So in an attempt to stay fit during this lockdown I’ve turned to bodyweight workouts like a lot of others. I’m having a LOT of trouble though and I can’t figure out why, so if anyone has any insight to this that’d be great.
Some background: 26M, 5’10, 175. I’ve been lifting since I was about twelve I’d say. Simple at first, but I was pretty serious by the time I was sixteen. Chilled out a lot but stayed active, lost, gained, and lost a lot of fat (250-170ish). I’ve always been pretty athletic and just before this I was lifting four days a week and cycling classes twice a week no problem. Just focused on being healthy now, not getting huge or anything.
However, any amount of body weight exercise messes with me really hard. If I ignore the fatigue I can get through a few sets of pushups and some core work, but I feel light-headed and nauseous for the rest of the day. Two sets of pistol squats (assisted because I’m really bad at them so far) and I’m basically useless until the following morning.
Part of me thought I was coming down with the big bad the first time this happened, but now I’m kind of thinking that maybe it’s just like new people just starting at the gym where the first two weeks are hell. Since it’s a new type of workout maybe my body is just being pissy about it? I haven’t tried roughing it out for long than about a week because I don’t really enjoy feeling horrible, but is that what it’s going to take?
I guess my questions are: is this a common problem? Is there an easy explanation? Do I just need to suck it up until it gets better?
Thanks!
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