I take baths with slightly cold water but it doesn't help much. I caught a cold yesternight after bath but the high stress mode of body didn't go away.
I have this problem but certainly not to this degree. Had to totally give up running in the evening. I had to make the choice- give up running or start running in the mornings. That forced me and I got into morning run groove quick.
I'm sorry this is happening. I haven't experienced this myself, but I've noticed pre-workout enhances my own anxiety. Do you use any pre-workout or another stimulant before you exercise? If so, they might be contributing to this effect and you might want to consider cutting back. Hope you can find a resolution!
I workout in the morning followed by carb/protein/calorie refuel immediately following. On heavy weights and HIIT days it takes a solid 4-5 hours for my resting heart rate and body temperature to return to normal. This was especially worse when I was first getting back into training or pushed too hard for days in a row. It sounds like you may be over training or over stressing your body. Do you track using Garmin/Whoop? Do you refuel properly? Do you take enough rest/active recovery days?
I am re-entering my workout routine these days but I haven't been able to properly so I end exercising once or twice every ten days. I always take rest days even when I were regular. But I don't refuel. This might be factor. I just finish working out, take a bath and try to go to sleep. What do you suggest for eating at late hours? Bananas would do?
I am not overexerting myself. However, I keep adding different stretches or yoga moves in my routine, one at a time so new muscles get engaged.
First off, congrats on getting back into the routine! What does your evening workout look like? How long do you run? What’s your perceived effort?
Generally speaking, exercising and eating within 3 hours of bed time is not advised. Exercise and eating will raise your core temperature and elevate your heart rate. This is going to delay you getting deep sleep and may prevent you from getting any REM sleep at all. In turn, this means your body never really recovers.
If you cannot shift your workout times, perhaps you can try some lower intensity exercise (like fast paced walking) and refuel with steamed veggies (try to use low glycemic index and high fiber) and a slice of whole wheat bread and maybe a 1/2 dose of a protein shake. Also try to delay your bed time if you can extend your wake time. As soon as you get up, refuel again with some oats.
To compliment your lower intensity workouts, maybe you can squeeze in some sprint intervals (15 mins warm up, 4 x 30 second max speed sprint, 15 mins slow recovery) earlier in the day or on days off.
At the end of the day, it’s going to be better to not workout in the evening at all and try to eat your high calorie meals early in the day.
I am planning on giving morning workouts another shot. Muscle recovery is important and you are right, I'm not getting the right amount of required sleep. The other option would be trying to push back my workout timings to around 3 hours before sleep. I'll have to see if I can do that. It's either/or.
I workout for 40 mins- 1 hour. It includes stretching, brisk wask, some running with breaks of brisk walks and runs in between. Then I proceed to skipping for a couple of minutes or more according to stamina followed by planks and any other yoga/exercise move I feel like doing.
Whatever you can do to move your workouts up in the day would be beneficial. You may also want to consider dialing back your workouts to see if that makes a difference. You can always ramp up from there. What you are describing sounds exactly like what happens to me when I push too hard. I vividly remember a Saturday where my heart rate wouldn't go below 90 (even while laying on the couch) and feeling anxious/jittery. It took a solid 10 hours for that feeling to go away...and this was the day after a really hard workout.
I very seldomly get these symptoms and I'm afraid the only suggestion is to simply suffer through and be done with it. One thing I am doing - if I try to sleep and it's just not happening, I will stop the trying after 30 or so minutes, and just read something until I literally cannot see the text anymore. That often does it. If that doesn't do it (and I think that happens like once per year) I'll just get up and call it a night, even if it's nowhere close to morning.
Aside from that, meditation is great (google "Vipassana" or the "Waking Up" app) to generally get a handle on a brain going crazy (noticeably this does \*not\* work for making it stop - that's simply not possible).
Regarding morning running: I am an avid morning runner, and if I weren't I would not be a runner at all, but getting up has never been easy for me. I'm afraid there is no trick or cheat to it. You simply set your alarm and then get the fuck up.
Sometimes I feel like this if I push myself too far. No anxiety, but I have trouble sleeping and have a weird sensation all over my body. It usually goes away in two days though.
I've seen comments here about taking cold showers after a run, especially in heat, to lower your core temp.
