Here is a really interesting snippet from an article on the issues of lung problems and breathing technique in professional sports and athletics.
Why do some pass a cardiac stress test and drop dead the following day or soon thereafter? Competitive athletes and non competitive exercisers (this also applies to Fire and Police personnel as well as emergency paramedics and anyone that must intensely breath-heave, gasp or over exert repeatedly on the job or otherwise) routinely breathe too hard, too fast, and too soon. This is unbalanced hyper-inhalation. They often mouth-breathe, breath-heave and/or gasp to get the air they need to support their exertions. This kind of charged breathing can develop respiratory problems due the constriction of the breathing muscles, reduced breathing volume, and internal coordination restrictions such as presented in sports induced asthma. I believe this is often why many athletes develop sports induced breathing problems, and die prematurely of heart and vascular problems, and incur many of the problems listed below.
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