How Your Lungs "Change" With Exercise

[@thinghammer]

As a heart attack survivor, former heavy drinker and all around dope, getting rid of the alcohol and about 45lbs has been the greatest transformation ever. This is very interesting stuff. Very well presented.

[@charmsly9506]

Good stuff man

[@coreybarnett7785]

I am SO GLAD I came across this video. Because I get frustrated as I exercise, because it would seem like I would get tired a lot quicker than I would like to; especially jogging or running. You sort of helped me understand what goes on inside my body as I exercise. But prayerfully as I continue to exercise, my lungs will become a lot stronger so I can have some endurance with my exercises. Thanks again for this cool lesson!

[@zakazan8561]

It's also important to note that with inspiratory muscle training, you can train the diaphragm muscles to become much stronger and this is a therapy that is used for people with COPD and sleep apnea. In sleep apnea patients, this training does not improve AHI numbers, but improves quality of life for patients and reduces the amount of wakefulness they experience when they have an apnea episode during sleep. Musicians that play wind instruments also have notably less instances of sleep apnea than their counterparts, so expiratory muscle training may also be a benefit for some people as well.

[@PrashantMaurice]

"Musicians that play wind instruments also have notably less instances of sleep apnea" there could be selection bias here musicians are self selected for people with good lung health

[@stopasking9745]

Thank you that was a truly informative comment

[@joegaruccio9708]

Do you know if there is a way to get the diaphragm working again because no doctor has been able to assist me with this after telling me my cousins is paralysed. Its obviouslyextremely hard for him to breath now and get enough oxygen and this has started effecting all his muscles which are wasting away at a rapid speed and his skin is dying and hands going black and white patchy. Out of nowhere this happened and I am looking for help if anyone can or knows anything or anyone that can help me please reach out. Much love and thanks in advance ! God Bless !

[@citricdemon]

I play the trumpet, and got my chest x-rayed after a bad fall. The technician asked if i swam, because my lungs extended far past my ribs, almost to my hips. The type of trumpet i play, DCI, is especially LOUD and LONG, so we have INCREDIBLY extensive breath training.

[@emilyvee4922]

No one really knows this when they start playing an instrument st age 6.

[@skiak004]

Great explanation as always. I've competed in cycling, Nordic skiing and running my whole life and at 64 I have a Vo2 max of 64. I'm not gifted, so I've had to train my arse off to stay strong, but it's been worth it. This video explains so clearly why it's so important to keep moving and yes, suffer a bit, to stay mobile and be able to do anything you could do in your 20s, albeit slower, in your 60s and beyond. Thanks for your channel~ always my first go to when you post.

[@SuperMissblueeyes]

I would say (very simply, it's actually more complicated & you've touched on it here), while your lung structure doesn't change, lung function can improve with exercise. As a flute player, singer & asthmatic, also affected by the breathing issues caused by long COVID, I've noticed a reasonable improvement in my lung function by spending a short time (20-30minutes) singing every day. This is partly due to singing being good airway clearance, but it also helps my breathing, which helps my lung function. Having had my flute stolen, I'm currently saving towards a lovely new flute, which I know will make even more of a difference. And I'm finally feeling well enough after COVID (I was on a ventilator in the ICU in January 2021), to start gentle exercise on my exercise bike again. I know this will be a huge help. For context, I'm also a health scientist & absolutely love your videos. The great thing about medicine & health science is that you can never learn everything, but I learn something new in every one of your videos. There have also been many times when you've covered a topic that I'm currently learning or revising. Thank you.

[@eugenetswong]

Thank you for sharing your experience!

[@SuperMissblueeyes]

@@eugenetswong You're welcome. I hope it's helpful.

[@fnxagent1376]

It was very helpfull

[@SuperMissblueeyes]

@@fnxagent1376 I'm glad.

[@jlv3x]

I am also an asthmatic and have always noticed how much certain exercises help my overall breathing. Glad to hear you're doing better after long term COVID. I got COVID back in February of 2020, and I believe my level of physical activity at that time helped to shorten the length of time I had it.

[@jacksonclark3493]

I know nothing about anatomy but you just gave me so much useful info to give me a reason to be healthier since I’ve been having a lot of brain fog lately I think this video is going to help a lot with my health physically and mentally

[@kpec3]

Good video! When I started running, I decided to breathe only through my nose. The first two weeks when I was sprinting during my run, it was very uncomfortable when I slowed back to the jog. Then I adapted and it wasn't uncomfortable. For a guy approaching 50, I got some speed and distance too.

