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Hey /fit/ I recently started running and I'm having trouble breathing when I do. I usually do a 1-2-3-4 count where I breath in on 1-2 and breath out on 3-4. Usually this leaves me feeling like I my lungs are on fire. Any other breathing techniques I can try?

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>> Anonymous
Just keep at it, you probably aren't breathing incorrectly, your lungs are just on fire because you just started running, it happened to me.

After a few weeks it'll be gone.
>> Anonymous
>>50710
*recently*

Everything good takes time. Keep at it. When you're in shape enough to run the same distance at the same pace and not feel winded, it's time to go faster and longer =). This is what working out is all about.
>> Anonymous
>I recently started running
>having trouble breathing when I do

hey! welcome to running!
>> Anonymous
I had this problem and it never went away. Maybe i just wasn't doing cardio often enough. I went to the doctor who gave me a lung capacity test. It was above average and I apparently didn't have asthma. I also tended to sweat profusely. I couldn't maintain my stamina. I just ran out of breath. I never actually got tired in the muscles.

Could I have been pushing myself too far. Trying to go too fast, or for too long?
>> Anonymous
OP here: Thanks guys, I guess I'll just keep at it. I'll be going today and I'm wondering how far I should go or how long I should go for.
>> Anonymous
here's what I recommend since you just started, this is basically what I did:

- work up to a single, continuous mile in less than 8:30
- start HIIT, and on alternating days work up to 2 mile runs
- bump up HIIT difficulty and start doing 4 miles

by the time you can do 4 mile runs the breathing shit should improve.
>> Anonymous
>>50815
Define HIIT.
>> Anonymous
>>50817
High Intensity Interval Training.
/r/ the link of the site that everyone and their mother suggests using?
>> Anonymous
This is how I do it when running: Right foot lands in front of me, breathe in. Right foot lands in front of me again, exhale. Been running for over 3 years like that and have never had any trouble breathing.
>> Anonymous
I'll try that but I'm not sure that will leave me enough time to get a good breath.
>> Anonymous
>>50710
Maybe inhale/exhale for three beats instead of two?
>> Anonymous
>>50820

Don't have the link off hand, but a pretty basic HIIT plan for a beginning runner would look like this:

30 Seconds Jogging
30 Seconds Sprinting
30 Seconds Jogging
30 Seconds Sprinting
30 Seconds Jogging
30 Seconds Sprinting
30 Seconds Jogging
30 Seconds Sprinting

Start with four minutes and make your way up. The longevity doesn't matter, just make sure you are running as fast as you can on the sprints. The goal is to be completely fucking tired when you are done. If you aren't feeling like shit for 30 minutes afterwards (especially on your first few attempts) then you are doing it wrong.
>> Anonymous
>>50933

Same poster.

I had trouble breaking the four mile mark and training HIIT definately helped out. After three solid weeks of HIIT, I found that "just" jogging/running was easy and breathing was a breeze.
>> Anonymous
>>50898

yeah good idea. I can try variations on it.
>> Anonymous
Basically the same thing happened to me. When I started jogging I was really out of shape... 5 min. and I was dead. Out of breath big time and felt sick.

Few weeks later and I only get that if I go for really long distances. Once you're in shape it'll be gone. Just give it time.
>> Anonymous
Where do you do HIIT? Treadmills? If I do anything above 7 mph, the treadmill shakes a lot and I make a lot of noise. It's not the greatest treadmill of course, but still.
>> Anonymous
>>50933
Not OP, but I've been doing this for 100 paces rather than using a time for measurement, is this ok or am I fucking up something?