Death by workouts

stephentessla
stephentessla Posts: 13 Member
edited November 25 in Health and Weight Loss
Every time I work out I get 10 minutes in and i feel like im dying. Advice on keeping your breath or not feeling like your muscles are immediately cramped?

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  • MostlyWater
    MostlyWater Posts: 4,294 Member
    What workouts are you doing?
  • Saaski
    Saaski Posts: 105 Member
    It's possible you're going too hard too soon. What are you doing? What was your activity like before you started working out?
  • stephentessla
    stephentessla Posts: 13 Member
    Kickboxing, pilates running HIIT. The only exercise i accomplish without the pain is brisk walking.
  • stephentessla
    stephentessla Posts: 13 Member
    I am 4 mo. Postparyum and i was LAZY the whole nine months. Ive been actively trying for two months.
  • gvizzle74
    gvizzle74 Posts: 123 Member
    Hydrate and start slower. ease into it - do what you can. rome wasn't built in day
  • stephentessla
    stephentessla Posts: 13 Member
    *Postpartum
  • GottaBurnEmAll
    GottaBurnEmAll Posts: 7,722 Member
    stephentessla wrote: »
    Kickboxing, pilates running HIIT. The only exercise i accomplish without the pain is brisk walking.

    Did you go from doing nothing to doing those things? It's okay to only do exercises you actually enjoy.

    Did you take a beginner's kickboxing class for example, to break into it? What about Pilates?

    You mentioned running, how did you approach it? Did you just decide to run, or did you use a program like C25K?
  • Saaski
    Saaski Posts: 105 Member
    stephentessla wrote: »
    Kickboxing, pilates running HIIT. The only exercise i accomplish without the pain is brisk walking.

    Then start with that and build up. If you haven't done concrete activity for almost a year, rushing into a high intensity cardio workout is probably too much.
  • Lounmoun
    Lounmoun Posts: 8,423 Member
    Start with easier/shorter workouts and build up to more intense/longer sessions. Look for beginner workouts.
    If you are going from pretty sedentary to exercise maybe walking 15-30 minutes would be a good way to start getting more active.
  • stephentessla
    stephentessla Posts: 13 Member
    I use youtube videos for my 'classes" ialways try to find a beginner video. Maybe I could cut down the ammount of time i follow each move?
  • LivingtheLeanDream
    LivingtheLeanDream Posts: 13,342 Member
    Do walks for now until you build up some stamina, it takes time to build fitness.

    Also if you use youtube for workouts, Jessica Smith has a lot of more less intense/easier workouts, start with those and work your way up to more intense over time.
  • stephentessla
    stephentessla Posts: 13 Member
    My goals are to lose my c section. Shelf and tone up all around im loosing weight i was 171 and now 143. But i just want to lose the overall jiggle my body has attained and become more solid
  • KANGOOJUMPS
    KANGOOJUMPS Posts: 6,474 Member
    yep, the more you do, the better you get.
  • stephentessla
    stephentessla Posts: 13 Member
    Thank you all for your knowledge
  • DX2JX2
    DX2JX2 Posts: 1,921 Member
    Slow down. Interval training aside (which by definition should leave you feeling a bit sapped after a short amount of time), your cardio work should mostly be done at an effort level that you could theoretically maintain for an extended period of time (at least 30 minutes, if not up to 45-60).

    You should be fully conversational during your steady state cardio work. If you're not specifically doing intensity work and can't speak in complete sentences during a workout, you're pushing too hard.
  • lynn_glenmont
    lynn_glenmont Posts: 10,093 Member
    stephentessla wrote: »
    I use youtube videos for my 'classes" ialways try to find a beginner video. Maybe I could cut down the ammount of time i follow each move?

    When you get out of breath or experience pain, drop back to a walk or gentle jog in place or modify the movement in the video so it's not so strenuous until you recover.
  • MelanieCN77
    MelanieCN77 Posts: 4,047 Member
    It's ok to not do stuff you don't like. I'm sure HIIT is great for some people, I hate it. I tried doing it a couple times a week for about 6 weeks and I started dreading it so I stopped. I'm in shape, just the hurry hurry and doing moves fast isn't for me, it's not always about how fit you are that you should just be able to do and enjoy everything, find something you want to do and start gently.
  • MostlyWater
    MostlyWater Posts: 4,294 Member
    Definitely slow down. It's a marathon, not a sprint.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    edited April 2018
    stephentessla wrote: »
    Every time I work out I get 10 minutes in and i feel like im dying. Advice on keeping your breath or not feeling like your muscles are immediately cramped?

    ease into things and build your fitness over time?

    I mean, I can go out and ride 30 miles now with no problem...but I didn't start out that way.
  • Silentpadna
    Silentpadna Posts: 1,306 Member
    Another vote for easing into it.....whatever you're doing. Last year at the beginning (Feb 2017) I walked. Then I did P90 (no X) shortly after I started walking, which is designed to take you 90 days to even be ready to do a P90X (or equivalent). Its starts relatively slow.

    I walked more and more. The more I did, the more I could do.

    When I finished P90 I started running and then lifting. Running started with 2 miles half walking, half jogging - this was after I built up the walking. By September I ran 7 miles, which is twice as far as I had ever run in my life. (I'm 55 now).

    Started barbell training last May. Started with Strong Lifts squatting, benching and pressing just the bar. Deadlift at 95 pounds. Now my strength numbers are well toward the top of the intermediate range, a couple in the advanced range.

    What's the common theme here? Every one of those things were things that I eased into. I didn't care that runners were passing me by. I didn't care that others could lift more than me when I started. Just got on a program, started slow and progressed constantly.

    If you set up a plan with goals, set one up that doesn't demotivate you from the beginning by being too hard. As long as they progress, so will you (and eventually you'll be able to do the hard stuff - and if you want to progress substantially some of it has to be hard - but not all of it).

    By the way - the same thing should go for your food intake. (OP, this may not apply to you at this point if you already have the eating part down).
  • Sayanogo
    Sayanogo Posts: 34 Member
    If I feel like I'm dying during (or even at the end) of a workout, I know I pushed too hard. If my chest starts burning, if I can't catch a breath, if I feel like no amount of water will soothe the dryness in my throat, then I worked too hard. It took some trial and error to find an effort level where I was tired but not completely wiped out and miserable.

    You don't have to go from 0 - 60 in one day. Since you're using YouTube, find videos that have modifications for a variety of skill levels or do something light (ex: marching in place) when you feel a particular move getting you too exhausted. You can also look for shorter routines and work your way up to longer ones.

    It'll take some experimentation, but when you find yourself getting close to that "I'm dying" feeling, pull back. Beyond the negative physical impact this can have, it's super demotivating to feel like you're killing yourself everyday.
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