Anyone with cough variant asthma that has some tips when you get out of breath?

I go to spin class a lot and used to have this problem too. I then took up yoga and started using the breathing techniques while on the bike and its helped massively. Initially I had to really focus on the breathing so that I opened up my chest and slowed the breathing down but it's now become second nature so I can work much harder in class

Use a nebulizer about 4 times a day to loosen up your lungs. Steamy showers. Take your meds on a regular basis, even if you arent symptomatic. While exercising, I think (for me ) relief comes over time. I used to do incline work on treadmill to get my lungs working(takes to long to get them used to it, and lungs get tired quick). But now i switched to strength training, and my breathing has been more managed. Working on all muscle groups has helped, obviously upper body, but doing legs (squats, lunges, etc...) help with breathing techniques, slow and tame workouts (rather than fast and eractic , as cardio can sometimes be). I also used to do yoga, overtime that increased my lung capacity BUT, i was so bored lol... To give you an idea, i am 31, ive had chronic bronchitis since i was 18, and recently (3 yrs ago) i was diagnostic with COPD with only 40% lung capacity, this happened because i wasnt strict with taking my meds on a daily basis. I thought i was controlled, but "i managed" with the regular wheezing and annoying cough. Until pollen season had me gasping for air, alone with my infant boy and 5 year old, if u hadn't called the ambulance who knows what would of happened . I got my *kitten* into gear. I havent had wheezing since i started weight training. Highly recommend it. Take care of your lungs, hydrate, and take your meds. What other meds do you take?

If you're having attacks on a regular basis, your asthma just isn't under control. I've struggled for years with it, having attacks, waking up coughing in the middle of the night, getting sick all the time. I finally gave in and went to an allergy doctor, turns I have severe allergies to a bunch of different things. I am now on multiple medicines for asthma and allergies and getting allergy shots. I feel SO MUCH BETTER I can't even believe it. I didn't realize how bad it was until it got better. I can actually take a deep breath in all the way now. I only have to use my albuterol inhaler maybe once a month. You might benefit from going to an asthma/allergy doctor and finding out what you can do to control it all the time. It's made a world of difference to me.

Making sure my asthma was entirely controlled before exercise was essential.

Initially it was medication to do so and no added exercise beyond regular daily activities. After it was completely controlled with day to day, I started slowly increasing exercise. Key for me at that point was staying calm throughout the exercise. I used to get anxious in anticipation of asthma attacks, and then I would tense up or start breathing too fast and thinking about the allergens around me that might trigger me, then my chest would start feeling tight, and it often triggered an attack.

Through trial and error, I developed a breathing technique (a steady appropriate pace for breathing in and out) that worked well for me and I would kind of zone into the exercise and breathing technique so my brain didn't start panicking.

Over time, I reduced my need for medication and my anxiety with exercise is minimal to non-existent.

Now, I have not had an asthma attack or problem with exercise in nearly five years. I have only needed albuterol a handful of times in that five years and it was related to having a respiratory infection.

Please note that this is only my personal experience, and is in no way intended to be advice for you to follow, as your body and health needs are different from my own.