overheating

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Originally posted by bikeguy
Not out while cycling but at night. It seems that my BMR has gone way up since I started cycling. My breath feels warmer than it did before, I feel hot lying under a thin sheet at night and my sleeping has been disturbed and I often wake up with wet sheets (I've sweated during my sleep). The average number of hours I sleep has dropped from 8 to 5. Sometimes, I'm awake the whole night with about an hour of being semi-comatose, I feel like my body is sleeping but my mind is still just barely awake.


Anybody experienced the same/or have knowledge of this? I'm not overtraining, my resting heart rate is about 50 bpm and my training performance continues to improve although I almost always feel sore in the calves, quads/hamstrings, and lately my butt too.

The symptoms you describe could be related to any number of things. It could be a blood infection brought on by a dental problem, glandular fever or diet related. In extreme cases it could be an indication of a cardiovascular related problem.

Are you getting headaches or feeling tired when awake. A low resting heartbeat is not absolute indication of perfect health.

Hows your diet?

My suggestion is a simple detox. Drink lots of water with some pieces of lemon in during the day and perhaps try some Milk Thistle to detox your liver also. Drink two cups of green tea, one in the morning and one at night.

Swaeting during sleep can also be an indication of stress or something on your mind!

Hi Steve007 (borg reference?),

yeah, I really don't know what's with the sweating, perhaps it's just because this is the first time I'm doing full bore cycling training. I don't think toxicity is the problem, I'm living in Finland and if anything the environmental nastiness is an order of magnitude less than in Toronto, Canada. It's probably just stress related. As for glandular infection or blood infection, I have no idea, what would be some of the other symptoms? I was getting headaches but not recently and as for feeling tired, who doesn't in today's world.

Thnx for your advice.

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Originally posted by bikeguy
Hi Steve007 (borg reference?),

yeah, I really don't know what's with the sweating, perhaps it's just because this is the first time I'm doing full bore cycling training. I don't think toxicity is the problem, I'm living in Finland and if anything the environmental nastiness is an order of magnitude less than in Toronto, Canada. It's probably just stress related. As for glandular infection or blood infection, I have no idea, what would be some of the other symptoms? I was getting headaches but not recently and as for feeling tired, who doesn't in today's world.

Thnx for your advice.

hee hee, no it relates to my love of gadgets and technology. I'm probably the only person on here using a 3g connection rather than the typical dial up/broadband.

One of the other symptoms of a blood infection is a desire for sweet things. I dont just mean the normal desert after dinner or odd mars bar, but a real need for chocolate/candy far in excess of normal behaviour.

You might have lower back pain and/or a feeling of being thirsty alot also.

My advice is see if the night time sweats continue. You have to set yourself a deadline really - a point where you see a doctor and get some blood/urine tests done.

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Originally posted by bikeguy
Hi Steve007 (borg reference?),

yeah, I really don't know what's with the sweating, perhaps it's just because this is the first time I'm doing full bore cycling training. I don't think toxicity is the problem, I'm living in Finland and if anything the environmental nastiness is an order of magnitude less than in Toronto, Canada. It's probably just stress related. As for glandular infection or blood infection, I have no idea, what would be some of the other symptoms? I was getting headaches but not recently and as for feeling tired, who doesn't in today's world.

Thnx for your advice.

Sleeplessness and soreness are one of the classic signs of overtraining (like infections, colds, sore throats). You only get stronger when you rest and recovery, not from the training itself. So, good sleep is just as important as training to your progress.

You say you're not overtraining, but are you checking your heart rate when you train? How many hours/week are you spending at or above your LT? I'd suggest that most rides should be done at an endurance pace, and you should have a couple of thousand miles or months behind you before you start doing max efforts. Just going out and hammering as hard as you can every day for an hour or more will lead to overtraining, injury and exhaustion.

Suggest you get a good book on cycling training, or maybe an online or personal trainer if you really want to progress at the fastest rate without injury.

Quoted post said:

Originally posted by bikeguy
Not out while cycling but at night. It seems that my BMR has gone way up since I started cycling. My breath feels warmer than it did before, I feel hot lying under a thin sheet at night and my sleeping has been disturbed and I often wake up with wet sheets (I've sweated during my sleep). The average number of hours I sleep has dropped from 8 to 5. Sometimes, I'm awake the whole night with about an hour of being semi-comatose, I feel like my body is sleeping but my mind is still just barely awake.


Anybody experienced the same/or have knowledge of this? I'm not overtraining, my resting heart rate is about 50 bpm and my training performance continues to improve although I almost always feel sore in the calves, quads/hamstrings, and lately my butt too.

Hey bikeguy.

What you're describing can indicate several things, some of which have already been mentioned. Symptoms such as those are also very common when a person has thyroid issues.

But before you panic, following on what dhk was saying, it's important to know that this is very common in some people while undergoing a rigorous increase in training. The more dramatic the increase, the more likely the problem. If it's training related, only two things will change your situation.

1) Time, as your body adjusts.
2) A significant decrease in training.

If you want to experiment, try taking a week off and see if the sleep issues go away. The heat issues could take a bit longer then that.

Should you find it to be training related, you can rebalance 1 & 2 (ie, slow down now and increase as your sleep issues permit) so your metabolism isn't kicked into such a big gear. Like dhk said, the right training program could help.

Aside from all the other symptoms, the disturbed and lack of sleep and elevated BMR maybe related to your training in the evening.

Even though I am near my peak fitness, I find that heavy evening training close to retiring carries these effects.

Training earlier (morning or early afternoon) appears to enable the body to settle down and bring on the residual fatigue which promotes a restful sleep.