Nose plugs during warm up?

RicodJour said:

Watching the prologue and there was a guy warming up on the rollers
and he had white tubes/plugs sticking out of his nose. I'm used to
seeing the Breathe Right strips, but I don't know what those tubes/
plugs are for. Are they medicated to open the air passages or
something? If so, with what?

R

There's some old school cycling wisdom that says if you have a cold,
blocking your nose during your warm up will raise the temperature in
their just enough to kill the germs you have. I'm sure it does not
work as advertised, but it might also get things flowing a little more
freely in there, which might make you feel better for a few minutes
afterward.

-rj

On Jul 7, 11:33 am, ronaldo_jeremiah <[email hidden]>

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RicodJour said:

Watching the prologue and there was a guy warming up on the rollers
and he had white tubes/plugs sticking out of his nose. I'm used to
seeing the Breathe Right strips, but I don't know what those tubes/
plugs are for. Are they medicated to open the air passages or
something? If so, with what?

There's some old school cycling wisdom that says if you have a cold,
blocking your nose during your warm up will raise the temperature in
their just enough to kill the germs you have. I'm sure it does not
work as advertised, but it might also get things flowing a little more
freely in there, which might make you feel better for a few minutes
afterward.

I asked my nephew and he said there's either menthol or eucalyptus oil
on the tubes - not plugs - to help clear the nasal passages. That
makes sense to me. I wonder if they'll be banning menthol or
eucalyptus oil...

R

RicodJour said:

On Jul 7, 11:33 am, ronaldo_jeremiah <[email hidden]>

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RicodJour said:

Watching the prologue and there was a guy warming up on the rollers
and he had white tubes/plugs sticking out of his nose. I'm used to
seeing the Breathe Right strips, but I don't know what those tubes/
plugs are for. Are they medicated to open the air passages or
something? If so, with what?

There's some old school cycling wisdom that says if you have a cold,
blocking your nose during your warm up will raise the temperature in
their just enough to kill the germs you have. I'm sure it does not
work as advertised, but it might also get things flowing a little more
freely in there, which might make you feel better for a few minutes
afterward.

I asked my nephew and he said there's either menthol or eucalyptus oil
on the tubes - not plugs - to help clear the nasal passages. That
makes sense to me. I wonder if they'll be banning menthol or
eucalyptus oil...

Cyclocross guys have done that forever, warmup with a wad of cotton or tissue up
the nose with a drop of some oil on it. Think Vicks Vaporub for pro riders.

Ron

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Cyclocross guys have done that forever, warmup with a wad of cotton or
tissue up
the nose with a drop of some oil on it.

Oil of Olbas

http://www.mypharmacy.co.uk/medicines/medicines/o/olbas/olbas_oil.htm

RicodJour said:

On Jul 7, 11:33 am, ronaldo_jeremiah <[email hidden]>

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On Jul 7, 10:15 am, RicodJour <[email hidden]> wrote:

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Watching the prologue and there was a guy warming up on the rollers
and he had white tubes/plugssticking out of hisnose. I'm used to
seeing the Breathe Right strips, but I don't know what those tubes/
plugsare for. Are they medicated to open the air passages or
something? If so, with what?

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There's some old school cycling wisdom that says if you have a cold,
blocking yournoseduring your warm up will raise the temperature in
their just enough to kill the germs you have. I'm sure it does not
work as advertised, but it might also get things flowing a little more
freely in there, which might make you feel better for a few minutes
afterward.

I asked my nephew and he said there's either menthol or eucalyptus oil
on the tubes - notplugs- to help clear the nasal passages. That
makes sense to me. I wonder if they'll be banning menthol or
eucalyptus oil...

R

It's funny because one bit of advice medical folks give for fighting
exercise-induced asthma (which we know tons of the pros suffer from by
looking at their medical prescriptions) is to breathe solely through
your nose for the first half-hour or so, on the thought that air
inhaled through the mouth is dryer and thus more likely to irritate
the lungs/breathing passages.--Shayana Kadidal

Carl Sundquist said:

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Cyclocross guys have done that forever, warmup with a wad of cotton or
tissue up
the nose with a drop of some oil on it.

Oil of Olbas

http://www.mypharmacy.co.uk/medicines/medicines/o/olbas/olbas_oil.htm

I've tried Oil of Old Lady. The application was fun, but I don't
think I could do it riding a bike.

R

I remember DR Karl (from triple J) also advocates the blocking of the nose to kill germs.......if Dr Karl says it is so then it must be so!

C

Must be uncomfortable to be wearing nose plugs during warm up. I've only encountered a few folks having these on over the years. I really don't understand if they truly provide any benefits to the user. Personally, I would never use them even if I did have a cold. I would simply warm up at a more relaxed pace.

I don't think I would be able to wear nose plugs at all during riding or warming up.

Just the thought is making me feel slightly panicky and I'd want to rip them off as soon as possible I think.

It's an old practice based on a faulty premise. If anything you will make a cold or allergy worse by doing it.

Jcycle said:

It's an old practice based on a faulty premise. If anything you will make a cold or allergy worse by doing it.

How does it work? Obviously I'm guessing the practice is to make you breathe through your mouth only but when you're warming up or the body is being put under load you're gonna want to get as much air into your lungs as possible right?

I'm sure it does not perform as promoted, but it might also get factors streaming a little more easily in there, which might cause you to experience better for a few moments subsequently.