Nose problem? No cardio?

[musclemax]

I am 25 and pretty out of shape. At some point (when I was 18) I could jog for 1 hour straight and stop because I was bored not because I was tired. The thing is that even then my friends had even better cardio than I did. And once I was told my nose bone may be a little deformed or moved cuz otherwise I would have a much better cardio. I am doing boxing now and I feel my cardio is crap and that my nose can take very little air. How can I know whether I should get my nose fixed or whether I have an actual problem with the ammount of oxygen my nose can take?

Sorry if this is a silly question, I assume it is not. One of my noseholes looks like Myke Tyson's (HUGE) and the other one is pretty small, you can even notice that in pictures.

Thanks guys.

[Revok]

My nose is largely ornamental too. I've tried breathing through it while doing cardio but it's like sucking air through a straw, no matter how many snot rockets I blast out or how well-kempt my nasal hair is.

I wouldn't say it has impeded my cardio though. I have better cardio than anybody I know.... but what might I be with functional nasal passages? We shall never know.

[musclemax]

Revok thank you for your reply. so you say that less than ideal nasal passages have no heavy detrimental effects on an athlete's cardio? I am glad to hear that (I hope I am understanding you correctly).

You mentioned "I have tried using it..." so you don't really breathe through your nose as you do cardio work? I try to breathe through my nose and exhale through my mouth but after a while I feel really frustrated with my nose air intake. I try to breathe so hard I can feel all sorts of things (mucus, sweat, water).

please keep posting. thanks guys.

[CroCopViaKO]

I have this same problem, i have a deviated septum that i'm thinking about having taken care of. It makes it hard to train and run with it.

[musclemax]

CroCop, I have considered the same option. I am not that serious into MMA but I really feel my cardio is missing partly because of this problem.

Is the procedure easy/safe? thanks guys.

[Revok]

Originally Posted by musclemax

Revok thank you for your reply. so you say that less than ideal nasal passages have no heavy detrimental effects on an athlete's cardio? I am glad to hear that (I hope I am understanding you correctly).

You mentioned "I have tried using it..." so you don't really breathe through your nose as you do cardio work? I try to breathe through my nose and exhale through my mouth but after a while I feel really frustrated with my nose air intake. I try to breathe so hard I can feel all sorts of things (mucus, sweat, water).

please keep posting. thanks guys.

Yes, when I say my nose is ornamental I mean it has zero practical use when it comes to breathing during cardio. During sprints and such I breathe entirely through my mouth, but on long runs where breath can to be controlled I mess around with different methods, in through the mouth/out the nose, or taking air through my nose and mouth simultaneously but with a 25/75% split (it takes some practice).


I remember someone on here saying that breathing in through the nose and out through the mouth creates a cycle of air, meaning you're never inhaling any stale/exhaled air, and so your breathing is maximally efficient. How true that is I don't know.