Hello all,
Quick question for you to help with if possible.
Why, oh why do I yawn 🥱 upon doing any exercise?
My Wk 1 R2 run was interspersed with so many yawns! But then I remembered I yawn if I ever go for a walk with steep inclines and yawn when I climb the hospital stairs at work.
I do not have any real medical problems so do not understand? My iron levels are not super high but not on their knees either.
Any ideas welcome 🤗
Thank you.
I yawn a lot in the first 10 - 15 mins and then it kind of stops, I never really worried about it, maybe my lungs just want the extra oxygen while my body ramps up its needs to meet demand?
you pushed me to ask Dr Google and he says health.harvard.edu/newslett...
Thank you! This is helpful - I never like using Dr Google as I am worried I will find something more to worry about but this is fine - basically do not worry!
I'm yawning all day long 🤣And reading this has set me off again ... But I know I don't sleep too well so I'm not surprised.
However, I wouldn't rely on Google for an answer
Apparently we even yawn in the womb and no one know why so I am putting it down as a mystery!
Don't yawn too much in the next few weeks or months while walking or running because at this time of the year there are a lot of little flies around, in fact thousands, you could swallow them when outside, perhaps by getting more sleep could prevent you from yawning so much.
good advice AlMorr or I could wear a fly screen veil? 🤔
I ran into a mass of bugs yesterday by the river. They stuck to my face as I was sweating Yuk. 😁. You can get a Buff for the purpose Popular I dare say during midge season in Scotland These we’re the first ones I’ve met this year
haha…just reading the word has had me yawning! Although it is 5:30am!
yawning is a way of taking in extra oxygen I’ve heard? Who knows? Maybe you need some naps?!
Good idea - not sure my boss would approve though x
my former personal trainer said it’s because you are walking you brain up! Don’t know if that is a proven fact!
Thant makes sense… although my brain must be very sleepy.
I believe Yawning is a physical reaction to requiring more Oxygen?
I had a horrid migraine once at an outdoor concert. It started in the foyer and got worse 😱. A lady came to speak to me. She noticed I was yawning a lot and looked unwell. She was a nurse and said that yawning was a common side effect. So I wonder if it happens when the body is under stress. Sign we need to go and lie down perhaps 🙂🤔
Interesting... some research has shown/suggested, that one of the reasons why people yawn during a workout is due to a spike in the core temperature of the body. Inhaling a large amount of cool air helps lower your core and brain temperature. It is a kind of perspiration, which prevents loss of water from the body in the form of sweat. Apparently helping promote blood oxygenation ?
You find so many things out on this running lark!
that is interesting. Thank you
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