Serious fatigue issues

[RocksteadyDotNet]

I've recently started riding and I'm getting extreme fatigue issues the next day.

If I put in a hard 8-10km (30 odd min) ride, the next day I'm destroyed. It starts about 1-2 hrs after the ride, which isnt strange, but just gets worse from there. Even after a mega sleep.

It seems like an energy issue but I'm pretty sure I'm eating enough. Anyone have any ideas or tips?

 

[Exodist]

Hard to point at just one thing. It can be many issues from vitamin/diet deficiency, sleep apnea not lettings you get enough O2 to properly heal up over night, or just overworking yourself compared to what your used to. I use my elliptical for a hour just about everyday, but it took a few months to get up to that hour of training. You may have to start lighter and work your way up. Now when I was in the Navy we used to go to shipboard firefighting training frequently and even though the on hand training part was only about 2 hours, those two hours was a real ass kicker and most of us would go home and crash out completely the entire day. Stuff like this takes a long time to work up to for your body to be conditioned to handle the stress. If you just recently started riding, then you should try 10 mins a day then work your way up to 30 over the course of 2 months and watch your pace. You can easily try to over pace yourself and hurt your training worse then taking it a little slower until your body is ready. When your ready for 30 mins, 1 hour or 3. It will not be stressful to get those results as they will seem extremely easy for you by that time.

 

[nickbits]

Anemia

 

[RocksteadyDotNet]

Hard to point at just one thing. It can be many issues from vitamin/diet deficiency, sleep apnea not lettings you get enough O2 to properly heal up over night, or just overworking yourself compared to what your used to. I use my elliptical for a hour just about everyday, but it took a few months to get up to that hour of training. You may have to start lighter and work your way up. Now when I was in the Navy we used to go to shipboard firefighting training frequently and even though the on hand training part was only about 2 hours, those two hours was a real ass kicker and most of us would go home and crash out completely the entire day. Stuff like this takes a long time to work up to for your body to be conditioned to handle the stress. If you just recently started riding, then you should try 10 mins a day then work your way up to 30 over the course of 2 months and watch your pace. You can easily try to over pace yourself and hurt your training worse then taking it a little slower until your body is ready. When your ready for 30 mins, 1 hour or 3. It will not be stressful to get those results as they will seem extremely easy for you by that time.

Yeah, I've been doing it for 2 months, doesnt seem to be getting better.

 

[Exodist]

Anemia

True this as well..

I have hypothyroidism and sleep apnea, I battle this with a very vitamin enriched diet and lots of omega 3s the best I can,, caffeine somewhat helps.. lol


Best advice, see a doctor and let them run blood work.

 

[SociallyChallenged]

Eat more (get more protein), eat better, sleep better, reduce stress. If it doesn't change after that, you may wanna visit the doctor. Could be something like mild hypothyroidism or, as others have said, anemia. You could even just be fighting off a cold of sorts - how long has this been occurring?

 

[HNNstyle]

You might be hypoglycemic. Are you overweight? Try eating whole grain cereal to see if you get an energy boost. It should hit you about 15 to 20 mins after you're done eating a bowl of cereal. One bowl of cereal is only 200 calories so no need to worry about gaining weight on cereal.

Edit: But as what the other guy said, it could be many things.

 

[RocksteadyDotNet]

You might be hypoglycemic. Are you overweight? Try eating whole grain cereal to see if you get an energy boost. It should hit you about 15 to 20 mins after you're done eating a bowl of cereal. One bowl of cereal is only 200 calories so no need to worry about gaining weight on cereal.

Edit: But as what the other guy said, it could be many things.

Nah, not fat. I'm Australian.

 

[SociallyChallenged]

You might be hypoglycemic. Are you overweight? Try eating whole grain cereal to see if you get an energy boost. It should hit you about 15 to 20 mins after you're done eating a bowl of cereal. One bowl of cereal is only 200 calories so no need to worry about gaining weight on cereal.

Edit: But as what the other guy said, it could be many things.

Clinical hypoglycemia is rarely achieved - it's either done by injecting insulin, eating something with a high GI directly before exercising maximally, or having a very serious disease leading toward death. Hypoglycemia would not even cause these symptoms in this time frame. It would hit the individual instantly, resulting in such signs as slurring words, trouble understanding words, fainting, weakness, etc - not the next day.

 

[HNNstyle]

Clinical hypoglycemia is rarely achieved - it's either done by injecting insulin, eating something with a high GI directly before exercising maximally, or having a very serious disease leading toward death. Hypoglycemia would not even cause these symptoms in this time frame. It would hit the individual instantly, resulting in such signs as slurring words, trouble understanding words, fainting, weakness, etc - not the next day.

Thanks! I've been experiencing some fatigue too but don't want to go to the doctor.

 

[SociallyChallenged]

Thanks! I've been experiencing some fatigue too but don't want to go to the doctor.

Fatigue is pretty much a symptom of everything - depression, hypothyroidism, anemia, type I or II diabetes, cardiovascular disease, neurodegenerative disorders, cancer, etc. It's also pretty normal, caused by long days, stress, poor diet, family issues, work, etc. If you just have fatigue symptoms, clean up your diet, try to sleep better, and try to manage your stress better. It's amazing what a little bit of organization and diet improvement can do for fatigue.

 

[momeNt]

Nah, not fat. I'm Australian.

Only info we needed to have an answer to the question.

 

[Kaido]

Coming in from left field here - possibly a food allergy.

I discovered this past summer that I am Gluten Intolerant. When I got heavy into road biking, I would get extremely fatigued. It took me a couple years to figure it out, but I don't get so exhausted I can't even look at the dishes without getting demotivated anymore, haha. You could try eating an elimination diet for a week and see how you feel - you basically eat really really really basic foods for a week, plus water, and cut out the 8 major allergens (gluten, dairy, etc.).

It's difficult because the allergens are in everything, especially gluten & dairy (my 2 allergies), so you basically have to cook just veggies and meat with nothing on them (even cooking sprays are suspect!). Even soy sauce and mustard contain gluten. Even most deli meat has added gluten. Might be worth a shot given your description - I thought I had thyroid problems etc. until I went on the allergy-clean diet for a week and saw just how much better I felt. LMK if you want more info.