After hard workouts where we do a lot of sprint work, I have noticed that my stomach is in knots and it stays that way for hours. I don't know why- lactic acid build up maybe? I am eating a banana before practice, like I have done before every practice for the last 8 years. I drink water during practice and I warm down at least 300-400 yards at the end. The stomach issues (pain, lack of wanting to eat, etc) come in to play only when we're doing a lot of sprint work (yes, I'm a distance lover). Today it's so bad that I've only eaten a banana and a bit of chicken and green beans and it's 2:30 now and yet I swam 7-9 this morning.
What can I do to prevent this? What is causing this?
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After hard workouts where we do a lot of sprint work, I have noticed that my stomach is in knots and it stays that way for hours. I don't know why- lactic acid build up maybe?
What can I do to prevent this? What is causing this?
Yeah, lactic acid buildup is a good guess. Your question reminded me of this article that was written by breastrokr (sp?).
www.breaststroke.info/tums.htm
Since you don't know in advance, maybe you can pop a handful of tums on the way out of practice?
I understand the chemistry behind the recommendation but I don't understand the physiology, so maybe someone has a more in depth article they could share or a deeper understanding of dropping a buffer in the stomach would benefit acid buildup in the muscles. By eating tums, do you ultimately lower the pH of your blood? fiik
Just to be clear, I am sharing the article with you since it might apply, and i think taking the recommended amount of tums as defined on the back of the tums package might help. I am not recommending you take 40 tums the next time you have sprint day.
Maybe breastrokr will drop by and comment.
After hard workouts where we do a lot of sprint work, I have noticed that my stomach is in knots and it stays that way for hours. I don't know why- lactic acid build up maybe?
What can I do to prevent this? What is causing this?
Yeah, lactic acid buildup is a good guess. Your question reminded me of this article that was written by breastrokr (sp?).
www.breaststroke.info/tums.htm
Since you don't know in advance, maybe you can pop a handful of tums on the way out of practice?
I understand the chemistry behind the recommendation but I don't understand the physiology, so maybe someone has a more in depth article they could share or a deeper understanding of dropping a buffer in the stomach would benefit acid buildup in the muscles. By eating tums, do you ultimately lower the pH of your blood? fiik
Just to be clear, I am sharing the article with you since it might apply, and i think taking the recommended amount of tums as defined on the back of the tums package might help. I am not recommending you take 40 tums the next time you have sprint day.
Maybe breastrokr will drop by and comment.
