So yesterday after I leave the gym... *RALPH*

It's okay. You had Subway!

 

[Sealy]

I've never puked, but I have felt nauseous before.

My husband has puked, it was after a leg workout with his trainer. All the blood goes rushing into your legs when you work them out, and it can make you feel quite woozy and sick. Best thing is to lie down with your feet up when you start to feel that way.

 

[Gravity]

Yep,

after heavy leg workouts I've seen peeps puke.

Try cooling down with 10 minutes of easy bike. Warmdown so to speak.

 

[Balt]

Thanks for the tips, guys. There is some good info in this thread.

 

[SP33Demon]

It's your Blood Sugar levels... you need to eat something before working out, with a high GI (Glycemic Index) such as a baked potato. I take some creatine HSC by AST which has DGC (Dextrose, absorbed immediately) that jacks up your blood sugar levels. I used to just eat a baked potato though.

 

[mattlear]

This is a pretty interesting thread. I used to dry heave in high school after wrestling matches that went the full length (almost all mine wound up that way) I just remember that awful feeling of leaning over a garbage can and hacking up nothing.

I used to feel this way when I was working out as well (I go to the gym regularly now). When I first started, and did power leg workouts, I'd have to sit there for a while until the feeling subsided. The only time I feel like that now is when I workout early in the morning and go really heavy (for me) on some exercises.

I had NO idea it was related to blood sugar levels. Anyone have any links for this "phenomenon"? I'd be curious as to why the body thinks it needs to purge whats in the stomach when your blood sugar level is low. Seems counter productive, no?

-Matt

 

[jessicak]

There was this one boy that ran cross country at my school and every day after practice he would barf and it was so disgusting because he would just do it on the track...where everyone was running.

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: mattlear
This is a pretty interesting thread. I used to dry heave in high school after wrestling matches that went the full length (almost all mine wound up that way) I just remember that awful feeling of leaning over a garbage can and hacking up nothing.

I used to feel this way when I was working out as well (I go to the gym regularly now). When I first started, and did power leg workouts, I'd have to sit there for a while until the feeling subsided. The only time I feel like that now is when I workout early in the morning and go really heavy (for me) on some exercises.

I had NO idea it was related to blood sugar levels. Anyone have any links for this "phenomenon"? I'd be curious as to why the body thinks it needs to purge whats in the stomach when your blood sugar level is low. Seems counter productive, no?

-Matt

Wanna hear something even more wierd? When the body sufferes from extreme dehydration, it also pukes up anything and everything you ingest... but even worse, the puking does not pass as it does with hypoglycemia. So once someone passes a certain point in dehydration, there is no return without IV fluids.

Yep, the body can certainly be counter productive at times.

 

[Amused]

BTW here is a link to a New England Journal of Medicine abstract on Hypoglycemia caused by prolonged exercise in healthy men:

http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/abstract/306/15/895

 

[SWScorch]

I puke every time I run a race, and sometimes feel nauseous after a workout as well. I just take it to mean that I worked hard

 

[minendo]

Originally posted by: Amused
Wanna hear something even more wierd? When the body sufferes from extreme dehydration, it also pukes up anything and everything you ingest... but even worse, the puking does not pass as it does with hypoglycemia. So once someone passes a certain point in dehydration, there is no return without IV fluids.

Yep, the body can certainly be counter productive at times.

Been to that point before. Definitely not something I ever want to go through again.

 

[vi edit]

Weird. Even after doing 30 mile bike rides or 20k races or going through "hell week" in football I never puked from exertion.

But then again, I always had something before going to practice or a race. I'd eat a granola bar and a few starburst candies before the race/practice/ect and I was always fine.

Makes sense now that you guys say it's a sugar level thing.

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: minendo

Originally posted by: Amused
Wanna hear something even more wierd? When the body sufferes from extreme dehydration, it also pukes up anything and everything you ingest... but even worse, the puking does not pass as it does with hypoglycemia. So once someone passes a certain point in dehydration, there is no return without IV fluids.

Yep, the body can certainly be counter productive at times.

Been to that point before. Definitely not something I ever want to go through again.

Yep, so have I. Once as a child, and twice as an adult. If you ever want to know what death feels like, go through this.

