I am not a real *fishie" so please read this accordingly. I feel so much gas in my system (like coming out from mouth as well as the bottom) after a hard workout. I sometimes feel like puking too. I don't usually eat anything for 2hours or so before a workout. For a weekly workout with my tri/swim club at 7am (for 1.5hours), I don't eat anything at all from the dinner night before nor I eat/drink anything during a practice. I know I am working hard close to my LT, or even above for certain interval. Is this normal? Am I supposed to have something in my stomach before a workout? I have never puked after a swim practice, however my problem is this - For a short triathlon race (sprint or oly), I get real nauseated toward the end of bike or the beginning of a run and I have to stop and puke or try to puke (nothing really come out just air coming out). Though this paritcular issue may have something to do with the race nutrition and nothing to do with swimming, but a hard swim workout is THE only time I can feel something similar to the gas/nausea which I experience during a tri race, so I thought swimming is the culprit here. (I haven't been able to recreate this nausea issue during a bike or run workout or race of various distances upto marathon.) Any suggestions/comments?
Thanks,
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I saw a great swimmer that I was passing and I noticed stuff coming out of both ends. I did get away from him in a hurry, that was pollution for sure. It was puke, puke, puke and putt, putt, putt. The putt, putt, putt was more of a pffft, pffft, pffft. He had a large quanity of exlax the evening before, administered to him by a competitor. He thought he was eating a chocolate bar.
The way to stop gulping air. When we breathe in through the mouth we just do not gasp. When you swim the breathing should be as if you were out for a stroll. Easy in easy out. Some force their air out trying to get everything out and they have to gulp the air in, some goes to the stomach.
THis is hard!!! I tried to practice in a pool but I just couldn't change the way I breathe. Do you really 'breathe like you were out for a stroll'???? OMG. I thought you were supposed to force air out so when your mouth opens it is ready to suck in air, NO? Any more tips would be appreciated.
Meanwhile.... I am pretty sure gulping air is the cause of my system distress during a tri race. For the first time during a training workout, I was able to recreate the 'nauseated/gassy feeling'. I swam 1.6mile OW yesterday followed by 10mile run. The worst 10 miler ever.
I have done explosive breathing at times to increase turnover. But contrary to many who suggest a complete expell of air I never did. When you do this you must gasp for air.
I have done explosive breathing at times to increase turnover. But contrary to many who suggest a complete expell of air I never did. When you do this you must gasp for air.
I agree with George on this. Yes, you should be constanly exhaling so you are ready to breathe when you turn to do so, but forcing all the air out tends to make me feel winded. You don't want to continue to exhale as you turn to breathe, but you shouldn't wait until you feel like you're forcing yourself to empty your lungs either.