[@ChrisCapoccia]

My dad got a spirometer recently, and it turned into a entertaining family game for who could breathe the most. There are a lot of other adaptations besides lung size. People can learn how to breathe with their diaphragm and accessory muscles instead of just their chest. So maybe not changing the lung, but utilizing more effectively. The spirometer chart of expected capacity seemed like it needed some big error bars.

[@SANYIIIIIIIIIII]

how do you breath with the pecs?

[@Dirty_white_boy]

Heck yeah! I just got my 02 trainer in and can't wait to see things progress.

[@cleon_teunissen]

About breathing: the native breathing mode is diaphragm breathing. For instance, babies breathe with diaphragm breathing, because they are still functioning on instinct. Using motion of the rib cage to breathe is actually the *auxillary* system. (Conjecture why rib cage breathing exists at all: during the last months of pregnancy the internal organs are displaced so much that diaphragm breathing is impeded. For that extreme circumstance an emergency mode has evolved: rib cage breathing.) To fysiologists the question is: how does it come about that in in western society so many people have lost diaphragm breathing? Learning to breathe with the diaphragm is not learning a new behavior, it is *recovering* a native breathing mode that in the course of growing up somehow was lost. Trained singers use diaphragm breathing (I'm a singer). With diaphragm breathing you have a longer stroke. With diaphragm breathing the fysiology is better grounded. I am so accustomed to diaphragm breathing that even when I'm during heavy exercise I rely on diaphragm breathing only. I'm still capable of rib cage breathing, but my rib cage muscles are so unaccustomed to be used for breathing that it feels weird.

[@ChrisCapoccia]

@@cleon_teunissen even shallow breathing is with the diaphragm. No idea what you mean by native breathing mode. Sounds like this is just nonscientific visualization for musicians or something

[@noniebumst]

​@@ChrisCapoccia take a look at what a rib flare is and how to counteract it.

[@normapadro420]

Hi. I like your channel. This one is very familiar. I have health issues. I'm on blood pressure meds, diabetes meds, and have asthma since I was 9 months old. I dealt with health issues for many years. Since then my energy levels have always been low. I manage to exercise even though my capabilities are limited. It has never helped my lungs at all, but I notice that I can recover from illnesses, and my body feels nice afterwards. I work with what I have. Low energy, lethargic, and all. Exercise has helped me with mobility too. I can't lift anything heavy, but my body weight can make my muscles fatigue with little effort. I use this as an advantage. Once I learned that I could do little things like that I use my own resistance as exercise. Muscle failure with nothing heavy has helped me. Exercise helps, but not the lungs, or breathing. This is my experience. Thank you for showing this. For years I have shared this with my doctors.

[@DBeynon-y7f]

Nicely done! Of course there is also the Hematacrit and Hemoglobin and Iron that is also a key part of getting the O2 from the lungs to the skeletal muscles. The biggest misconception about breathing during exercise is breathing through the nose on inspiration and out through the mouth will deliver more O2 and the biggest concept about breathing during exercise that is either forgotten about or not well known which is, breathing also helps to regulate body temperature. Effective breathing is not just gas exchange it also involves ventelation as well as.

[@wanna-be-cowboy]

This makes a lot of sense to me. I have always been considered by everyone who knows me to be very fit, but I have Alway struggled with a burning sensation in my lungs and felt my airways restrict. fast forward to 27 years old and I'm diagnosed with asthma. Even though last year I had a RHR of around 49 I still had to take my inhalers before exercise otherwise the burning in my lungs and feeling of restriction in my throat would still be there. I suppose I've know this information intuitively for a few years now but thought I was mad. Thanks for confirming

[@dcp303]

Hi there! Great video. I just wanted to point out that in some rare scenarios lung size and capacity adaptations do happen. For example, I have an absent right pulmonary artery. Due to the lack of blood flow to my right lung, my left lung has grown abnormally large to compensate. In fact, it’s so big that it has actually pushed my heart to the center of my body! Not taking away from the general points you’ve listed, but thought it would be an interesting tidbit and just goes to show how amazingly adaptable our bodies are!

[@thehotdog8402]

Love all your videos, I've learned a lot from them. I incorporate the information into my workouts, and it really helps me keep more aware of my health. Thanks

[@theanatomylab]

Glad to hear it! Thanks for watching!

[@veeramachaneninarasimha9802]

Please Do share those workout plans you made it would be helpful to others

[@PrateekSaini]

Not sure how much time I'll require to increase my lung capacity but this video increased my information capacity in just 13 minutes. thanks for explaining complex stuff in such a simple way.

