Hi all, i have just joined this forum. I am a 24 yr old female, who competive swam for 5 years from 1993-98. I am now getting back into the water again and have totally lost my lung capacity. .I had excercise induced asthma when i swam back in the day, but it was not a problem. now i am finding that i have to stop my workouts becuase i feel like i cannot get enough air. . i have started using an inhaler, but i still need to build my lungs up again. . .can anyone give any advice, exercises i could do to slowly bring me up again? i am breathing every 3 strokes about 90% of my workouts - which by the way are on my own - uncoached. but i am gasping for air coming out of my flip turns. . .any advice would be great! thanks a lot!
janelle
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I have severe asthma, only 62% lung capacity. About the only time I don't have some discomfort is when I'm swimming. Take your medicines. follow either a pulmonologist(sp) or an allergist. My experieince has been that pulomo's do a better job at controlling asthma than do allergists. I've found this to be true even in controlling my allergies. I'm suffering my annual red bumps right now. No allergist (from George Washington to Washington Univ.) has ever been able to curb them but my pulmo here in Galesburg at least can keep down. Also, remember that it isn't taking in oxygen that gets asthmatics in trouble, it is getting the air in your lungs out.
I have severe asthma, only 62% lung capacity. About the only time I don't have some discomfort is when I'm swimming. Take your medicines. follow either a pulmonologist(sp) or an allergist. My experieince has been that pulomo's do a better job at controlling asthma than do allergists. I've found this to be true even in controlling my allergies. I'm suffering my annual red bumps right now. No allergist (from George Washington to Washington Univ.) has ever been able to curb them but my pulmo here in Galesburg at least can keep down. Also, remember that it isn't taking in oxygen that gets asthmatics in trouble, it is getting the air in your lungs out.
