Is there a workout to help increase lung capacity?

[Anonymous]

I have CF and I joined a gym a little over a year ago and I've kicked it up the past 8 months and I'm in the best shape of my life but my endurance is still very limited and I gave up on it cause my lungs just kept giving up on me. But I have started running in the treadmill and I was bad, better than I was in the mile in gym class but still bad. I tried to run the mile in under 10:00 and I had 0.86 done with 43 seconds left, I turned it up high and I couldn't breath at all, I started to choke a little but I kept going and almost got it, when time expired I had ran 0.96 miles and I was very mad and disappointed in myself. Yesterday I tried to run half a mile in 5:00 and I got 0.53 in that time. I found I can force run a max of 45 seconds after I'm completely out of air before I collapse. Is there a workout that can increase my lung capacity?

[Man4DaJoB]

-while running breathe properly
-building stamina takes time
-pace yourself you can't just run every 10 steps with different paces
-try to go almost full speed like 70% for 10 secs then after feeling comfortable try to go for longer like 15 secs and so on
-target shoulders/quads/hamstring/calves/abdominal all are factors in running
-take it slow it will take time consistency is the key budd

[takumii]

Yea.. CPR.

Well, you should be looking to increase your stamina. You should be able to do 1 mile in 10 minutes though. The key is not use your full potential in short bursts. Do first 4 minutes at level 9 .. Then 1 minute at your max speed say level 16.
Then again 4 minutes at level 9 and then 1 minute at level 16.

[Jxpxtxr]

Any cardio exercise in general is good for that matter.
Try just running, really. Improving your stamina isn't a from a 0 to a hero process, it takes time and patience. Don't expect miracles. Just keep exercising on a regular basis and you'll improve steadily.

[Sara413]

You should talk to your Dr about that. The last thing you want to do is overwork yourself or push your body past what it can handle. You need to be careful.

[06CuriousMind]

go into a pool, dunk your head under and last as long as you can. the more you do it, the larger your lung capacity will get

[Anonymous]

All workouts will help out with your endurance. I think Pilates especially because its focused on the core

[isjusti]

Have you tried swimming?

[Asker]

No, I haven't

[Asker]

Not as a work out

[isjusti]

i know swimming helps a lot when people have asthma, in fact is recomented for them. I know your condition is different but maybe worth asking your doctor if it would benefit you, i believe it would

[Anonymous]

Swimmers have amazing lung capacity

[Anonymous]

Running for sure.