Exercise (My Experience of Asthma)

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Product:	My Experience of Asthma
Date:	28/02/01 (95 review reads)
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When I was younger I used to suffer quite badly from Asthma, I have had it for as long as I remember, but I was told that by the age of 11 I would have out grown it, I was still suffering at the age of 14. Just one of those things I guess.

I used to attend a small private school, where I was surrounded by quite a few spoilt brats, this does have an effect on you like it or not, but it was school, and like in any school you get two major groups, the sporty ones who aren’t the most intelligent things ever, and the non sporty brainiacs. That is a very stereotypical view, and I didn’t fall in either, I did play sports such as Tennis and Badminton, reached quite high standard in both of them, but was never too keen on the whole running thing.

In fact I couldn’t really run, at that age I was weighing about 10 stone, which put meat one of the heaviest lads in the year, and I was also one of the shortest, got the worst out of both worlds.

I would like it to make it clear that this was in no part my parents fault, they encouraged me to do as much sport as possible, I tried to go jogging with my Dad every morning, but I was too lazy, and just used the time to sleep, stupid I know now. Well at the start of year 10, I moved schools, this was a really significant thing in my life, I was put into a state school that I lived next to, and it had a huge metal effect on me.

At my old school it hadn’t mattered what I looked like, all of a sudden I was put into an environment where personal appearance matters more than anything, you could find yourself as the most popular person in the year, or the one that everyone picked on just by your appearance. The school was a complete shock to me, the year I was in had more pupils than my whole last school, and it’s a big reality check.

I soon joined a gym with my Dad, as this time the thought of actual proper exercise with the lack of a tennis racket in my mind had not
been thought of, as soon as I got to the gym I loved it, this was where things began to change in my personal fitness and also with my asthma.

I used to get attacks at really odd times, I have to admit that as a youngster I used to get in quite a few fights, this nearly always triggered me off, I never learnt, the attacks would scare me, as the idea of not being able to breathe didn’t really appeal to me (call me old fashioned). I remember times when I would have three attacks in one week, do not worry, these were not all from fights, I think at least one was from exercise.

Anyway, as I said, when I got to the gym I loved it, I was looking round and I saw lots of people out of physical condition, yet at the same time I would see people who were just solid muscle, you get these at every gym, these for me not people to make me look stupid, I didn’t really care if they lifted a lot more than me, I was only 15, they were something to work towards.

I was suddenly in the gym after school 4 times a week, I was running like a mad man, and I loved it. At the same time I was working on my weights, as I had the fantasy of just being one big muscle machine, I am sure a lot of the men reading this can relate to that, most of us would like to be big balls of muscle, it does seem to be a man thing.

Because I was doing weight I was not losing weight, but I could feel myself begin to tone up, I was running faster and faster, and going further and further, there is nothing more rewarding than running, it is just one of those things, especially when you are getting better and better all the time, it fills you with excitement.

After about a year of training while watching TV my Mum made the comment that I had not suffered from Asthma in ages, I had not thought about it, I was feeling great and had completely forgotten about the attacks, I no longer had to carry an inhaler with me, which is a great relief as any of those who are
pained enough to have to carry one will know.

As I have building up to in this review I think exercise saved me, I never meant it to, and although I was told by countless people to exercise more to get rid of it, I could only do it when I had it my own mind that I wanted to do it, and I am really glad that I did!

I completely believe that exercise did this to me, but I would like to point out one thing, this is my individual experience with Asthma, if you do suffer then I am not saying that you are un fit, or that exercise will cure you, as I do not know enough about the subject, I would say that it will obviously help, as exercise is really good for keeping you healthy, but I could not say it was the cure.

Thank you for reading my ramble.

Mr.T

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