Guys,

This is my first post here! Hi. I've been going to the early morning crossfit for 1 month. There is a nice strength/skill part and then a Metcon (the intense stuff). Well, it seems that my body enjoys throwing up right at the end of the Metcon (has happenned twice now). I've been going for a month and I believe that I am now at a point where I can push harder and perhaps this causes me to vomit.

What I've been doing is waking an hour before the workout so I can drink a cup of coffee and have some vitamin-c and fish oil along with water. Today I ate a handful of grapes along with a Tums tablet (to attempt to cancel out the acid from the grapes and coffee). I've heard some people say an empty stomach is better and some say eat a banana.

Do you have any suggestions on what I can do better to avoid vomiting? Or, is vomiting the goal?

Edit: I know vomiting isn't the goal.. my goal is progression and physical health/well being.

I work out fasted, first thing in the morning. I've never thrown up or heaved and, no, that is definitely NOT the goal.

Gonna repeat everyone on this. I typically work out fasted, but in the last couple of years have begun to figure out what I can and cannot eat within a 2 hour window of beginning a WOD thanks to time restrictions at competitions. For whatever reason, certain Cliff Bars will stay down and others will threaten to come back up but generally I find that they, along with a banana or a handful of almonds gives me enough energy to continue through workout after workout. SO if I'm starving, or I know it will be one of those grinders that will be especially tough to finish without the energy from some food, that's typically what I'll eat prior to a workout.

ETA: vomiting is the exact opposite of the goal. If you need to take a little breather in the middle of the workout to keep everything down DO THAT, don't keep pushing if you feel like you're going to make yourself puke. Go a little slower if you need to.