How hard do you push yourself?

Me. I almost always want to or do vomit on leg day. It doesn't usually stop me. Barf and keep going.

I have EIA (exercise induced asthma) so I would stop breathing and pass out before vomiting. I have gotten dizzy and had to slow down to catch my breath.

Me. I almost always want to or do vomit on leg day. It doesn't usually stop me. Barf and keep going.

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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.

Vomiting = doing it wrong.

I realize that people end up on this site because they don't know how to do anything between "all" and "nothing" but perhaps you should start working on that as part of your journey to a better lifestyle.

Never got to the point of vomiting but whenever I get light headed I just take the intensity down a bit or stop for a few seconds to recover then get right back into the workout.

I agree, I have to slow down when I get light headed. I don't want to pass out in the middle of the gym. I have only come close to vomiting once, that was in a class. I do probably work out more often than I should, my trainer has to schedule my days off, or I might not take one.

NEVER push myself that hard, it would be counter-productive for me. It has to be something you enjoy doing for the rest of your life in order for you to keep it up. For me it was walking, which is so under rated and discounted by so many people. Yet it helped me reach my goal very quickly once I learned to balance my diet with 3-4x week 45min plus walks.

Back when I was a serious runner, I did that ONCE. And it was during a race, so it was understandable. During windsprints I would push myself as hard as I could, but never once got to the vomiting point (almost falling down, but not vomiting). LOL

I don't think once in a blue moon is a problem. But if you are doing it all the time, you are either pushing way to hard or possibly have acid reflux.

ETA: The ability to push yourself that hard is actually a positive for serious athletes. But they also need to know when to reign it in. I could beat lots of people during a race, because I could take that much more pain than they could. But I always followed the principal of 'Train smarter, not harder' and always used a HRM, so I would know if I was in danger of 'red lining it' = eventual vomiting and total collapse.

If you're vomiting on the reg, you are doing something wrong.

I'll get dizzy if I try to do too much, but shut it down before I lose it.

^^^ this

I only ever vomited once during a workout, because it was after a very long break, and I stubbornly used the same intensity/weights that I used to do. It was dumb of me.
I push myself hard most days,but not to the point of throwing up.

Don't over think this, listen to your body. Pull back slightly until your body adapts to your activity level.

I have felt like vomiting in a race or in CrossFit but I never have. When I feel like I am going to toss my cookies, I back off and go at more of a recovery rate for thirty seconds or a minute. In CF, I feel this way every couple of weeks but I am newer to it. I don't mind feeling like this at a competitive event but I certainly don't want to puke every day.

I have learned to listen to my body. It has never once told me it is a good idea to workout until I get sick.

I push myself to a good point, to better my last workout - most of the time. Some days are not going to be that good & I realize it. There are also times, like when I've had way too little sleep for a few days & way too much stress, when I feel drained without doing a workout. On those days I skip the workout in favor of rest, destressing, and extra sleep. My body always thanks me for this. Stress & lack of sleep make me gain weight & fat. When I am well-rested & relaxed that fat practically melts away like magic.

This is concerning to read that people push themselves to the point of vomitting. It is even worse hearing people keep going afterwards.

I think people are getting way too inspired by certain fitness/gameshows that are on now adays. Could be skewing perceptions as to what is healthy exercise and just plain idiotic (done for ratings)

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