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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Hey, Swimshark. I have the same stomach issues after sprinting. I agree that it may be the lactic acid. Our college coach used to tell us that 300-400 warm-down is simply not after all that sprinting. He told us it took at least 12-15 minutes of 'active recovery' to flush out all that lactic acid. So I try to swim at least 800 yards (e.g. 16 X 50s or 8 X 100s) at 60% at the end of a sprint set. The more, the better. Keep sprinting, and good luck!
I will try that as well. We did a lot of sprints today and I did notice I was drinking water occasionally. But no huge stomach issues. A little but nothing like I get after a longer 2 hour practice.
Here is a thought...
when you do sprints you might be rushing your breathing and consequently ingesting more water than usual.
Chlorinated water is pretty nasty and if you get enough in your stomach it will let you know pretty quickly.
if that is the case probiotic cultures would probably help
