Avoid Getting Dizzy or Nauseas
While Exercising
One of the biggest culprits is low blood sugar:People often like to workout in the morning before
breakfast, but that means that the body may have had no fuel since dinner the
night before. So, you get up, get into exercising, and the blood sugar
plummets. You feel nauseas and weak. Better to have a light breakfast,
preferably some lean protein and/or complex carbohydrate with a little healthy fat-- foods will keep you going for a
while. Another scenario might be the person who goes to class right after work
and before dinner. No time to eat, no fuel for those working muscles. In this
case a light snack or sports bar could do the trick.
A Word to the Wise:
eating or drinking too much and trying to exercise can be equally
uncomfortable!
Stay
Hydrated - Drink Water.
While we are on the topic of food, it can’t be stressed enough
that it is important to be well hydrated when you exercise. Moderate types of
exercise, like Pilates, rarely require all the glucose and sodium that one
finds in sports drinks, but a healthy dose of water is essential. Dizziness and nausea are
both symptoms of dehydration.
Working out and exercising while
being hungry will cause more than just muscle weakness. By failing to fuel the
body before a workout routine the body will begin looking for energy sources to
burn from during the workouts. When this happens, the body's primary choice for
energy is amino acids. Amino acids are readily converted into glycogen in the
absence of carbohydrates, through a process called gluconeogenesis. Whether
these amino acids come from your stomach, your protein shake, or your muscle
tissue, your muscle growth is going to be hindered, resulting in the sabotaging
of your fitness goals. This is why neglecting to eat before a workout is
destructive to a workout and is not a good idea. Planning and structuring a
diet to include a pre-workout meal, is crucial in maximizing the effectiveness
of the workout.
Reference:
http://pilates.about.com/od/gettingstarted/a/ExNausea.htm
http://whatisglycogen.com/965/the-athletic-world-of-carbohydrates/23291/hitting-the-wall.html
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