How hard do you push yourself?

QuietBloom

No, why would you do that? I like to enjoy my exercise. I could never understand people who literally make themselves sick by exercising too hard, and then go BACK to exercising. That seems like disordered behavior to me. :ohwell:

You're not competitive are you? :bigsmile:

So making yourself puke is competitive?...please see your psychologist asap.

LOL! Are you serious? Did you even read my post original post? Perhaps do that, and then get back to me. :laugh:

QuietBloom

There is no need to train that hard! This is a life long journey. LISTEN TO YOUR BODY!!!!

I do. It's called a HRM. And yes, if you do serious cardio and racing, every now and then you are gonna push until you almost puke. No harm done, and incredible gains in strength and endurance can be achieved.

I_Will_End_You

I've thrown up a few times from working out, but usually when I realize it's going to happen...it's too late. I don't think it has to do with working out too hard for me, it's usually due to working out too soon after eating a big meal.

3foldchord

I don't. Hardly. I never ever push myself with anything cardio, ever.

Sometimes I push myself with lifting weights, but that' skits pushing my self to go,up by 2 pounds (while most people are going up by 5-10)
I have Chronic Farigue and it takes me as much as a full week sometimes to recover from a long bike ride or hike (long being 2 hours)

Sometimes I feel bad! wimpy! sad even that my fitness seems turtle slow. I dud 15 minutes of yoga today and took a nap and all my muscles ache and burn now.
BUT, I lost weight, lost the body fat and reached my goal. So I guess it's Ok.

ninjakitty419

I don't push myself that hard when exercising because I get turned off by exercise very easily--if I puke doing something, I'm not going to do it ever again, so I mainly walk at a moderate pace with a good incline and/or swim. I push myself the hardest with my dietary goals.

Pushing myself through a workout is mostly mental for me. I have to fight my inner dialogue that's telling me to give up and go home.

Agreed with the mental part. I keep asking myself "Are you actually unable to breathe? Are you in actual pain?" If the answer is no, I keep going. Usually, when I think I want to stop, it is because Im bored, lazy, or slightly uncomfortable. Now, it used to be, if I was sweating or breathing slightly faster than normal, I would think "oops, too hard. better stop". Now I know the difference between not hard enough, just right, and too hard. And if I start feeling dizzy or sick, I take it down a notch so that I CAN keep going.

kramalicious

I don't push myself to the point of puking in my workouts. I would be embarrassed to be that out of control at my gym. For cardio, i work my plan. If I start to feel lightheaded, i stop and just go to walking and breathing. For weights, i go until I can no longer move the body part or until I finish my sets. Or until trainer tells me, " you're DONE". For the times I felt like puking it was usually a case of wrong balance of fuel or improper timing of fueling the workout.

ThickMcRunFast

There is no need to train that hard! This is a life long journey. LISTEN TO YOUR BODY!!!!

I do. It's called a HRM. And yes, if you do serious cardio and racing, every now and then you are gonna push until you almost puke. No harm done, and incredible gains in strength and endurance can be achieved.

I have to disagree. I train seriously. I race seriously. I can count the number of times I've thrown up on one hand. Most were in high school track. If you are running so hard that you are going to puke, you have likely exceeded your lactic acid threshold, which, aside from recruiting fast twitch muscle fiber instead of slow twitch (not helping endurance), uses up resources unnecessarily, and causes delayed recovery times. Its not that sprinting doesn't have its place, but again, if you're regularly working out to the point of throwing up, you aren't doing yourself any favors.

QuietBloom

There is no need to train that hard! This is a life long journey. LISTEN TO YOUR BODY!!!!

I do. It's called a HRM. And yes, if you do serious cardio and racing, every now and then you are gonna push until you almost puke. No harm done, and incredible gains in strength and endurance can be achieved.

I have to disagree. I train seriously. I race seriously. I can count the number of times I've thrown up on one hand. Most were in high school track. If you are running so hard that you are going to puke, you have likely exceeded your lactic acid threshold, which, aside from recruiting fast twitch muscle fiber instead of slow twitch (not helping endurance), uses up resources unnecessarily, and causes delayed recovery times. Its not that sprinting doesn't have its place, but again, if you're regularly working out to the point of throwing up, you aren't doing yourself any favors.

If you read my post, you would have seen that I have actually thrown up exactly once. During a race, after drinking OJ at the start. :sick:

I dunno, this was always the way I trained. But like you said, those kind of efforts need to be kept at a minimum or you are just going to burn yourself out. But I was often one of the top women finishers in my racing years.

Mr_Knight

My drill sergeant used to say "There's a difference between being a hard *kitten* and being an idiot."

Vomiting regularly is not good.

3foldchord

My drill sergeant used to say "There's a difference between being a hard *kitten* and being an idiot."

Vomiting regularly is not good.

I have a friend on Facebook who was vomiting often when he ran and seemed proud, like it was a badge of honor. Haven't seen those post much lately though.

Kevalicious99

I have never vomited .. and I push myself pretty hard at times. I am dedicated .. but not stupid enough to do bad things to my body.

jennifer_417

I've never pushed to that point, but I have nearly passed out a few times...I quit when I almost passed out the 3rd time in the same session.

Mainebikerchick

I have pushed myself that far in the past but I find that I feel much better if I listen to my body and what it needs. If it hurts or I cramp up, I slow down until I can get back at it.

No sense in working out and feeling like crap, it should feel good!

cafeaulait7

No, I wouldn't puke unless I was working out gently while having the stomach flu or moderate (for me) period cramps or something. I don't do fast running or anything like that, though.

I do push to where things are uncomfortable, in a good way, I think. Lifting, gymnastics and aerobic stuff are examples where I have to get uncomfortable to be doing well enough. If I backed off because I saw stars for a few seconds after coming up quickly from a backbend, I'd never do more than one But I think folks need to know from a coach or something how to tell the difference between normal 'pain' and bad pain. Puking from what I do would be pushing too far!

allaboutthecake

Several times. Sometimes intentional. Sometimes just happens.

If in a cardio class, unintentional. Swallow and move on.

If biking hard thru a dicey intersection or a particular hard segment, intentional. Spit it out and move on.