[@kaischreurs2488]

this helped me make sense of something I had noticed, even when pushing my endurance to the limit I still wasn't breathing as fast/deeply as I could and when I manually did it didn't help at all. this makes a lot more sense now that I know that moving enough air isn't the issue.

[@H-S.]

I really appreciated all that extra capacity a few years ago, when I got spontaneous pneumothorax and one of my lungs almost completely deflated. Even just walking felt exhausting, and my heart rate went up pretty high (probably to tap into the reserves of the remaining healthy lung as you explained?), but other than that, it seems my body did not care all that much that it just lost 50 % of air supply. Sometimes I can't decide if our bodies are unbelievably fragile, or unbelievably robust. :)

[@jasonreed7522]

I would say the answer is both, we are unbelievably fragile (easily injured, and many things are instant death in this world), and yet we are unbelievably tough (we are very hard to kill and can recover to be mostly functional from some pretty gruesome injuries). Take arc flash events, its a fate worse than death that people survive. (Tldr for them is: its when electricity jumps out of a panel and before the breaker trips the plasmaball hits you and it cooks you at all tissue depths including the bones, the recovery process is insanely painful. Always wear appropriate PPE)

[@briecolon9088]

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[@ivoryas1696]

@@jasonreed7522 Honestly, I almost want to say it depends instead of both, but I don't want to sound like I'm trying to correct you. You put it well.

[@thunderred5263]

It just works just fine enough for you to grow up and reproduce doesnt care much after that

[@abhayanand9585]

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[@sophiaisabelle027]

We appreciate the amount of useful information we receive from this video alone. May God bless you all.

[@theanatomylab]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Bootyeater6969_]

Soos

[@Jwxx13]

May Odin give all wisdom; and Thor giving you strength. The information was very helpful indeed. 👁️👄👁️

[@pogdog5858]

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[@Jwxx13]

@@pogdog5858 No actually I follow the Norse Religion. Have been for a year now. 😁

[@The_Ethereal_Nature]

I always learn something new from your videos....thank you so much for bringing up amazing content✨️

[@beckytaylor6885]

Your videos have really increased my appreciation of my body. It makes me want to take good care of it.

[@ItsKentuckyNaNasLife]

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[@renferal5290]

I remember the first time I ran at altitude, It was really hard. After a while, though, it became easy as I got used to it

[@The_Kirk_Lazarus]

Because your body made more red blood cells as an adaptation.

[@joaopedrosousa5636]

Wow. This video took me away of trying to breathe differently to improve performance. It wasn't working, I was worse than when I naturally ran in the previous periods of my life. Knowing it was the heart, I tested and I had my heart and breathing "in sync" all along. Good knowledge this one

[@billygoatpapa1]

I appreciate these videos. I don't come from a medical background, but I find these videos fascinating. Thank you!!

[@tsancio]

I've always wondered how my asthma affects my running. This year I ran a 21k trail race at high altitude (13,000 feet) and didn't have major issues breathing, but perhaps I was lucky. So many things to learn...

[@theshadow8008]

Just rode a 114kms with my mtb and watching this while cooling down, informative vids John.

[@RicardoMontania]

That's quite a trip. Nice.

[@ferna2294]

Holy cow that´s a lot.

[@MonderMatrix]

I think body builders are the best candidate to think about for a potenial lung bottle nick, because they have more times more muscle to burn oxygen. they do get out of breath fast when they run for example.

[@kingdbox96]

I felt 0:05 in my SOUL

[@martinbernal5693]

Great video Been getting on the tread mill every other day for about an hour. Pump my heart up to 150 for 30 minutes, then 160 for 25, then 170 for the last 5, give a few minutes here or there.

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[@user-zu1ix3yq2w]

Why tho

[@jeremymurphy7320]

I guess I now know why at the beginning of the summer swim season (when I was maybe 13) after only doing minimal or no exercise in springtime, I could only make a single pass across a 25m pool underwater without breathing and the return trip was maybe only 2m. By the time a couple weeks had passed and I was in competitive swimming shape, I could easily make a 50m trip underwater.

[@aureliorubio7392]

Man I'm a runner and all I can say is that this vid is very informative. So my lungs don't grow bigger but my system becomes more efficient.

[@iloveyellow7214]

As a lady. You made me very happy. You made me realize I worth every second and every penny I spend making my life great after I survived my traumatic brain injury in 2018. Tha ks for making this video... All your videos. Thanks for making this chanell exist 😘 Sending love from Manila

[@KEZAMINE]

God Bless you sis

[@srikantdelhi]

Good job as ever.👍 As regards the capacity of hardware (thoracic cavity etc), the software (motivation, will power, given situation etc.) also plays a crucial role in determining the extent of the utilisation of the hardware. It is not purely a quantitative relation, but also a qualitative one. Also. there is an inherent weakness in the purely object-ive study, that misses to see subjective transformations or alteration of the object's (lungs etc) altered relationships or quality of relationship with whom it has to be in relation, i.e. other organs.

