Furthermore, nasal strips won’t reduce the buil-up of lactic acid during or after your run.
A 2008 study, ‘The External Nasal Dilator: Style over Function?‘, examined the impact of nasal strips on groups of college-aged women.
One group was sedentary, another was athletes in pre-season training, and the third was in-season athletes.
All three groups were then subjected to incremental exercise. Then, after the exercise was completed, blood was drawn to run various tests.
The study showed that nasal strips unsurprisingly didn’t reduce the amount of lactic acid build-up after exercise.
Having a surplus of lactic acid build-up won’t improve your runs, and it certainly won’t improve your recovery.
So, while you may experience better breathing, nasal strips won’t help your body fight muscle soreness and fatigue.
As a result, you will likely not be able to run further or for longer.
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