Nose Breathing (Repost from 1997)

Ozzie Gontang <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

I breathe through my pecker.

John Douillard tells us about nose breathing in his "Body, Mind and Sport". On page 157 (part headed
premature nose failures) he says he needed 6 months of training for his nose breathing to outperform
mouth breathing while running, but does not specify the intensity of exertion.

Surely for anybody thinking for some reason that it is smarter to run like an animal with his mouth
closed, it would only be a question of changing reflexes and not of changing the diameters of the
airways which seem to be the same in nose breathing animals of comparable size. Just curious,
Richard Friedel

Ozzie Gontang said:

Nose Breathing © 1997 Austin "Ozzie" Gontang, Ph.D. <[email hidden]>

Breathing through the nose on the inhalation:
1. Warms the air
2. Moisturizes the air
3. Purifies the air

When the nose smells some pleasing aroma, the nostrils flair. Look in the mirror and as you
breathe in flair the nostrils. Many people when breathing in through the nose, allow the nostrils
to be sucked semi-closed by the pressure of the inhalation. Practice the nostril flair so that
there is no sniffling sound on the in breathe.

The brain is not playing any tricks. The brain which will die without oxygen within minutes, is
not playing. The brain (which as most of us know is an intergral part of our being) is afraid of
dying. So when it is not getting what it considers sufficient nourishment of O2, it will every and
any orifice to get enough air to survive and get back to its comfort level.

When one is having difficulty getting air, the body may and often goes into a panic mode. In that
mode, the breathing cycle is reversed, that is on the inhalation the stomach muscles contract and
relax on the exhalation. That is the reverse of inhalation/abdominals relax/diaphragm contract and
exhalation/abdominals contract/diaphragm relax. Often the stitch is due to the diaphragm working
against the muscles that should be relaxing on the inhalation.

The art of nose breathing takes running slower at first until the mind knows that it is not being
suffocated by nose breathing. During a run nose breathe when running slower so as to keep the mind
relaxed. At first it may only be 50 to 100 yards. By gradual practice, I know several people, one
who has done a 3:17 through the nose and another a half in 83 minutes. Both started from the fear
of not getting enough air. They practiced and played with it.

Wonder what the world records for nose breathing at all the various distances are?

Some folklore and my $.02.

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[email hidden] (Ken Colassi) says:

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I read the previous articles and no one stated the benefits of breathing thru the nose so I
will state my theory. Breathing thru the nose provides oxygen to the brain. The question is
does oxygen to the brain make your body run better, faster or longer. Any taker's

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Well...supposedly breathing through your nose 'warms' the air going into your lungs (important
for the occasional asthma sufferer like myself when cold air triggers the asthma)..however, I
have found that if I breathe through my nose (inhale) that I can't seem to get enough air and
develop cramps in my sides..It resolves itself when I begin breathing exclusively through my
mouth. Has anyone else ever experienced this or is my brain just playing a trick on me?
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.brought to you by..Gaz..the voice of cynicism.

In health and on the run, Ozzie Gontang Maintainer - rec.running FAQ Director, San Diego Marathon
Clinic, est. 1975

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I breathe through my pecker.

This would seem to explain a lot. After all, oxygen deprivation leads to brain damage very quickly.

[email hidden] (Arbor77) wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

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I breathe through my pecker.

This would seem to explain a lot. After all, oxygen deprivation leads to brain damage very
quickly.

How do you figure? My peckers much larger than my nose.