Does Swimming Make Your Lungs Grow?

RE: Does Swimming Make Your Lungs Grow?

Former Member — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 07:48:52 GMT

RE: Does Swimming Make Your Lungs Grow?

MAC swimmer — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 03:56:22 GMT

I have huge lungs. When I get my PVT, the person giving to me always thinks somehting is wrong woth the machine. However, I also have asthma. I know other guys with large lungs (over 9 l) thye all have asthma. A PFT is used to compare your lung volume and FEV1 to a statistical package of 1000s of data points. You could be a couch potato and get a 110% or a elite masters swimmer and never get to 100% (HELLO!). My understanding is that lungs don;t "grow"--muscles grow. And our ability to process O2 can also be optimized through exercise. Training (and a little rage) can also help in our ability to suffer horrible pain for minutes at a time.

RE: Does Swimming Make Your Lungs Grow?

Former Member — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 09:35:33 GMT

Does anyone know an easy and inexpensive way to measure lung capacity? In an Anatomy and Physiology class I took about 30 years ago, all the students got their lung capacity measured. Mine was 3000ml and was the biggest in the class IIRC. I wonder what it is now.

RE: Does Swimming Make Your Lungs Grow?

Former Member — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 12:53:29 GMT

Only if you're swimming in amniotic fluid.

RE: Does Swimming Make Your Lungs Grow?

Former Member — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 12:43:01 GMT

Lungs can grow if this article is right. I read this last week when the lung thing came up. www.hno.harvard.edu/.../03-lung.html

RE: Does Swimming Make Your Lungs Grow?

Former Member — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 12:38:49 GMT

No more than it makes your bones grow.

RE: Does Swimming Make Your Lungs Grow?

Former Member — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 07:40:04 GMT

No more than it makes your bones grow. www.nichd.nih.gov/.../boneup_boneloss.pdf This page about healthy bones says "swimming does not involve weight-bearing benefits. But, it builds strong muscles which also helps to build strong bones."