My friend 'A' has found a really beautiful walk around the suburbs of West Asheville. Yesterday was our first go at it. I didn't want to take my inhaler and resisted, but my chest became super tight and I felt very strained to breathe; not just a little, but a lot. I am learning that it is best to take the inhaler than to put that strain on my heart and lungs, so I took it.
The walk is a slightly challenging one. Slightly meaning, it was difficult the first time, but already easier the second time. I imagine that in no time it will seem super simple. My heart gets pumping. My breathing speeds up. I start taking off layers of clothing. A large portion of it is up, up, up...(think San Francisco type hills, several blocks up). It is a great nice workout.
I have realized over the last two days of taking a cardio walk that I need to walk every day, but to be reasonable, I'll settle for three times a week. :)
The thing is, I don't believe in 'exercise induced' asthma. I think it is simply a vicious cycle. Asthmatics don't exercise because they get asthma. Asthmatics get asthma because they don't exercise. Even though I had asthma yesterday due to the walk, I just knew that if I did it again I would increase my lung power. Doing it regularly, I believe, actually HELPS asthma.
It seems the time to start exercising is not only upon me, but has already begun.
Viva la lung power!
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