensate for the extra oxygen needed for your body. I feel that the deep breathing will help expand them also.

Answer 9

in through nose, out through mouth.

If you lungs need work you should consider doing sprints a few times per week. Sprint for about 30 seconds and then walk for a few minutes. Repeat this as many times as you can in 30 minutes and your lungs with improve drastically.

This type of exercise is also great fro your heart and will make your at rest heart rate slower. (that's a good thing)

Adam Beazley
http://www.burning-the-fat.com

Answer 10

It may also be ur breathing in cold air, thats where it helps to breathe in through ur nose, it warms the air a little before it reaches your lungs.