Posted: 1/23/2009 6:46:49 PM EDT
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I am wondering if there is something wrong with me or if this is just natural. But I find that if I work out that I sometimes come VERY close to dry-heaving or sometimes throwing up. Like when I first joined the Army, I could run and get fatigued and all that stuff but I never really had a problem where I would dry heave unil a year or two after I already joined. It seems that if I worked out often and got into better shape, I could greatly reduce my chances of dry heaving/throwing up. My squad leader would use my dry heaving during the run in order to "inspire" the other guys to show how hard I was trying in my work outs. So as to show the "tiny heart" syndrome guys that would just give up and fall out of the run that they need to push themselves like I was.
Of course, I am out of the military now. I was going to the gym often back in September, but then I had not gone to the gym since then until I started a last week. I notice that again, I am getting plagued with my stomach feeling very upset and the feeling of needing to puke during intense work outs. Is this just a natural thing where my stomach is probably just filling up with lactic acid because I am not in shape and causing me to feel like I need to throw up or come onto the verge of throwing up/dry heaving because I am still out of shape and need to keep working on my endurance or could this be an actual problem with my body? |
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During very heavy workouts with large muscle groups such as legs, you have blood going to the area afterwards causing it.
If you are getting it all the time, I dunno, you should probably ask someone more qualified than me. Just saying this happened to me after leg workouts and that was the answer I got. |
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During very heavy workouts with large muscle groups such as legs, you have blood going to the area afterwards causing it. If you are getting it all the time, I dunno, you should probably ask someone more qualified than me. Just saying this happened to me after leg workouts and that was the answer I got. Makes sense because I did a really intense leg workout today, and was feeling sick during the workout. |
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Yep, you're fine.
Like the other guy said, when you lift weights, blood rushes to the muscle which requires more oxygen and nutrients. It takes blood away from other regions of the body like your stomach and intestines. Presumably if you have food in your stomach, the body compensates for this lack of resources by rejecting anything you have in your stomach... It's just overreacting to the workout. When you feel that way, just sit down, control your breathing and it will pass. |