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2007/06/09, 09:59 AM
Start with 20 minutes 3 times a week and then gradually ad a few minutes every week or two until you get to 45 minutes. Then add in an additional 20 minutes session on a different day sio you are doing 4 days a week. vary the types and intensities of cardio you are doing. My asthma improved the fitter I got! Just don't get breathless - keep it at a pace where you can breath so you don't spasm.
If your inhaler doesn't work you need to talk to your doctor. I have switched to singulair and hardly ever use my inhaler anymore. It is just a matter of finding what manages your asthma the best. When I did use my inhaler I found it helped a lot to use it before i started exercising, to head off any attacks during exercise.
A weight training program will help you lose weight and probably won't aggarvate your asthma as much as cardio - try one of the programs here under "exercise program" at the top of the screen.
Also - clean up your diet - get all the processed foods and sugar out of it, maybe even dairy, and you will see your asthma calm down I bet. Many foods can cause ingflammation, which aggravates asthma, and milk increases mucus production - another aggravation to asthma...
Good luck!
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Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragements, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak.
Thomas Carlyle
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