Have any of you developed weird breathing habits as a result of riding?
When I'm not at highway speeds (< 65 MPH), I usually keep my visor up (with eye sunshade down) for airflow, and something about this has gradually caused me to develop a "hiccup" in my breathing pattern. The best way I can describe it is that my "breathe in" and "breathe out" are often interrupted halfway and it's like my diaphragm spasms to figure out what direction the air should flow. I guess the air funneling into my face while on the bike made it difficult to exhale so I must have been making subconscious adjustments to compensate.
It happened so gradually that I actually thought my childhood asthma had manifested itself, or that I have an irregular heartbeat. It finally clicked in my brain tonight while I was out for a ride.
To contrast -- when I'm exercising and breathing heavily, the "hiccup" doesn't occur, and in the morning when I wake up my breathing pattern seems fine. My pulse oximeter numbers are usually normal.
Seems like it happens during the daytime when I'm doing low-grade activities like cleaning up around the house or fiddling around in the garage.
When I'm not at highway speeds (< 65 MPH), I usually keep my visor up (with eye sunshade down) for airflow, and something about this has gradually caused me to develop a "hiccup" in my breathing pattern. The best way I can describe it is that my "breathe in" and "breathe out" are often interrupted halfway and it's like my diaphragm spasms to figure out what direction the air should flow. I guess the air funneling into my face while on the bike made it difficult to exhale so I must have been making subconscious adjustments to compensate.
It happened so gradually that I actually thought my childhood asthma had manifested itself, or that I have an irregular heartbeat. It finally clicked in my brain tonight while I was out for a ride.
To contrast -- when I'm exercising and breathing heavily, the "hiccup" doesn't occur, and in the morning when I wake up my breathing pattern seems fine. My pulse oximeter numbers are usually normal.
Seems like it happens during the daytime when I'm doing low-grade activities like cleaning up around the house or fiddling around in the garage.