Welcome to the "Ultra Athlete with Asthma" RU-vid channel! I'm Jonny Havey, and I'm not just an athlete; I'm an ultra runner and endurance athlete with asthma.
If you've ever wondered, "Can you be an athlete with asthma?" I've been there too. As a dedicated soccer player in my youth, my inhaler was a constant companion on the field. But a pivotal moment came when a new doctor encouraged me to strengthen my lungs. This propelled me to explore the majestic heights of Colorado's 14ers, where I began my journey into endurance sports and yoga.
This channel is where I share my lifelong discoveries about thriving as an athlete with asthma. From invaluable training tips to managing asthma during workouts, I'm your ultimate resource for all things "ultra," "athlete," and "asthma."
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Great video. I’m 50 years old and have exercise induced asthma and was told that due to having poor treatment during childhood my lungs are likely scarred. Have definitely learned over the years that warming up is key for the lungs to adjust to the environment gradually. Also having a cold or virus can really scupper exercise progress as the asthma symptoms tend to hang around weeks after the cold has gone.
It’s all about budgeting your calories just like you budget your money. If you have the calories available for a cheat meal every week then you can technically eat a whatever you want for it.
@@patdalke3522 this is an amazing story. Asthma is all about progressive overload. In other words, we want to slowly build up the strength of our lungs over time while making sure we are safe with our backstops being our inhalers and other things our doctors prescribe.
I'm in Jr high rn and we have to do like a 2 mile run every Wednesday and I have really bad asthma that had awalus taken a bug tole on my running g ability so I'm hoping running every Wednesday will help strengthen my lungs
The key is to progressively increase your cardio. I recommend walk/running to increase your mileage and starting slow with your pace as well. This is how I built my way up to running 50+ mile ultras.
Always have your inhaler on you and make sure you run with people so that they can watch you as well. Focus on strong exhales and you will train yourself to take bigger inahales. I am rooting for you.
Yeah but it’s super bad for your knees. We only lived to like 30 so it didn’t matter. It’s only in the last 100 years we managed to increase life span to 80 and so you want your knees to last longer than 30… don’t trail run.
Appreciate your thoughts. There is actually a misconception on how long we used to live and how running affects our body. We actually still lived into our late 60s. Yes people died younger because of disease and being killed, but the best runners were older people. And to this day a 64 year old is as good of a runner as a 19 year old.
Now, trail running is actually a lot better on your body then running sidewalks and asphalt. And it is not running that is bad for your knees it is running with thick shoes that is bad for your knees. Barefoot and minimalistic shoe runners have far less injuries.
Lastly, all of the major diseases that afflict us in modern society - heart disease, cancer, metabolic disorders like diabetes, and dementia/Alzheimer’s were not a problem until the modern era of humans. Consistent exercise (like running) decreases all cause mortality rates by 30%+ which is better than any drug or lifestyle change you can make.
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That’s a great idea. I’ve listened to red zone before while running on Sundays. My favorite is to listen to an audiobook like “born to run” while running though.
Definitely. Great way to zone in and get long runs in. Sometimes i just take my headphones off and focus on my breathe while “run dreaming” about whatever is going on in life.
@@Athletewithasthma My grandmother lived till like 91. She never ever took care of herself. Smoked. Soda. No exercise. Think you’ll live till 91? Hope so. Good luck.
The oldest person to ever live was 124, and she smoked a cigar and drank a glass of bourbon every day. Some people have the genes to do it. For those of us not blessed with those genes we have to work a lot harder and focus on preventing the 4x biggest killers - cardiovascular disease, cancer, neurodegenerative disease and diabetes. Consistent exercise decreases all cause mortality rates by 35%+. I hope I have the genes of my grandpa who lived without disease until he was just shy of 99 years old, but if I don’t have those genes I am going to do whatever I can to set myself up for running a 50 mile race at age 100. You want to join me?
You got this. Been rereading David Goggins “Can’t hurt me” while running the past couple weeks. Definitely recommend the read if you haven’t read it already.
I am currently running with topos, but my philosophy is running with shoes with as little cushion as possible. For me, more cushion equal is more injuries.
I don’t want to say anything bad but I don’t wanna see the internet go back to nothing but weird smiley faces everywhere or when it was just perfume or “happy” things and insane people your encouraging them
Here in Britain we have this thing called parkrun where every Saturday people meet up and run a 5k on a trail. It’s very accessible and got me into running. Id you ever come up the uk you should try it
I also personally like running trails because there is a lot more nature and a lot less bikes and people (I used to be a biker so no offense to bikers, it’s just more relaxing running without bikes passing you all the time).
It is too bad that there are unsafe people out there. In general if someone is going to run at night for an extended period of time they should run with someone else and not by themselves. This run I did was close to my place and started with sunlight and ended in the dark. Another thing is you should always share your location with a trusted person.
While you will typically run faster on concrete or asphalt through the city, trail running is easier on the body due to the cushioning you get running on a much softer surface being dirt.
Preach! So true. It’s hard to admit but you will always have problems, you can chose problems you want to have. Even rich people have problems but different kinds of problems.
