Feeling sick after every workout

almaz321 · April 2019

I’ve been training with a personal trainer and I have been feeling nauseous and eventually vomiting after almost every session. Has anyone else experienced this? How can I prevent this. I want to enjoy working out but due to this it’s becoming more and more daunting.

L1zardQueen · April 2019

Have you had a wellness check with your doctor lately? Is exercise new for you?

JaydedMiss · April 2019

i assume youll get alot of responses but ill just add a lesser known one, Is your gym multi leveled? Mine makes me pukey its underground so the air pressure in it im apparently sensitive to gets to me. Carry on to more likely answers...

Danp · April 2019

Speak with a doctor but also, if you haven't already, speak with your PT. They might be unwittingly pushing too hard for your current fitness level. Let them know so they can adjust the intensity of the session.

Gisel2015 · April 2019

1) do you eat a lot just before your workouts or you don't eat enough during the day to fuel your workouts?
2) do you exert yourself too much or are you being pushed by the trainer to unrealistic expectations and workouts?
3) are you dehydrated or are you drinking too much water on an empty stomach?
4) are you suffering from an electrolyte unbalance?
5) do you have enough rest time in between your workouts?
6) are you very heavy and having difficulties doing the workouts and sweating a lot?
7) do you have any physical condition (heart or BP problems?) that may cause the symptoms that you describe in your OP?

Maybe you should talk to the trainer and explain the situation to him/her and seek his/her input, or ask to reduce the intensity of the sets. Going to the doctor for a blood work would be a good recommendation if the situation continues or gets worse.

Quasita · April 2019

I mean, I would bring it up with your trainer considering they're responsible for the training intensity, and it's usually the culprit for post-activity nausea. Think of how marathon runners will vomit at the end of the race. It's literally from over-exertion. You might need to scale back on intensity, especially if, as L1zardQueen asked, exercise is new for you.

Exercise-induced nausea is almost always caused by poor conditioning combined with genetic pre-disposition. You can adjust your habits to effectively eliminate it, but this should be something your trainer should be more than capable of helping you manage and adjust for. It would likely require an altering of your training program.

whmscll · April 2019

I had a trainer and explained to her I was really out of shape and needed to start off slow. She had no concept of how to scale a workout for people with different needs and gave me a program that was way beyond my abilities. First session I just simply scaled it back myself because I couldn’t do what she was asking and nearly puked in the gym. Ditched her immediately. Any trainer who’s any good should be able to tell when a workout is too intense for you and scale it accordingly. My advice is to get a different trainer.

Danp · April 2019

Another thing to consider is are you FEELING sick or are you just BEING sick? By this I mean besides than tossing your cookies how do you feel otherwise?

I ask this because I had a friend many years ago who would regularly throw up after exercise but other than being a bit icky (that's the medical term for it) he didn't have any negative side effects and just accepted that this was something that he was predisposed to.

He'd work out, have a little heave and go about his day.

MikePTY · April 2019

What have you been doing with your trainer? Do you feel exhausted during the workout, like you are pushing too hard? Or do you feel more or less okay during the workout and this only happens afterwards? About how long afterwards?

matrosov65 · April 2019

My experience most likely cause is overexertion. Not really a good thing in a context of average person getting healthy in a gym. Unless you are over eating and ove-rhydrating before your workout I'd say your PT might be loading you up with cookie cutter stuff from the get go vs customizing the routine to your fitness level. What are you doing with your personal trainer? Did he give you a general fitness test like run on a treadmill for me stop when you can't do some sit ups do some pushups that sort of stuff?

csplatt · April 2019

This happened to me once when I was training too hard too quickly. I was really out of shape.

dsboohead · April 2019

Was your trainer simply a gym employee...they are worthless. Its best to go with someone who is licensed and/or a degree who can judge and program for your specific needs.
Someone who starts training you like your a prize fighter in a Rocky movie does not know what they are doing!

cwolfman13 · April 2019

Have you talked to your trainer? Personally, a good trainer should be able to tell if he/she is pushing a client too hard. They are there to give you a push, just not off a cliff.

When I started working with a trainer, he spent a couple sessions just doing an assessment of where I was and what my current fitness capabilities were and scaled my workouts accordingly building intensity and volume over time.

almaz321 · May 2019

Hi everyone, thank you all for your suggestions! @JaydedMiss matter fact it is underground. I did end up speaking to my personal trainer about it I had prior to posting on here and he just kept chalking it up to “that happens”.

Needless to say I got rid of him he was way too expensive and I wasn’t seeing any results and I felt horrible every day so I’ve decided to take the things that I’ve learned from him and go to the gym myself at my own pace.

This seems to be going really well and I haven’t felt that nauseating Feeling since.

Thank you all so much for your feedback and suggestions.

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