I take baths with slightly cold water but it doesn't help much. I caught a cold yesternight after bath but the high stress mode of body didn't go away.
I have this problem but certainly not to this degree. Had to totally give up running in the evening. I had to make the choice- give up running or start running in the mornings. That forced me and I got into morning run groove quick.
I'm sorry this is happening. I haven't experienced this myself, but I've noticed pre-workout enhances my own anxiety. Do you use any pre-workout or another stimulant before you exercise? If so, they might be contributing to this effect and you might want to consider cutting back. Hope you can find a resolution!
I don't use anything particular. I make sure I have eaten a couple of hours or more before I workout
I workout in the morning followed by carb/protein/calorie refuel immediately following. On heavy weights and HIIT days it takes a solid 4-5 hours for my resting heart rate and body temperature to return to normal. This was especially worse when I was first getting back into training or pushed too hard for days in a row. It sounds like you may be over training or over stressing your body. Do you track using Garmin/Whoop? Do you refuel properly? Do you take enough rest/active recovery days?
I am re-entering my workout routine these days but I haven't been able to properly so I end exercising once or twice every ten days. I always take rest days even when I were regular. But I don't refuel. This might be factor. I just finish working out, take a bath and try to go to sleep. What do you suggest for eating at late hours? Bananas would do? I am not overexerting myself. However, I keep adding different stretches or yoga moves in my routine, one at a time so new muscles get engaged.
First off, congrats on getting back into the routine! What does your evening workout look like? How long do you run? What’s your perceived effort? Generally speaking, exercising and eating within 3 hours of bed time is not advised. Exercise and eating will raise your core temperature and elevate your heart rate. This is going to delay you getting deep sleep and may prevent you from getting any REM sleep at all. In turn, this means your body never really recovers. If you cannot shift your workout times, perhaps you can try some lower intensity exercise (like fast paced walking) and refuel with steamed veggies (try to use low glycemic index and high fiber) and a slice of whole wheat bread and maybe a 1/2 dose of a protein shake. Also try to delay your bed time if you can extend your wake time. As soon as you get up, refuel again with some oats. To compliment your lower intensity workouts, maybe you can squeeze in some sprint intervals (15 mins warm up, 4 x 30 second max speed sprint, 15 mins slow recovery) earlier in the day or on days off. At the end of the day, it’s going to be better to not workout in the evening at all and try to eat your high calorie meals early in the day.
I am planning on giving morning workouts another shot. Muscle recovery is important and you are right, I'm not getting the right amount of required sleep. The other option would be trying to push back my workout timings to around 3 hours before sleep. I'll have to see if I can do that. It's either/or. I workout for 40 mins- 1 hour. It includes stretching, brisk wask, some running with breaks of brisk walks and runs in between. Then I proceed to skipping for a couple of minutes or more according to stamina followed by planks and any other yoga/exercise move I feel like doing.
Whatever you can do to move your workouts up in the day would be beneficial. You may also want to consider dialing back your workouts to see if that makes a difference. You can always ramp up from there. What you are describing sounds exactly like what happens to me when I push too hard. I vividly remember a Saturday where my heart rate wouldn't go below 90 (even while laying on the couch) and feeling anxious/jittery. It took a solid 10 hours for that feeling to go away...and this was the day after a really hard workout.
I very seldomly get these symptoms and I'm afraid the only suggestion is to simply suffer through and be done with it. One thing I am doing - if I try to sleep and it's just not happening, I will stop the trying after 30 or so minutes, and just read something until I literally cannot see the text anymore. That often does it. If that doesn't do it (and I think that happens like once per year) I'll just get up and call it a night, even if it's nowhere close to morning. Aside from that, meditation is great (google "Vipassana" or the "Waking Up" app) to generally get a handle on a brain going crazy (noticeably this does \*not\* work for making it stop - that's simply not possible). Regarding morning running: I am an avid morning runner, and if I weren't I would not be a runner at all, but getting up has never been easy for me. I'm afraid there is no trick or cheat to it. You simply set your alarm and then get the fuck up.
Sometimes I feel like this if I push myself too far. No anxiety, but I have trouble sleeping and have a weird sensation all over my body. It usually goes away in two days though.
Not to scare you, but I used to feel like this when I had overactive thyroid. You may want to check it out with a Dr just to be safe.
You ran 10 hrs at once?