Getting tired after ten minutes

honestly- you have to just do it- I started doing Turbofire workout DVD's- and it felt like death. I was exhausted fter 10 mins like you. my leg muscles quivered, they felt like lead bricks- I did that first 30 minute DVD in a total of 55 minutes b/c I had to pause the DVD to rest.
I'm now on week 5 and can make it fully through a 55 minute DVD of high intensity aerobic exercise- I'm tired, I'm fatigued, I feel like poop- but less so than when I began. I no longer feel like death is coming but I still have to tell myself- I CAN DO THIS!! DO not stop- keep going, make it to the end of that set and then the next, and the next- before you know it- you're done.

Do these at a time that is more likely to be successful at- if you have more energy in the morning do it then- whenever works for you. Make working out- non-negotiable- you are doing it for yourself and yourself only- it is "You" time. Even if I do not feel the most energetic or "into" it- I still go through the motions b/c after it is all said and done, a workout done crappy is still better than sitting on the couch.

Also- the DVD your friend gave you, may not be your "Soulmate" workout. Zumba I do b/c it is the popular workout today, but I'm not thrilled with it. It's kinda boring. Turbofire, however- I love. I find the workouts and choreography interesting to me and I like that the program changes it up daily. It's a personal thing! Best of luck with whatever road you choose to follow!!

I have a brain injury and I had the same problem so I literally started with 5 minutes and when I could do that comfortable I would go up to 10 minutes ... or 6 minutes , 7 minutes, 8 minutes .. whatever.

The point is is just did what I could do but the minute I could do more, I pushed and did it. Today I can walk 8 miles and not even think about it. Or I can do the treadmill for 30 minutes on a 4.0 inlcine.

I had to work slow, sometimes go back to square one and start over, but I kept trying. One day it will get easier. You just have to do something every day until it does.

You might want to consider yoga as it helped me stretch my body and focus so I was later able to work out more easily. Getting a trainer helped alot too becuase I didn't waste my time, effort and energy doing things that wouldn't help in the long run.

a workout done crappy is still better than sitting on the couch.

Thank you for your post! You really got me motivated to push play. I am also experiencing the tireness after 10mins also. Doing something is better than doing nothing, I will keep pushing play. Thank you again!!!!!!!

Sometimes you just have to find what works for you right now and then later work on the more challenging stuff.

Getting tired after ten minutes is your body's natural response to having to work harder. This has always been a threshold for me too. However a fitness buddy pointed out the science behind it - oxygen depletion (which is just one reason). As you work harder, more oxygen is being used by your body - you are breathing harder! - and when your brain recognises this it says 'Hey cut that out! I'm not comfortable, you better stop!'. So all these guys who are saying 'just push through it' are right. Trick yourself by saying , OK just two more minutes, or slow down for 30 seconds, then say OK just two more minutes. Once you've done that a couple times. you will be busting on through!

What we are today comes from our thoughts of yesterday, and our present thoughts build our life of tomorrow: our life is the creation of our mind.

e.g. If you want it, do it.

I would say what you are doing wrong is quitting.
There could be things contributing to lack of energy, maybe you are not getting enough sleep, or not eating the right food, or doing the wrong workout for you, but most likely you just need to push through. If it was easy it wouldn't work.
Good luck

Getting tired after ten minutes is your body's natural response to having to work harder. This has always been a threshold for me too. However a fitness buddy pointed out the science behind it - oxygen depletion (which is just one reason). As you work harder, more oxygen is being used by your body - you are breathing harder! - and when your brain recognises this it says 'Hey cut that out! I'm not comfortable, you better stop!'. So all these guys who are saying 'just push through it' are right. Trick yourself by saying , OK just two more minutes, or slow down for 30 seconds, then say OK just two more minutes. Once you've done that a couple times. you will be busting on through!

The only way your body will adapt is to push it beyond comfort. I usually draw the correlation to strength/conditioning and training to failure. Hypertrophy is best stimulated when the person continues repetitions until physically unable to perform the next rep. Fatigue is the body's response to oxygen depletion and increase build up of lactic acid in the cells. This occurs because oxygen depletion shuts down the Kreb's Cycle (cellular aerobic respiration) and we rely on glycolysis outside the mitochondria (anaerobic respiration) which is infinitely less efficient. So how does the body adapt? Improve cardiovascular output, stimulate erythropoiesis for more red cells, concentrate muscle cells with more mitochondria, and increase stores of ATP and creatine phosphate.

Take 8-10g BCAA's prior to your workout. These amino acids will help buffer the increased tryptophan metabolites from causing imbalance across the blood brain barrier which brings that feeling of fatigue and tire. Not only extending your workout but aiding in recovery post-workout.