I saw that there was a post about runny noses. Now here is another one for you all: when I strength train I yawn constantly. I guess it's a lack of oxygen (I have mild asthma) It's not that big of a thing, but I've always wondered if I am the only one who does this. Any other yawners out there???
Yawn during weight training?
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Stebby
Cathlete
I'm not a yawner myself, but I teach an aerobics class with a weights segment. I can tell you that during the aerobics warm-up and the weights segment, I have a few ladies who yawn constantly. It doesn't happen during the main aerobics section or the final cool-down. I can't explain why it happens, but you're not the only one!
Runny Nose & Yawning Club.....
Yep.. I would be a member of BOTH!!!
I don't do it so much during the actual strength training part, but when I stretch out..... ayayayayayay..... just like waking up in the morning.
OH and add to that.... I get EXTREMELY RAVENOUS during weight training sessions too..... Like my mind goes RIGHT TO food and I have to REfocus back to breathing and the weights!
Cleda
Yep.. I would be a member of BOTH!!!
I don't do it so much during the actual strength training part, but when I stretch out..... ayayayayayay..... just like waking up in the morning.
OH and add to that.... I get EXTREMELY RAVENOUS during weight training sessions too..... Like my mind goes RIGHT TO food and I have to REfocus back to breathing and the weights!
Cleda
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Lizzie
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Hi all,
I was quite intrigued by the thread on yawning, since I too have that happen sometimes - even when I'm going into a cardio workout! I saw something on 20/20 a while back about the contagiousness of yawning and laughing. It's a little long so I've only posted the portion on yawning - I find it interesting.
-Liz
Not Just a Matter of Oxygen
The common theory about why we yawn is to get more oxygen to our brains. But according to Provine, it is not so simple. In scientific experiments, he discovered that even with 100 percent oxygen, his subjects yawned just as much as when they had less.
Yawning, says Provine, which occurs as early as the first trimester of prenatal development, is about transitions in the body’s biology. Of course, one of those changes is from a state of alertness to a state of sleepiness. But surprisingly, yawning can also be a behavior that marks a transformation from sleepiness to alertness.
“At track and field events,” says Provine, “sometimes you’ll find participants in the race of their life will be standing around on the sidelines or in the starting block and they may be yawning.” Or, for example, before a concert, a musician may yawn to prepare for an increasingly energized state.
Yawning is also a way for people to synchronize group behavior. “When you see someone yawn, you’re initiating a chain reaction of biology,” Provine says. “So whatever changes in our body are brought about by yawning, are synchronized in everyone that’s doing it.”
I was quite intrigued by the thread on yawning, since I too have that happen sometimes - even when I'm going into a cardio workout! I saw something on 20/20 a while back about the contagiousness of yawning and laughing. It's a little long so I've only posted the portion on yawning - I find it interesting.
-Liz
Not Just a Matter of Oxygen
The common theory about why we yawn is to get more oxygen to our brains. But according to Provine, it is not so simple. In scientific experiments, he discovered that even with 100 percent oxygen, his subjects yawned just as much as when they had less.
Yawning, says Provine, which occurs as early as the first trimester of prenatal development, is about transitions in the body’s biology. Of course, one of those changes is from a state of alertness to a state of sleepiness. But surprisingly, yawning can also be a behavior that marks a transformation from sleepiness to alertness.
“At track and field events,” says Provine, “sometimes you’ll find participants in the race of their life will be standing around on the sidelines or in the starting block and they may be yawning.” Or, for example, before a concert, a musician may yawn to prepare for an increasingly energized state.
Yawning is also a way for people to synchronize group behavior. “When you see someone yawn, you’re initiating a chain reaction of biology,” Provine says. “So whatever changes in our body are brought about by yawning, are synchronized in everyone that’s doing it.”
RE: Me too!
OK, I started yawning when I was reading this thread. :-cool
Lizzie, that is a great quote. First time I heard it explained that way... it makes great sense.
(OMG I just yawned again) I yawn during workouts and since I have asthma (not acute)I always assumed it was an air thing. (AGAIN!) Thanks for the insight.
OK, I started yawning when I was reading this thread. :-cool
Lizzie, that is a great quote. First time I heard it explained that way... it makes great sense.
(OMG I just yawned again) I yawn during workouts and since I have asthma (not acute)I always assumed it was an air thing. (AGAIN!) Thanks for the insight.
seagreen01
Member
This is so funny, I started yawning too when I read this. I yawn sometimes during weight training not always though. And then sometimes during stretches and I have to be careful not to stretch too hard and yawn at the same time or I hurt my back and neck muscles. I'm not aware of yawning during cardio.
Hey guys---(yawn) cut it out!!!!! My 8 year old daughter and I are reading this and yawning continually now. We have yawned through this whole thread. I don't even yawn during weights, aerobics, or stretching! But then again I am not one to even attempt working out at 5 or 6 am! I haven't yawned this much since Humanities Class in '75 with a very boring professor who spoke in a monotone about incredibly boring things! (yawn) Hey can talking about yawning give you the Hiccups? My daughter, Grace, has developed quite a case. I think I'd better go to bed now.......................