Now depending on the severity of your adrenal exhaustion or adrenal fatigue, your body begins to go into its survival mode by yes you guessed it…breaking down! As you may be aware, breaking down or breaking up is a term we sometimes use in our daily conversations.
Breaking down can manifest itself in many ways; it’s your body sending you a message, pulling you in so to speak so you may tune in to its needs. Some of the symptoms of adrenal fatigue are nausea, vomiting, diarrea, constipation, dizziness etc.
I say thank God we do feel what we do, however it’s in the way we respond to such bodily messages that really counts when all is said and done.
Examples:
Feeling sick in the stomach whilst anticipating a job interview
Feeling light headed and nauseous after a set of 20 rep squats
Etc
Please do not misunderstand me here thinking that one should not push the envelope of training by taking it to new heights. If you recall in my other posts, I mentioned the word adaptations and how one needs a new stimulus to challenge his/her body to adapt. Feeling sick doing a 20 rep killer squats won’t kill you, but might make you feel let’s say, less than good at the time. Pushing the boundaries however is how you get to know where you limits lay. If you have a positive Champion type of an attitude, you attempt to break the limit you’ve achieved at the time and set the bar higher still. That’s the difference between a novice and an advance athlete; one has adapted to the stress (very high) stress levels by having his/her adrenal glands accustomed to the task, and the novice who is still on his way to that mountain top. Yes, there is a hell of a difference physiologically speaking between a trained athlete and one who is on the way…
So in a nutshell, my answer to you is extreme adrenal fatigue/exhaustion.
PS: The above is but one answer or pssible cause.
Fadi.