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Blackjack · 03-01-2007, 02:34 PM

There was an incident with me and my workouts last Thankgiving. At that point, the baby was about 1.5 weeks old so I wasn't far removed from working out on a more consistent basis. I got up early and wanted to do a good TT workout so the effects of the big T-Day dinner would be minimized. Pushed myself pretty hard...too hard. Did a workout that I'd done in the past. Got upstairs after the workout, felt winded but then I got real cold and started sweating quite a bit.

Basically, soon thereafter, I almost passed out. My body got to the point of "survival mode" in which I could literally feel the blood leaving my limbs to protect my internal organs. Felt very weak, arms and legs were very cold, clammy and tingly. My wife had me lie down with my legs elevated and gave me apple juice as we were out of gatorade at the time.

The funniest (or scariest) thing was my wife when she saw me lying on the floor. She said "I've seen that color in people's faces...when their dead." She's in the health care industry.

Within an hour I was fine. But it was very scary for a while there.

So I'm very cognoscente of my condition and have been pretty conservative with workouts since then. I get very nervous every time I get light-headed or start to sweat when I feel cold. I hope this doesn't hurt my progress. I want to be able to push myself, but I'm nervous about it.

I've always been a bit sensitive to working out with little to no carbs in my system, that may or may not be hindering my progress.

03-01-2007, 02:34 PM	#12 (permalink)
Blackjack Looper (Pro Jock) Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Waukesha, WI Posts: 2,219 My Profile	There was an incident with me and my workouts last Thankgiving. At that point, the baby was about 1.5 weeks old so I wasn't far removed from working out on a more consistent basis. I got up early and wanted to do a good TT workout so the effects of the big T-Day dinner would be minimized. Pushed myself pretty hard...too hard. Did a workout that I'd done in the past. Got upstairs after the workout, felt winded but then I got real cold and started sweating quite a bit. Basically, soon thereafter, I almost passed out. My body got to the point of "survival mode" in which I could literally feel the blood leaving my limbs to protect my internal organs. Felt very weak, arms and legs were very cold, clammy and tingly. My wife had me lie down with my legs elevated and gave me apple juice as we were out of gatorade at the time. The funniest (or scariest) thing was my wife when she saw me lying on the floor. She said "I've seen that color in people's faces...when their dead." She's in the health care industry. Within an hour I was fine. But it was very scary for a while there. So I'm very cognoscente of my condition and have been pretty conservative with workouts since then. I get very nervous every time I get light-headed or start to sweat when I feel cold. I hope this doesn't hurt my progress. I want to be able to push myself, but I'm nervous about it. I've always been a bit sensitive to working out with little to no carbs in my system, that may or may not be hindering my progress. __________________ Two Bears Dadda? Two Bears Benno, just two. ______________________________ ___________ There are three things in my life which I really love: God, my family, and baseball. The only problem - once baseball season starts, I change the order around a bit. ~Al Gallagher, 1971 Last edited by Blackjack : 03-01-2007 at 02:52 PM.