Like say, <5 degrees F. Can you damage your lungs? I've heard both yes and no.
Like say, <5 degrees F. Can you damage your lungs? I've heard both yes and no.
I haven't damaged my lungs from the cold, but I got sick by going outside with wet hair. It'll get ya' every time.
Yes and no
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Like say, <5 degrees F. Can you damage your lungs? I've heard both yes and no.
Yes, I have. I was out running one day when it was a few degrees below 0. I was getting extremely cold so I decided to take a short cut home. Tried to jump a fence, fell sideways and a post went right through my lung. Would have never happened if it was warmer that day.
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Like say, <5 degrees F. Can you damage your lungs? I've heard both yes and no.
Yes, it happened to me one unfortunate week. I also got VD from a toilet seat, nearly drown from going swimming 29 minutes after I ate at the creationist theme park, went blind after I gave up carrots and had a watermelon grow in my stomach after I ate a seed.
It's a rare day when I run in single digit temps, but when I do I wear a balaklava over my face which covers my mouth. Never had the slightest bit of problem with the lungs. I have a harder time keeping the fingers warm than anything else.
Kyp Lyttyn wrote:
It's a rare day when I run in single digit temps, but when I do I wear a balaklava over my face which covers my mouth. Never had the slightest bit of problem with the lungs. I have a harder time keeping the fingers warm than anything else.
Shove them up your butthole. Nice and warm up there.
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Shove them up your butthole. Nice and warm up there.
Do you have pictures of the correct stride form when using this technique?
To give you a serious answer, you won't damage your lungs but you might get some asthma. A lot of winter athletes (XC skiers in particular) have exercise-induced asthma.l It's the combo of dry and cold air that does it, and the balaclava idea sounds like a good one.
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/13/why-do-so-many-winter-olympians-have-asthma/
Kyp Lyttyn wrote:
I wear a balaklava over my face which covers my mouth. .
Doesn't that stuff get kind of sticky when it warms up? How many layers is it?
Once tried to get into my college on a weekend to get some stuff I left in my locker. It was -19 degrees. The main entrances were locked, and I ended up running around trying to find an open door for about 5 minutes. My lungs burned like hell when I finally got inside. Took a day or two before things felt normal again.
It does get moist after a bit so I pull the mouth/nose section down so that it rides just below my bottom lip. On really cold, windy days it becomes a juggling act. When the wind bites, up goes the balaklava to cover the nose again, and when I'm warmed up again down it goes.
When it gets that cold, I find two layers of material provides great warmth, but then it is harder to draw in your breath through all that fabric. If you can create a gap, perhaps by putting some foam surrounding the mouth area on the inside, that improves things. There are also some commercial products you can buy such as these if you experience these conditions often:
http://www.psolar.com/id5.html
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My lungs are fine, but I have ruined my knees with all my running.