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Just come in from a weekly work-out that I hate with a passion. It involves a brief warm up followed by a 160m dash, done hell for leather, balls against the wall etc. This is followed by a 1 min slow run/jog and then the whole thing is repeated. I do it four times and by the end i'm almost screaming. The neighbours must be faintly concerned by the racket I make every Tuesday down the park. :lol:

Well I haven't actually puked in my training yet but it's still not fun. Anyone else got a work-out that is so hard you want the week to slow down to prevent you reaching it?
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Interval training is my puker. I have naff VO2 max, so my endurance is low. To compensate, I interval train and work on my lactic acid threshold (a la Seb Coe). I hate it, and am still amazed that I willingly put myself through it....

I haven't puked, but occasionaly cough up a little blood.

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Cough up blood? That's seriously worrying isn't it?

What does your interval training involve, sounds like a useful bit of training...
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nah. its only a few flecks, not horror movie style :o .

Interval training I do depends on my mood. Sometimes i'll switch back and forth between two paces every couple of minutes, other times i'll do a build up and increase the pace every five minutes, then jog, then reverse it. sometimes I use distance instead of time as a point to change pace. i vary it as much as possible, because I f***ing hate it :-?

the aim is to build up lactic acid in my legs, and then trick my body into using it as energy. well, that's the theory, anyway.

I'm interested in seeing what everyone elses puker is. Come on guys n gals, tell all.

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When I do shuttle sprints. If I do a lot very quickly and really push myself I then take great pride in standing at the finish line and chucking up. :D
I was told its sort of a threshold of your bodies max. If you can get your body through that spewing stage then you'll continuously improve......
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How can it be good for you to throw up? And how come i've taken my body to the point where i'm almost fainting but have never been sick? Guess i'm just not masochistic enough :lol:
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Please note that this chucking is not a Saturday night after 15 pints and chaser chuck up...Its a couple of coughs and gut wrenches, not floods of breakfast.
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It only happens when im tired and still pushing myself flat out...I know I cant go further but I have the last sprint in so I push it very hard..
Has anybody ever chundered on the PRMC or during training.. :)
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I've heard it's quite common to blow chunks on PRMC, becuase obviously they push you behond your max in most cases. I got a mate in my college class who attempted and failed PRMC who said he chucked up a number of times.
Personaly i hate being sick, its bordering on phobia, but i exept that i will have to put up with it as it is quite normal when your being run into the ground.

Yea the only time that i feel close to puking sometimes is after my Shuttle runs (5X60m sprint after intence reps of press-ups, sit-ups, burpees and pull-ups) but not always. I used to feel quite sick all the time when i first started training, after my runs but i rarly do anymore.

This post has actually prompted me to design a new puker session for my weekly schedual (if i can fit it in!) for those of you that are interested, here it is: -
Run to your local park footy pitch and when you get there do a set of press-ups, sit-ups, and burpees (however many you wanna do), then sprint full pelt round the pitch once, repeat reps on the three exercises and do the sprint again, etc etc, do this three or four times, or untill you puke or feel really really knackerd. Simple but effective! :D :)

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Better still, find a rugby pitch. the linesman will have marked out some really handy lines for you. Jog to the 22, sprint back, jog to the 10 yard line, sprint back etc. until you reach the goal line at the other end. you must turn immediately and sprint/jog and go the full whack to the line when sprinting, then do your burpees etc. If it's wet do it in rugby/football boots. Now stop whingeing. 8)
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Stat,
It must be them 5 x 60m sprints. Used to do them with my footy team and thats when I first started doing it. It sounds a bit stupid but it may be an important part of training, pushing your body till you puke. Firstly you know your pushing to the absolute limit and secondly it gets you used to it so you wont panic if you start chucking on the PRMC (which I probably will :D )...
Good session that from Rob, you can do it with a footy pitch (6 yard box n back, edge of box n back, half way line etc etc) if like me you aint seen a local rugby pitch since you were at school. I remember my PE teacher getting us to ruck and maul in the icy December conditions, getting a good set of studs dragged down your back from the 6ft 14 yr old freak in the year...Happy days indeed :D
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Upchucking isn't necessary, but it used to happen to me when going balls out. I've seen a guy faint when he really pushed himself to the limit during circuits. Not handy having to place him in a safe position, before continuing with our circuits! Remember one thing though, when doing your PRMC, POC etc, you think you have finished, but no way will the training team be thinking on the same lines. That's what endurance/stamina training is all about. Have a look on Misc Disc for the Devizes to Westminster posts. :o
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If you really want to chuck, just put your fingers down your throat after a workout. Then when you head down AFCO boast about your ability to 'bring yourself to the edge' 'stare death in the face' and 'run through the valley in the shadow of death with a bergen on' etc. Then watch him not give a toss.

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The best thing to do is have 'Death before Dishonour' printed on your forehead! 8)
or 'Yea though I walk through the Valley of Fear I will fear no evil for I am the evillest bastard in the Valley' but that takes up most of the left temple.
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I read an amusing story in "One Perfect Op", the guy training for seals had "God is my Jumpmaster" tatooed on his arm, needless to say he got singled out quite often and every one reffered to him by that name.
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