[@dirceuvaladas9490]

I love your videos Jonathan, thank you for keeping on.

[@wendyrosedavis1037]

Hi and WOW Such a fascinating topic on lungs etc ! As a relatively new jogger , step up from speed walking . I found this video ery helpful. I sing whilst jogging too. Not the whole song mind you but ..singing helps the lungs , heart and blood system! Recently told I'm in remission, still did jog/walk during treatments..as much as I could tolerate . It helped . Just like you did as well ❤🐾😊 Thank you !

[@ira6133]

Imagine if our rib cage could actually expand in order for our lungs to grow bigger in size🙂

[@theanatomylab]

👍🏻

[@paulojrg]

@tradde11 You can develop the breathing through/to your belly like babies and kids do naturally.

[@jaybee608]

That's what I say!

[@bobp6742]

You can do what i did and smash them all, it does work tho 😉

[@oglostingaming]

what do you think happens when you grow into an adult lmfao

[@deepasampathkumar]

When does the rib cage stop growing? And if children exercised well , could they develop larger rib cages or is it largely based on genetics

[@bobp6742]

Back in 2004 I had a agriculture tractor fall on top of me, amongst the many injuries I had smashed all my ribs and punctured both lungs. Due to the work I did at the time I had to have a rigorous medical every year this involved testing lung capacity. 2 years after my accident I was deemed fit to return to work but had to have a medical first. When the results came in my lung capacity had increased a fair amount (can't remember by how much now but it was a significant amount) the doctor could only suggest the increase was due to the deep breathing exercises i had been doing while my ribs were healing had increased my chest cavity. I wouldn't recommend this way to increase lung capacity though as its a fairly painful way to do it 😆

[@kwameofori8947]

Well done

[@margodphd]

Oh, don't worry, most of of can't afford an agricultural tractor anyway 😂

[@MontrealTaylor]

I read in a few articles that the more you run the more increase in capillaries and you also increase the # of alveoli in the lungs to help with the increase in oxygen demand and carbon dioxide explusion., thats actually an adaption to the lungs.

[@zoobi27]

Hi, just giving a few more infos about what I read in terms of VO2 max oriented physiological adaptations that were not mentionned : 1) There are different types of muscles fibers. Long story short, some are not powerful yet have stamina -they can contract for a "long" amount of time before being tired- some are really strong but get tired quickly, some are between the two. When you specialize (especially true when you are an elite athlete) you can convert some fibers to the type your muscles need to maximize a task : slow fibers for marathons, quick ones for strongman and strength sports 2) Why having more capillaries is important for our blood / air exchange : well I supposed that what you meant exactly is you get more blood vessels closer to the interface between air and the cells. As the Fick law's describe molecular exchanges with physical parameters, it is well known the the thinner the interface is and the faster the exchange happens. Also having the pulmonary surfactant helps reducing the surface tension, allowing for a more efficient molecular exchange of gas (along with other abilities i don't mention) 3) Regarding respiration (cellular process, not the ventilation or pulmonary gas exchange cycle !!) it is well known that when your efforts focus to VO2 max (but probably even ever so slightly at least for strength sports) muscles increase their density in mitochondria. As they are the ultimate organelles, or place within the cell where the conversion of what were lipid (there are other ways for protein degradation products, amino acids, and sugars) but anyway, that's where everything is transformed in ATP, the holy grail of energy molecule for basically almost everything in the cell. Sometimes, we observe a higher concentration, also an adaptation, in glycogen content is muscle fibers, as energy storage.

[@DataCraftsman]

I was literally thinking about this a few days ago. Thanks for the great content.

[@heathermatthews8286]

Can you do a video about pulmonary emboli and cardiac emboli. I am recovering from blood clots that started in my legs and moved up to my lungs and heart. The doctor said it was a miracle that I survived. One clot in particular was in my lung behind my heart and was so large that I went into heart failure. The doctors also told me that I literally had a clot in all the branching of my lungs. They were unable to count them. No exaggerating. They said ct scans that they had seen like mind had all been fatal. I've been in physical therapy for months and months bc of all the damage done and I'm about to do a 4 month round of pulmonary and cardiac therapy and then resusing more physical therapy. I would like to see what the blood clots look like and how they do so much damage. If you get the opportunity to make a video about blood clots please do so.

