Earlier in the week, I signed up for Bally Total Fitness. I had been wanting to join a gym for years now, and their offer was too good to pass up. They told me they'd call to set up a free session with a personal trainer for my first initial workout. I scheduled the workout for today and had a blast. The trainer was extremely helpful and motivating, and gave me a ton of tips as well.
We went through all sorts of exercises based upon the routine he felt was best tailored to meet my fitness goals(turning fat into muscle and seeing muscle definition). The session lasted an hour and I really enjoyed it, he worked every single body group and pushed me to my limits(but in a respectful and helpful way).
Here's the problem, when we went over to the "stretch" area to cool down and just stretch, I started feeling really dizzy. I suddenly felt this rush feeling of something flowing through my arms, almost like a pins and needles sensation, but not exactly the same. I immediately told him and he had me sit down and stated that it was most likely lactid acid being released throughout my body and that it's normal after a hard workout. This sensation of dizziness and the feeling in my arms lasted about 20 mins until he gave me juice to drink, and the dizziness left. I wish I could say that was it, but then as I drove home, I had to pull over(about 15 mins after the whole dizzy thing) to vomit. I just couldn't hold it in any longer.
I was bummed because I was looking forward to start working on my fitness in the new year, but I don't feel like going through those two things every time I have a good workout. Was it just because I was sedentary and a novice at working out? Is this something normal? For anyone curious as to if I ate beforehand, I just had a bowl of organic oat cereal with cold milk. The people at Bally had told me to make sure to eat before I came to the workout, but I didn't want to overdue it.
Sorry for the length of this post, and thanks for any helpful advice.
*Extra Note* My trainer said to eat a form of protein when I got home, preferably eggs. I made 3 egg whites with a piece of whole wheat nut toast. Is that a good option for a post-workout meal?*
We went through all sorts of exercises based upon the routine he felt was best tailored to meet my fitness goals(turning fat into muscle and seeing muscle definition). The session lasted an hour and I really enjoyed it, he worked every single body group and pushed me to my limits(but in a respectful and helpful way).
Here's the problem, when we went over to the "stretch" area to cool down and just stretch, I started feeling really dizzy. I suddenly felt this rush feeling of something flowing through my arms, almost like a pins and needles sensation, but not exactly the same. I immediately told him and he had me sit down and stated that it was most likely lactid acid being released throughout my body and that it's normal after a hard workout. This sensation of dizziness and the feeling in my arms lasted about 20 mins until he gave me juice to drink, and the dizziness left. I wish I could say that was it, but then as I drove home, I had to pull over(about 15 mins after the whole dizzy thing) to vomit. I just couldn't hold it in any longer.
I was bummed because I was looking forward to start working on my fitness in the new year, but I don't feel like going through those two things every time I have a good workout. Was it just because I was sedentary and a novice at working out? Is this something normal? For anyone curious as to if I ate beforehand, I just had a bowl of organic oat cereal with cold milk. The people at Bally had told me to make sure to eat before I came to the workout, but I didn't want to overdue it.
Sorry for the length of this post, and thanks for any helpful advice.
*Extra Note* My trainer said to eat a form of protein when I got home, preferably eggs. I made 3 egg whites with a piece of whole wheat nut toast. Is that a good option for a post-workout meal?*
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