Group: General Fitness & Exercise

General Fitness & Exercise
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sharp pain under rib cage during cardio

fredf78
fredf78
Posts: 2
Joined: 2002/08/11
United States
2003/03/10, 06:20 AM
Hi guys,

This is whats going on. After i complete my weightraining workout usually 45min-60min long. i get on a treadmill warm up with a brisk walk at about 3.5 miles per hr then move up to 4.0 mph then 4.5 about 9 minutes into it i get this sharp pain under my rib cage and i cant run anymore.
Before i workout i usually eat a bowl of oatmeal with some splenda. Why is this happening to me its been going on for the past 7 days straight, everytime i raise the intensity the pain occurs, does anybody else get and could anyone assist. thank in advance.

Fred
ebabe1026
ebabe1026
Posts: 165
Joined: 2003/03/10
United States
2003/03/11, 10:41 AM
Fred, I've had that happen on many occassions. I've pinpointed it to my breathing technique, try taking a longer warm up time with a lower mph. Also, are you stretching after your weight-training workout prior? These are things that I've found to allieviate the pain from occuring.
bdipab
bdipab
Posts: 20
Joined: 2003/03/10
United States
2003/03/11, 09:56 PM
make sure you get water throughout your workout. don't eat for like 2 hours before a workout which was why it happened to me. also don't overload yourself. i usually go easy on lifting days and do more aerobics on rest days.