Originally Posted by
alexp247365
I was a smoker for 15 years, and this June will be 3 years smoke free.
Originally Posted by
alexp247365
My team-mates have said in the past that they always knew i was behind them because of my hacking and snot rockets. I'm guessing this is a compounded breathing problem of some form of sleep apnea combined with exercise induced asthma with not knowing how to breathe on the bike.
I think you're overlooking an obvious explanation.
And unfortuantely, the lung damage that results in breathing difficulty doesn't go away from quitting.
You can avoid doing further damage by not smoking, and you can compensate by training, but the damage is not reversible.
http://www.health.com/health/conditi...267010,00.html
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Last edited by merlinextraligh; 02-22-12 at 12:40 PM.