[@rohanfernando21]

This was very insightful, somwthing i've never thought of. Thank you!

[@theanatomylab]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Aragorn.Strider]

Thank you for the information!

[@NotContinuum]

Related question: What causes that burning in the lungs/chest when undergoing vigorous exercise?

[@joaovitorprestesaraujo9275]

I'be heard it is from co2 buildup, generally caused by high activity when you are sedentary(from my experience, as when i began running it hurt but after 2 weeks or so it got better and eventually stopped).

[@EvelynnTheBorderCollie]

Thats your body saying i need worked on.

[@G.lazaridis1993]

It keeps amaze me how perfectly balanced everything is. I can only imagine how you will feel about it.

[@florenceobrien2822]

Love all videos as a retired nurse nice keep updated thank 😢

[@yzenynot]

As someone with COPD I'd love to see a video explaining it.

[@theanatomylab]

We will add it to the list!

[@oglostingaming]

have you tried googling it

[@jodybogdanovich4333]

@@theanatomylab Can you include bronchiolitis obliterans (constrictive bronchiolitis) in that topic, or make a separate video? My pulmonologist said it's the same thing a lot of our veterans have because of burn pits. Mine is from either my autoimmune disease or the biologic I was taking for it.

[@callumoneill6450]

I had h1n1 5 years ago. 70 % lung capacity left. What will help me besides the zen hale and salbutamol as I’m a courier and walking up some driveways almost does me in?

[@ebebebeb7283]

@@oglostingaming i don't think this person is unaware of what copd means, but they'd like to see this channel in particular cover it, possibly with the help of their cadavers

[@johncast9565]

When I had my Pulmonary Embolism, I do feel I expanded myThorasic Cavity. It took 36 hours and a few near death experiences. The pressure I felt in my chest was more painful then the clot in the artery in my lung.

[@zacharydavis4398]

Thanks for spending the time to create and share this content 🤙🏾

[@tgeliot]

Decades ago I read about a comparison between "barrel-chested" and flat-chested people. It said that the barrel-chested people had *less* dynamic lung capacity, because their rib cage would not fold down all the way, so their lungs were not completely emptied. Flat-chested people, by comparison, could squeeze out more air, and then expand their ribcage more, and so take deeper breaths. Somewhere else, I read about people in the Andes mountains, whose native ancestors had lived at high elevations for many generations They had evolved to have unusually high lung capacities.

[@kedabro1957]

Were Andean babies born that way or just change during life?

[@tgeliot]

@@kedabro1957 My impression is that they were born that way. But this is a very old memory.

[@loikvokhidov7688]

Just like regular exercise makes your muscles stronger, it also makes your lungs and heart stronger. As your physical fitness improves, your body becomes more efficient at getting oxygen into the bloodstream and transporting it to the working muscles.

[@asimian8500]

There are hard limits for everyone. In the case of lungs, you can only train up to VO2 max, which is limited by your phenotype (genetics and environmental factors). You can get stronger, but it will max out at a certain point like VO2 max. Most men will never hit a 300 lb bench press (naturally) no matter how much they train. This is why many men take PEDs like Steroids. Unfortunately, there are no drugs which increase VO2 max unless you use blood doping which isn't technically a drug but increasing red blood cells through a transfusion.

[@MrCmon113]

But your muscles take more oxygen, which means you're running out of air sooner.

[@hendrikvogel3019]

As a competitive freedive spearfisherman, I found this very interesting. I can hold my breath for 5 minutes static and has huge lung capacity. Often wondered if it can be increased even more.

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[@gnatdagnat]

Are you sponsored? Where did you learn freedive spearfishing? That's one of the coolest things I've ever heard

[@christianangelomojica374]

​@@gnatdagnat maybe they live in a place where it's more accessible e.g. coastal areas or islands (?) am not too sure, you can probably look around the internet though it maybe readily available where you are

[@1969petiza]

Wow, thanks soo much. I got out of the dark 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@ezequieladrianminniti6252]

Oxygen delivery/co2 scrubbing is not the limiting factor. Generated heat is a great limiting factor, It will make your body start sending some serious amount of blood to the skin and not to your active skeletal muscles in order to help dissipate heat to the exterior via sweating (losing water faster). That is why exercising in colder climate make you have better performance.

[@pranjalimodak7749]

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[@mungpujanarko2256]

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[@chrisolson3240]

Thank you and your friends for providing excellent information to us.

[@Ohiogirl419]

I've watched so many of these videos on your channel that the only thing I need next is a medical degree on the wall in my office LOL keep up the great work guys.

