Coughing. The Ultimate Stomach exersise?

Ive been Striken by a chesty cough for the past few weeks (should probably see a dr)
And ive noticed,
Every time i go in to a coughing spazm, My stomach muscles contract something cronick,
Also the ones around the small of my back.

My coughing fits seem to be Really Impressive crunches.
That actualy work all my stomach muscles.
And not only that But as I cant controll my coughing I cant stop doing them.

To me This makes Coughing One of the Best stomach toning exersises you can get.
So next time you get a chest infection.
Remember what i said befor you go get some anti-biotics from the dr.
Prehaps Your bout of illness could lead to your best fitness :)

Thought id share that with you :smile:

you ----> docter.

That doesn't sound good.

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Originally Posted by Fragony

you ----> docter.

That doesn't sound good.

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Its just a bit of a chest infection,
I thought it would clear up but it didnt Il go to the dr soon,
So its nothing to worry about,

Just thought it was quite interesting That being ill is also making me fit lol.

Gotcha. A big bowl of

http://home.rochester.rr.com/sazerac...p120902big.JPG

does the trick most of the time, don't ask me why, grannies wisdom.

good luck,

when you cough, you damage the lungs, which will probably negate any benefit through exercise

Breathing excercises can do your abs good, that I know for sure but coughing? I'm not completely sold on the benefits of that

As Byzantine Mercenary says, I imagine the damage protracted coughing can cause to the alveoli of your lungs is reason enough to not do it, exercise or not.

I imagine hard laughter would be a safer bet, and more enjoyable too.

There is no way coughing will strengthen your abdominal muscles. It's too short of a burst of energy for anything but straining to occur. It would be like punting a football numerous times sporadically through the day and expecting your leg to increase in tone or mass.

Yes, I was sick a couple weeks ago and let me tell you, I was so sore. It hurt my abs so badly, and I do about 200 crunches daily...

Hope you get over whatever you have!:embarassed:

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Originally Posted by Just A Girl

oughing One of the Best stomach toning exersises you can get.
So next time you get a chest infection.
Remember what i said befor you go get some anti-biotics from the dr.
Prehaps Your bout of illness could lead to your best fitness :)

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You could have bronchitis which could lead into pneumonia if not treated. Ask yourself, is a nice stomach worth suffering and maybe death?

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Originally Posted by ghost908

You could have bronchitis which could lead into pneumonia if not treated. Ask yourself, is a nice stomach worth suffering and maybe death?

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Bloody hell, man! - Lol!

Quid

I still have a cold...and I don't feel like I've just gotten back from the gym, I'm just slightly irritated by the world.

Lol well the cough went away All by its self :)
"will probably come back as usual"

And Im not Coughing on purpous, or refusing to go to the dr's becous the coughing seems to exersize my abs.
I just dont like the guy hes a quack.
And any way A prescription these days Is prety damn expensive even through the nhs.
(Dont think im complaining, i know our helth service aint to shabby, "apart from dentist's, prescription costs, and Hospital wating times)

:bow:

I think there is a far more enjoyable form of stomach tension... orgasm. :laugh4:

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Originally Posted by Papewaio

I think there is a far more enjoyable form of stomach tension... orgasm. :laugh4:

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Might be quite challenging to do this exercise every couple of minutes, though :sweatdrop: (Hey - I'm not 18 anymore :embarassed: )

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Originally Posted by Ser Clegane

\: (Hey - I'm not 18 anymore :embarassed: )

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:laugh4: :laugh4: :laugh4:

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Originally Posted by Ser Clegane

Might be quite challenging to do this exercise every couple of minutes, though :sweatdrop: (Hey - I'm not 18 anymore :embarassed: )

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Yeah My back andd my knees arent what they used to be either