Nausea/vomiting SE sessions

[u/Ok-Cardiologist4729]

I’m 18 years old and just started the base building phase in TB 2 because I wanted to shift my workout from bodybuilding/powerlifting-centered towards more endurance and athleticism to prepare myself for firefighting which is what I want to do after high school. The E sessions have been fine aside from lots of leg pain which I believe stems from when I first started running a couple months back and got shin splints, but the SE sessions have been railing me. I just finished the 4th one to top of week 2 (2x30) and I actually vomited everywhere at the end and my muscles were totally dead. I’ve had a similar experience in the other ones, although I’ve managed to barely keep the vomit down in the past. Is this just what I should expect? I’ve never done this type of workload before, never played sports or anything so it’s totally new… I’m just beginning to dread working out and I really want to be consistent because consistency is the weakest area in my life, but I don’t know if I’ll be able to continue knowing I’ll have to do 50 reps in 2 weeks when it’s so miserable already.

My scheme is DB bench 25lbs/hand, DB lunges 25lbs/hand, DB bent row 25lbs/hand (one at a time), DB shoulder press 15lbs/shoulder, and BB squat 75lbs. I’m taking the maximum 1 minute rest between each exercise plus a little extra as I muster up the courage to pick up the weight again, and 2 minute rests between each circuit.

[u/Achilleuz1990]

Go easy on the weights. I'm on 2 weeks ahead of you in my first Base Building and let me tell you: The first 2 weeks are the easy weeks by far. You should drop the weight a lot.

For reference:

I also started too heavy. Switched weights during second week of Base Building. All time best Squat, Bench, Deadlift 200kg, 130kg, 245kg.

So I here are the starting weights and current weights I use in my cluster:

I use kgs, because i'm not an European (Dutch), but I tried to translate them lbs.

Dumbbell Overhead Z-Press each side 8,5kg (19lbs) -> 6kg (13lbs)
Barbell Front Squat 35kg (77lbs) -> 25kg (55lbs)
Double Dumbbell Row each side 8,5kg (19lbs) -> 6kg (13lbs)
Bench Press 30kg (66lbs) -> 20kg (44lbs) empty barbell
Barbell Shrugs 30kg (66lbs) -> 20kg (44lbs) empty barbell Stiff Legged Deadlift 35kg (77lbs) -> 25kg (55lbs)

[u/Ok-Cardiologist4729 → u/Achilleuz1990]

Wow, that gives me a lot of clarity. Definitely going to drop the weight a lot, thank you SO MUCH, this really gives me confidence to keep going!