[@roguegenesis7020]

this is one of the best channels

[@andrewhall6695]

There are many other things like breathing nasally increases the volume of air to the lungs Nasal breathing also increases the production of nitric oxide which is vasodilator and reduces blood pressure and makes breathing more efficient U can also get oxygen from the spleen by the production of hemoglobin

[@stevenwelp7165]

Great Evidence-Based Path Lab Video! If you haven't already, then please also address in your same excellent clinical fashion the non-mobile various breathing exercises, seated, supine, standing still, slow movement, such as pranayama in yoga, those in martial arts, Qigong, etc.

[@approximately27goats]

As someone who likes to train the glory muscles, I do concede that this video again confirms the most important muscle is the heart, more important than the bicep

[@brianlamptey4823]

12:25 Yes I was watching everyone at the same time. They're all safe, and unaware hopefully.

[@ritasavelyev1222]

Theres a exercise call "Schroth" to use a lungs help push the spine scoliosis back to normal. I have severe scoliosis that is center, meaning close to heart and lungs. I have to schroth and breath my right lung to push that spine that is right side. It works well and takes awhile

[@Gwenx]

I (27 Female) have been tested and tested and tested at the hospital after i started experiencing breathing problems, they cannot see on the tests that i have asthma but i sure react like it, so they gave me asthma meds and it does a HUGE difference.. I could not go for a small walk without getting dizzy and having to stop here and there, the stairs to our apartment was too much, its one floor up.. And i would get a panic attack every time i ran after a but or a train, because my breathing would be limited and feel just like a panic attack. After getting the Asthma medicine, i also started doing breathing exercises for my anxiety and i find myself trying to control my breathing during exercise which really does help me to go a little further and do more then i could before. Why i got asthma as a 26 year old, may be because it has been dormant or impacted me so little that no one tested me, my big sister did have asthma as a kid so its not a big surprise, but corona was a trigger in making it worse for me, basically, i never "recovered" from many of my covid symptoms and the doctors (at least in Denmark where i live) have no idea of what to do..

[@3DHDcat]

go outside that's how I fixed mine

[@Gwenx]

@@3DHDcat Its a good advice all though, i am outside a lot already and its not really doing anything :)

[@EvelynnTheBorderCollie]

@@Gwenx ive been bodybuilding for 3 years. And I still get out of breath really fast. But I catch it back just as fast. Weird. Maybe heavy excersise could help?

[@Gwenx]

@@EvelynnTheBorderCollie Well i have heard good things about heavy exercising so maybe i should give it a try!

[@The_Kirk_Lazarus]

Look up getting the covid shot after getting covid for autoimmune reactions. It seems that the body is attacking itself due to viral infection and then the shot helps the body recognize that it shouldn't be attacking itself.

[@SurfyStories]

I just quit smoking I want to get my lungs back to normal as soon as possible, 10k steps daily is my goal.

[@itsm3th3b33]

11:42 Developing more capillaries around the areolas always a good thing.

[@ilikethispost7826]

Great video, it would be really interesting to find out what the short and long term benefits of exercise are ( that you’ve not mentioned). Also what the effects of smoking and drinking are on the body in relation to if you exercise and smoke or drink. Does it limit your performance?.

[@mysticthehorselover5979]

What I really wanted to know and I'm not sure it was explained here unless I didn't understand well, how does exercising often make it where you don't get out of breath quickly? Do your lungs just get used to taking in all the air and your heart gets used to pumping so fast? I don't exercise very often and when I run for too long I feel like I can barely breathe.

[@Betterlattethannever307]

They have a video on muscle adaptation during exercise that is really interesting.

[@CominDownCandy]

the heart is a muscle, and undergoing intense and/or steady cardio will strengthen it over time and improve blood circulation which in turn will improve endurance

[@anonperson3972]

The diaphram and intercostal muscles get stronger, your body can increase red blood cell count and muscles can increase theirmitochondria

[@qwertymanseter]

Think of it like this: Your body is always trying to use as little energy as possible at all times. If your average day consists of sitting around with occasional light movement, it's used to and optimized for that kind of energy expenditure. If you start training regularly and with at least moderate intensity, your average day will over time evolve into using more energy, and your body will adapt to that new energy expenditure. If your heart is used to sitting around, and then you start running, it's not optimized for running. But if you start running regularly, your body will realise that this is your new reality and will increase the capacity of your heart to keep up with this new reality. For the same reason your muscles gets stronger if they need to be stronger, i.e if your lifting heavy regularly.

[@mysticthehorselover5979]

@@qwertymanseter thanks for explaining it well!

