Pretty much the title. I’ve been training for 5 months, injured for 4 weeks in there - just came off of a 2wk recovery from a knee injury. I’m relatively young, 6ft 175lbs, in pretty decent shape.
But I overexert myself to the point of vomiting nearly every class. It’s frustrating and embarassing.
I’ve started doing more cardio and have improved a lot in that regard, but it doesn’t seem to help at all on the mats. Do I just need to do more cardio? Is there something nutrition-wise that could help? Open to any and all suggestions.
Edit: Thanks everyone for the advice. I will try 1) not try so hard and ask partners to help me with that, 2) advice to talk to my doctor - I have in the past and he wasn’t much help - but it got me to do some research… some medication I’m on can cause hyponatremia, which can cause nausea and vomiting especially after exercise… so I’m going to try a saline solution before/during class and may report back if it works.
Edit 2: took a 3% hypertonic salt solution to class today and it seems to have worked. I asked a higher belt to really push me in a difficult roll after class to test it. Not certain yet, but seems to have fixed the vomiting
Have you tried not going so hard? Seems like the obvious answer, you’ve gotta work up to it.
I have and do. I’ve worked to loosen up and control my breathing. Definitely something I can improve on still though.
Slow down a lot more. I take my breathing as a speedometer. If I’m breathing too hard, I’m trying to force things. You’re new, you’re going to tap, there’s not a lot of point to fighting it to the death.