After feeling great on day one and this morning, I had very unsettled stomach all morning. It was one of those queasy feelings that wouldn’t go away for a few hours. After meeting with a clinician, it was pointed out that my multivitamin contained a reasonable amount of magnesium, and I was supplementing with clinical magnesium. Although magnesium is essential for the proper functioning of our bodies, and praised for its anti-inflammatory properties, it can also “make you go”. It is recommended that you work your body up to taking an appropriate amount of magnesium (up to 1 gram a day). With both supplements, I was starting my day off with 700mg all at once. Tomorrow I will start with the 400mg clinical magnesium in the morning and take the multi-vitamin in the evening. Even with the stomach ache my energy levels are through the roof!
In the evening I reintroduced my body to running and got a good sweat going within 10 minutes. It is important to keep your current health in mind when you hit the gym. If you jump in the deep end to soon, you can easily find yourself injured, or even with a cardiovascular injury. Elliptical machines and bikes are a great way to get your body used to cardio without causing shin splints or any other lower quadrant issues. If you are a bit overweight, a smoker, or have any family history of CVD, it’s also good to monitor your heart rate while exercising.
My routine was a 10 minute warm up on the bike to get my heart rate up to 130 beats per minute. I then switched to the elliptical machine and tried to maintain this heart rate and exercise pace for 15 minutes. I finished with a 5 minute walk at an incline to cool down. It isn’t necessary to switch equipment the way I did, but I find switching machines keeps my attention rather than getting bored on a single machine. I also spent 10 minutes stretching which is very important.
Another good day, and I learned a bit about the power of magnesium!
