cardio, and vaping

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Guitarfreak

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I was wondering if anyone does cardio or any form of exercise now that the analogs are gone? for a very long time I tried to run or bike etc but always stopped soon after because of breathing issues (smoked analogs since I was 9 and now 35) . I have only started vaping recently and was wondering, do your lungs heal up as a non smoker? Is it possible to get %100 back in shape while vaping?
 

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Smoked very strong 1 PAD analogs for 44 yrs. Can now easily swim 5 miles in the bay. A month? ago loaded, hauled and spread 90 large loads topsoil about 100' away and spread it out in 6 hrs...next day went for swim in the bay. Last weekend dug 6' deep X 3' wide down into clay and installed 6' well tiles + new lid- took less than 2 days including cleaning and moving clay to back of property. Now once again active in sports...these are things I couldn't do while smoking because lung capacity was so messed up.
 

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Smoked very strong 1 PAD analogs for 44 yrs. Can now easily swim 5 miles in the bay. A month? ago loaded, hauled and spread 90 large loads topsoil about 100' away and spread it out in 6 hrs...next day went for swim in the bay. Last weekend dug 6' deep X 3' wide down into clay and installed 6' well tiles + new lid- took less than 2 days including cleaning and moving clay to back of property. Now once again active in sports...these are things I couldn't do while smoking because lung capacity was so messed up.
I read some of your other posts and they were real level, but you're just braggin' now. I like it! ;)
 

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From personal experience, yes your breathing will improve DRASTICALLY in relatively short order. The only cardio I get of late is in the bedroom ( ;-) ) and the change has been quite noticeable in just 2 months.

Here's a timeline for it I came across and it appears to hold true for me.
Quitting Smoking Timeline

That's reason enough to quit
Besides the demand that you brush your teeth 4x before any kissing is allowed
 

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LOLLL I never ever thought I'd be doing these things and I'm just astounded- moving the topsoil I told my wife that if I was still smoking it would've a VERY DRAINING 2 day job. She hadn't said anything but at night while in bed she could hear me wheezing- pretty sad that she had been keeping that to herself. At 59 yrs 1 yr ago I was just waiting for either COPD or the big C to happen...had no hope at all and the future looked pretty dim. I just can't say enuff good things about vaping and what it's done for me, my family and friends= passion. Cottagers I hadn't seen for 6 months were amazed at how healthy I looked and they all wanted to know the secret. Next door neighbor's daughter (pretty snooty) was calling vaping a scam...she's now vaping and smoke free 3 months but...still as snooty as ever :facepalm:

I read some of your other posts and they were real level, but you're just braggin' now. I like it! ;)
 

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It felt like my lung capacity almost doubled after just a few weeks when I started vaping. I used to only be able to go 5-10 minutes on my HealthRider when I smoked, before the breathing pains started, and forget climbing stairs. After just a couple of weeks, I was able to make it to 20 minutes. Now I'm up to an hour with weights installed, and I don't even get winded. I only stop because my muscles get sore.

Right around my 1-year vapeversary, I do remember lying in bed and having my WOW moment, that, after 30 years of smoking, I'm now miraculously breathing like a normal healthy person. That was sooo cool! http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/smokeless-image/269742-chit-chat-voltville-521.html#post5791031
 

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It makes a difference. I noticed how tired I was playing in net(hockey) about halfway through a game. Figured, Ok..well I'm in my 30's now maybe this is just what happens.

Nope, it was the smoking.

After 6.5 weeks off I feel great for a full game and my cardio workouts have gone through the roof. I've almost doubled my mileage in the same time frame on an elliptical trainer and I'm not completely burned out when I finish.
 

dayworks

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Well, this is just a thread full of braggarts, isn't now? I appreciate it because I think the bragging is well-deserved. I especially appreciate the older citizens here who are approaching, have hit, or have passed that 60 year milestone. Sixty is a biggy. No more middle-age, no more anything except figuring out how you are going to end this thing we call life because no matter how good you feel or how many years you may think you have left, you could be gone tomorrow via a multitude of ways you thought would never apply to you.

I'll be hitting sixty this coming Saturday. I say, bring it on! God bless the bunch of you 60+/- for standing up for yourselves by saying, "I'm not dead yet!" and doing something that, may run against the grain of many, but may also provide you with a nice quality and length of life otherwise unobtainable. It might even also give some of the younger among us here, some idea as to why we are so cool. :2cool:
 
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dayworks

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They might!

I went through some forceful and violent hacking in the expelling of crud from the lungs phase of quitting smoking.
I appreciate you sharing that. It's the one thing I haven't seen over here that somewhat concerned me. I'm one of those people who has quit smoking many times (feel free to interject your own misnomer jokes). At some point each time I did, my lungs went into what I will label as "rejection-mode" and as best they could, began purging me of EVERYTHING they didn't want in there. So, I've been over wondering where all the coughing, hacking, spit, snot and tears were? It may seem a little weird, but strangely, I find lung-purging stories somewhat comforting.
 

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I have to agree with Guitarfreak. All the things I've read on this forum have really gotten me extremely excited to start vaping:) I was an avid runner before I started smoking and I tried to get back into it a few months back but found it hard to even run a mile! I was so winded! But now I can't wait to be feeling better and becoming fit again.

Vape on!:vapor:
 
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