[@InTheAKSnow]

I was surprised when you said it's not possible to increase lung capacity, because that is false, although in admittedly rare and specific circumstances, and is due to technique rather than exercise induced adaptation. Freedivers can use a technique called lung packing to increase lung capacity to increase both their available oxygen, but also their thoracic pressure, which is important at extreme depths.

[@The_Kirk_Lazarus]

There are specific exercises that can increase the size of the rib cage and thusly increase the space available for the lungs to occupy. Additionally, newest research shows that the lungs do have the capacity to grow via Type II alveolar cells transitioning into stem cells to generate new alveoli.

[@RosemaryGrimes-xd7qo]

I would like to know more

[@wertacus]

Watching this video after annihilating myself on a run yesterday. The most sore part of my body is the intercostal muscles. Hopefully I can train them up 😅

[@NewMessage]

Well... Guess I need to talk to my doctor about her 'exercise prescription' for my COPD.

[@djgiga2]

I'm sure exercise helps with COPD. Especially running or something very aerobic.

[@retaliationgaming8693]

XC/TR athlete here. I trained for years trying to shorten my times on world class trails. Eventually I found that I couldn't take in any more oxygen than my lungs were capable of. I had hit a wall where my output was so high, my lungs and whole gas exchange system just wouldn't keep up. I consulted various doctors and physicians all saying there is nothing wrong with my lungs, heart or bloodflow. I eventually gave up on my dreams of taking my professional career further. You would too if you were blacking out nearly every run with a maximum heart rate well above what is healthy for that age (225 once!). I hope in the future we learn more about the efficiency of gas transfer and if the lungs are ultimately the deciding factor to upper potential of physical exercise.

[@theonlyjl17]

Man that sucks. Hope you are doing better brother.

[@KarlWhite-ws1xt]

Rowing Machine in intervals.

[@athulagunasekara2977]

Getting amazed every time...Thank you

[@dandelionsdandelions1517]

I was going to ask about the probability of a video with the lungs of someone who smoked cigarettes, but I see you already have one on vaping! Will have to watch it when I get a chance.

[@kirkmcintyre5745]

So if I don't use up all the air I'm helping the environment? That's awesome. Now when my wife growls at me for not exercising, I can say I'm fighting global warming. Thanks doc.

[@dennisburke6735]

I don't know about that but they do when you're swimming! 🏊‍♂️

[@shereenmusa775]

Thank u sir for u healthy advice Shireen South Africa i have fluid in my Lungs u advice will help

[@bora996]

I normally hate ad's but i respect that man so much so i dont skip . Let him cook

[@guillaumeambroise647]

If we all have a breathing reserve how does smoking makes you out of breath with less effort than not smoking ? One might think smoking would just shrink that reserve first and therefore have no effect on one's performance, right ? Great vidéo as always!! I'd be glad to have your insight on that. Cheers

[@roverrr23]

I had severe pain Achilles Tendonitis after sprint sessions in February: did it with VaporFly v2 Had it for months and the doctor said 'running is not for you find another sport activity'. I went and ran 21 times total 120km in April, currently it is almost gone.

[@knightslinger1183]

Wow. I didn't know that I should train my heart instead of breathing capabilities. Thank a lot

[@Krill_all_health_insuranceCEOs]

I used to read some very interesting things and one book talked about the cardiovascular benefit to underwater swimming. Ever heard about it? In short it posited that sustained increased practice of swimming underwater provides a host of mild, moderate or better mental and physical therapeutic effects. I haven't given it a try for many years now but I'd like to try it again this next year. Like many I really need to do a physical reset so I hope to apply this in some training. The author claimed he saw marked results when he tried it. It's just anecdotal but it's what he said he found.

[@ultravolt4555]

In a previous video I think yall mentioned how the heart is what is actually improving/changing witrh exercise.

[@-slt]

This is the first time i'm watching your videos and I was eating a sweet sweet jam and suddenly ... a real human body! at first sight it was horeffing but after a 2 seconds I find it wonderful. thanks for the video. i would like to know more about anatomy so I'm here to stay. subscribe.

[@MarkTheRashional]

Awesome. Love this channel!

[@HomeopathicMedico]

Hello Sir, can you please make a video on hyperhydrosis. In the past video about sweating, I guess this topic was not included in the video but there were lots of comments regarding it. Edit: I really wanna learn more about hyperhydrosis...

[@gravediggerawx]

Same here, as a sufferer I would like to know exactly what's happening

[@oglostingaming]

@@gravediggerawx you're sweating profusely. you're welcome.

