Burning Lungs

sedaughtry
sedaughtry Posts: 7
in Fitness and Exercise
I have worked out here and there over the years, and can handle small amts of running at a time. I do best with interval running. The thing that has always kept me from continuing to run and to work up to longer distance is my lungs. I feel like i dont have a lot of lung capacity. my lungs wear out way faster than my legs do.
Well, I joined a fitness boot camp type program last week, and yesterday they had us run a mile outside. I ran most of it, but did walk a min here and there The problem was my lungs were ON FIRE!!! It was around 60 degrees, so not too cold. Im not kidding, my lungs were in agony. I also noticed I got a ton of phlem too, which is not normal. Afterwards I was coughing for the next hour and my lungs continued to hurt for quite a while. Several hours later I noticed that I was wheezing pretty badly.
Today I tried to go out on an interval walk/run.... after jogging only 1/8 of a mile, my lungs were on fire again! I had this issue in the past if running in the cold, but never like this!!! Does anyone have an idea of what could be going on???

Replies

  • sarahbetherck
    sarahbetherck Posts: 270 Member
    I have the same problem and my doc said it's exercise induced asthma -- I have an inhaler that I use when I go to the gym, especially if we'll be doing a lot of running or jumprope or any heavy duty cardio type stuff.
  • turbogirl01
    turbogirl01 Posts: 19
    Same here with the asthma...It's rough. It sucks when your legs and mind are so ready to go, and your lungs just won't let it happen. I jogged my first mile today without any breaks! It can be a slow journey, but it feels so great when you beat it!! :) I hope you figure it out!

Categories