Vert and Nausea
Although I love going to Equinox, I’ve found that I’ve hit a plateau in my workouts. I decided to check out Vert Fitness down the street. They use a serious of hydraulic machines each hooked up to a computer which adjusts the resistance 10,000 times per second. (I wonder what the workout would be if it only adjusted 9,000 times per second.) I was told by my trainer that a professional athlete working out there lost his lunch the other day. All I could think was, “What a pussy!” After about 10 minutes I needed to go out and get some air. 10 minutes after that I ran into the bathroom and attempted to vomit. Unfortunately, I hadn’t eaten enough breakfast. I even picked my hands up off the tiled floor and toilet rim and shoved my fingers down my throat nearly puncturing a lung. Alas, throwing up wasn’t in the cards. I finally made it from the bathroom where my trainer had a bag of ice on the ground for me to lay the back of my neck on. I felt better in a couple of minutes and asked for more. I was fine until I went back on one of the Vert machines. I hiked up my dress and sprinted for the bathroom. The nausea was so intense, yet all I could heave was saliva. I laid on the tiled floor staring up at the underside of the shitter. All I could think of was how much this work out sucked. I eventually got up and returned to my bag of ice. I finished the workout and will return for more. Allegedly, the nausea only happens the first time. I’ll let you know.
Davey -
I worked out at Vert for a week once and never felt sick. Were they just taking it easy on me because I look so frail? After a week I thought it wasn’t doing all that much and moved on.