[@chrisplayfair9976]

Thank you. This is a fantastic channel.

[@devkumar12]

Really appreciable nice job keep it up thanks 😊 👍

[@boni378]

This is amazing human anatomy education. I am curious about body muscles and which ones we need to exercise and how to exercise. Can you provide an educational video about whole-body muscle?

[@313Nadir]

the video actually starts at 5:48

[@marcelotemer]

Very good lesson, extraordinary!

[@dr.s.p.]

I love your presentations and splendid explanations and suddenly this one just piqued my interest, insomuch as the absorption of oxygen, dependent upon exertion and of course is how we function. We put out almost as much carbon dioxide as the amount of O2 absorbed. Our actual absorption rate will increase of course with exertion, never mind the inconsequential carrier gas and accelerated breathing and this, sort of stays the same, but if you go under pressure it becomes interesting. Divers working at depth have similar absorption rates as normal, but of course the partial pressure is different at depth and compensates for this in quite alarming ways if depth is continued without manipulation, (but then oxygen and inert gasses as said must be manipulated for the diver to continue normal function as is possible), but the body needs additional oxygen while carrying out great exertion at depth. But that oxygen becomes toxic pretty quickly as we go deeper. Because we breathe appropriately 21% oxygen, or a partial pressure of .21 on land; as we go deeper the actual partial pressure of oxygen changes and at 33 feet, or 1 atmosphere in depth, or 2 atmospheres absolute, the equivalent pressure of oxygen is double that as it was at the surface. This partial pressure is extremely important the deeper one goes, so as not to initiate oxygen toxicity, but higher than normal oxygen levels are facilitated for safe and efficient work while at various depths, (which can elevate to the equivalent of us breathing up to 200% oxygen on the surface - and more for hyperbaric treatments for healing with a higher partial pressure of oxygen than normal). The partial pressure of oxygen manipulated in percentage, together with an acceptable and manipulated inert gas carriers, at greater depths, presents a challenge as to what maximum oxygen levels, while carrying out very hard work, one can give the body, before oxygen toxicity happens and finding the perfect equilibrium. This is further manipulated when divers live under pressure in a saturation chamber, where oxygen levels are appropriate for resting, while a greater (relative) percentage is supplied when the divers exit their bell and go to work at depth. The body takes oxygen happily to energize in life anyway and is probably why certain yoga techniques, or even Wim Hof breathing is so beneficial. At depth the body requires a little more oxygen than folk on the surface. It was just to add another dimension to the way the body is and the way the body needs oxygen to survive.

[@positivevibes4eva]

I must be getting sleepy. I read it as "How your lunges change with exercise" as in the lunge exercise. Watched 7 minutes 30 Seconds of this video then noticed that. But the information is pretty cool to in this video

[@Barbie.Boo1961]

Can you wonderful educators, do a video on copd and recovery at what point there’s no hope… how this disease kills. Please

[@jonathanmuller7776]

@Institute of Human Anatomy I'm attending nursing/medical school in Germany, and in the one of the latest learning sequences we examined the respiratory system with some its diseases like COPD and Emphysema. Watching the video I wondered can a person with an Emphysema profit from increased Oxygen Diffusing Capacity and actually build new lung capillaries?

[@Dr_kashif_medico]

You are lucky sir to attend med. School...but only liver has those potential to build it's dead or damage part 🥲🥲

[@-hobbsey-tux_9924]

Can you do a video talking about the effects of ssri’s/ anti depressants, and it’s side effects on the brain and body?

[@konstantinossfikas4201]

How about sprinters? Does the lung capacity become a limiting factor or the heart is still the bottleneck? They need to operate at maximum lung and heart capacity producing peak power for a short period of time contrary to endurance athletes that operate at high - but definitely below maximum - capacity for extended periods of time. Being an endurance athlete myself, during High Intensity Interval Training in running, I found my lung muscles aching but not being limited by their capacity. I feel that the limit was the heart. However, in maximum intensity swimming sessions, actually full sprints, that lasted about 20-30” I have found myself out of air. There are definitely methods to improve the lung performance and I have found them very helpful, providing huge improvements. I’d love to have your opinion about this matter. Great video as always, greetings from Greece and keep up with the excellent job!!

[@blackmavericktalks]

Awesome. Thank you for the vast amount of information shared in this video.

[@theanatomylab]

No problem! Thanks for watching!

[@barbaraheed3509]

Could you guys please do a video on COPD ? I ,so far have been given mixed messages on it and I'd love to hear the true facts. Thanks so much.

[@theanatomylab]

We will add it to the list. Thanks for watching!