Feeling angry when I exercise

I always get angry when I do cardio.

I can be in a good mood when I start but I get steadily more and more pissed off. It usually passes pretty quickly once I stop though. Husband has learned not to speak to me during or immediately afterwards.

It's been suggested that it's because I resent having to work out, if so, it's purely subconscious.

I normally feel less angry when I exercise. I do get super mean if I go too long without eating..

...sex to have with the husband etc...

You say this like it's a bad thing. LOL!


I usually feel great when I exercise. It has helped me with stress, anxiety, and anger.

I hope you're eating enough, because over-taxing the body will make anyone angry. Also, are you overly-heated while exercising? That can cause irritation. Otherwise, apart from the low blood sugar thing, it shouldn't make you feel angry, (maybe more aggressive, but not necessarily angry) unless it's releasing too much of a hormone that doesn't jive with your body.

I do when I have not eaten enough or consumed enough water.

Ok, I havnt started lifting yet, Im at a cross road (help welcome) Im not sure if I should lift when I am at the point where I really want to lose. So for my "workout" I dance, and walk my dog. I walk the dog early in the morning when the sun gives me the most vit. D. then i dance between 6 and 7 when hubby gets off work and gets home.... I think because I am doing happy things I dont have the anger issue? When I walked 3-4 miles (last journey) I was angry, but mostly because I crampped so bad I couldnt finish. It sucked.

Dancing and a 1/2 mile morning walk. Im happy.

Usually I feel great, go home singing and have loads of energy.

Today I was fine until I pulled into the garage, I was going to jet wash my car and someon was parked sideways accross the jet wash. Not using it and no one in the car so couldn't ask them to move.

I just saw red, screeched the tyres and swung out of the garage sped down the road and burst into tears. Very strange. I had upped my weights and tried some new lifts so maybe I had overdone it a bit I don't know but it felt hormonal to me and trust me I know what that feels like. The menopause is a complete b!tch.

So maybe the excercise can effect your hormones and give you that rage feeling. Or someones slipping you steroids LOL

I went through exactly this for a couple of months.

EAT MORE.

When your body is already under-fueled (running a deficit to lose weight) and then you're trying to get it to expend EXTRA energy working out, your body has a really hard time coping.

Without knowing how much I was burning, I was consuming 1600 calories per day. I thought I was burning maybe 2400. When I got a BodyMedia Fit armband, it told me I was burning 3200 calories per day. After my workouts especially, I would be the biggest b***h you've ever met and I became very aware of it, I would avoid people for at least half an hour and keep my mouth shut, I was just in a foul mood. Not fun.

If you pay attention, you may notice that you have a very hard time progressing at the gym too, i.e., increasing the weights you lift or taking it up a notch with cardio. I stalled at the gym, my body couldn't build more muscle because of the huge deficit and just refused to put out any more calories.

One great rule of thumb I have learned, is never eat below your BMR (basal metabolic rate) which is the amount of calories you need just to stay alive and keep you breathing, your heart beating, your brain functioning, etc.. (As though you were to sleep all day).

I highly suggest getting an accurate picture of how much you consume and what your calories output is. I was TOTALLY off with my output. I plateaued for a looooong time and felt worse and worse every day, got more and more defeated and just miserable. I increased my calories a couple of months ago (from around 1600 to 3000), and I feel AMAZING. I have already increased my weights twice in the same amount of time and I started losing weight again, 2.5 pounds in the last week, lol.

Running such a huge deficit effectively ruined my metabolism. My body rebelled big time. I lost 65+ pounds and then plateaued, not losing any more weight while running a 1600 calorie DEFICIT. That seems mathematically impossible, but it's true, and now that I've increased my calories big time, I am feeling amazing and losing weight again.

All the best of luck, hope this helps!

I think you get an emotional response to moving because you body is not used to it. One of the biggest challenges in weight loss/exercise is doing things that your body isn't used to. Your body will naturally want to fight change with everything it has, even if that means messing with your head.

You need to teach your body and mind that exercising is OK. Once you feel the benefits of the endorphins and you keep going you will find it less tough.

If that doesn't work and you are still finding it horrible try swimming. I found that to be the least angsty exercise form.

Larsy xx

When I used to take NXplode from BSN, it would make me want to punch my coworkers after returning from the gym. I had a serious edge. It was great, I miss pre-workout supps.

For the record, I never punched anyone. But I thought about it... often.

That's how I feel. Except I don't take anything. Working out just pisses me off. My family treads very lightly around me during/after my work outs. I feel ripped off that I don't get that happy/good mood feeling.

Anger is good. Harness that energy and put it into the workout. It's especially helpful when lifting weights.

This right here. Get your hate up to get that weight up. I suggest you try to get angry before you enter the gym and use it to increase focus, instead of waiting to get angry leaving the gym and using it to decrease friendships.