Posted by Rene (207.194.220.174) on January 18, 2004 at 10:45:58:
In Reply to: There is one more thing hyperventilating does ... posted by Frank Day on January 17, 2004 at 19:48:42:
Frank writes in one statement :
"Other than treating abnormalities ( asthma ) , there is really nothing anyone can do to improve oxygen delivery to the blood.
In the next " correction " he writes :
to improve oxygen delivery . It reduces the amount of CO2 in the lungs , making more room for oxygen.
Now what is right ? the statement first , or the possible questions Juerg put down to reduce the absolute answer we often get from experts.?
2. Abnormalities ( asthma ) As a performance athlete on my own ( having exercise related asthma ) I feel quite normal , but I also feel , using my inhaler improves dramatically the way I am perform.
Changeing my position on my time trial bike would increase my wind resistance by quite a bit ( Windchannel ) So when I started to use the " spiro tiger " an equipment to enhance the strength of my breathing system , I improved all the physiological values like Vitalcapacity , VO2 max , lactate values and so on.
Aerodynamic position is given by physical means. Breathing is given by physiological means . We have a problem to change physical rules , but we can improve physiological situations.
Another point at the beginning . Faster breathing does not increase oxygen to the blood. Than correction : " actually breathing at altitude will get more oxygen in . ?
What is true here now ?.
Last : Frank discusses and corrects some statements with telling us to look at high performance athletes and not possible abnormalities ( asthma . scoliosis ).
Now a person with as juerg stats a scoliosis will not due high performance activity.
I am not sure how high the high performance activity is in Franks example to correct his statement : " in anesthesia it is possible to keep patient alive .... Seems to my by far harder to do any performance as long you are under anaesthesia and far further away on real live performance than the practical example we have from Jurg.
There seems to be another " Doctor " Andrew on this forum , and he may give some input as well.
Question : language as for me is one problem , another problem may be the absolute statements we get from " experts " and than the recorrections which finally shed some more lights into the overall picture.
I just love this forum ( I am from Switzerland )
that's the reason I may understand Juerg's Swenglish much better than others.
i love the way the discussion goes and Juerg challanges the people on the Forum. There seems to be some Northamerican people who are very keen to have the last word but this makes it very nice to compare as I did in some examples on earlier statements. I myself just do not have the ability nor the knowledge to put it that smooth down to get some responds as Juerg is doing . Great job from everybody on this forum , keep it up and you will have a very popular site in the future.