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: SWScorch
I puke every time I run a race, and sometimes feel nauseous after a workout as well. I just take it to mean that I worked hard

There is really no need to put yourself through that. During workouts, keep a bottle of your fav sports-drink with you. And during races, they make these little packs of sugary goo that you can gulp down to stop the woozies and give you energy.

Here is an assortment of gels to look at:

http://www.roadrunnersports.com/cgi-bin/rrs/rrs/rrSearchResults.jsp?catOID=-12943&BV_SessionID=@@@@0983449895.1075999636@@@@&BV_EngineID=jadcjhifmjimbekgcgecfeedgg.0

 

[dpm]

Reading the title i was wondering who ralph was.

 

[GoingUp]

its common if its a really hard workout.... you lose all the blood around your stomach....

when I was on the crew team and we would do sprints, guys would be puking everywhere... ive thrown up plenty of times

 

[SWScorch]

Amused, I've used the PowerGel thingies before. I still ralphed

 

[SP33Demon]

DGC by AST.

Or if you want this combined with creatine (which I take), try Creatine HSC.

 

[Balt]

Just as an update:

I went to the gym yesterday, and took some bite-sized pieces of chocolate with me. About halfway through my workout I ate them, and I did, in fact, feel a lot better than I usually do after the mid-point of my workout. Not only did I not feel like I needed to throw up, I didn't feel any nausea at all (which in my 8 months of working out has happened quite frequently).

Thanks for the info, guys, I think this is going to help me out a lot.

 

[jjyiz28]

Originally posted by: Balt
Just as an update:

I went to the gym yesterday, and took some bite-sized pieces of chocolate with me. About halfway through my workout I ate them, and I did, in fact, feel a lot better than I usually do after the mid-point of my workout. Not only did I not feel like I needed to throw up, I didn't feel any nausea at all (which in my 8 months of working out has happened quite frequently).

Thanks for the info, guys, I think this is going to help me out a lot.

isn't it kinda counterproductive though?? like doing cardio to burn off some fat, but pop some M&M so you don't feel quesy.

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: jjyiz28

Originally posted by: Balt
Just as an update:

I went to the gym yesterday, and took some bite-sized pieces of chocolate with me. About halfway through my workout I ate them, and I did, in fact, feel a lot better than I usually do after the mid-point of my workout. Not only did I not feel like I needed to throw up, I didn't feel any nausea at all (which in my 8 months of working out has happened quite frequently).

Thanks for the info, guys, I think this is going to help me out a lot.

isn't it kinda counterproductive though?? like doing cardio to burn off some fat, but pop some M&M so you don't feel quesy.

Not really. Sugar is not always a bad thing, especially for active people.

A sports drink would be better than candy, though. Drink a large power/gaterade during or right before your workout.

 

[Geekbabe]

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: jjyiz28

Originally posted by: Balt
Just as an update:

I went to the gym yesterday, and took some bite-sized pieces of chocolate with me. About halfway through my workout I ate them, and I did, in fact, feel a lot better than I usually do after the mid-point of my workout. Not only did I not feel like I needed to throw up, I didn't feel any nausea at all (which in my 8 months of working out has happened quite frequently).

Thanks for the info, guys, I think this is going to help me out a lot.

isn't it kinda counterproductive though?? like doing cardio to burn off some fat, but pop some M&M so you don't feel quesy.

Not really. Sugar is not always a bad thing, especially for active people.

A sports drink would be better than candy, though. Drink a large power/gaterade during or right before your workout.

A couple hard candies are probably lower in calories than the sports drink and less expensive.

 

[mdcrab]

Check your exhaust system for leaks. You may be getting a mild dose of carbon monoxide poisoning and it may be accentuated due to a higher respiration rate after exercising.

mdcrab

 

[Balt]

Originally posted by: jjyiz28

Originally posted by: Balt
Just as an update:

I went to the gym yesterday, and took some bite-sized pieces of chocolate with me. About halfway through my workout I ate them, and I did, in fact, feel a lot better than I usually do after the mid-point of my workout. Not only did I not feel like I needed to throw up, I didn't feel any nausea at all (which in my 8 months of working out has happened quite frequently).

Thanks for the info, guys, I think this is going to help me out a lot.

isn't it kinda counterproductive though?? like doing cardio to burn off some fat, but pop some M&M so you don't feel quesy.

I'm not interested in losing weight, I only want to gain it (for me, much easier said than done).