Attempted to work out...am I THAT out of shape?

stairs. go find a tall building and walk up and down the stairs, a lot.

 

There are ellipticals where you can adjust the stride length. Check for the buttons.

 

You are trying too hard. Get to a mall early and walk every day. Start off slow and increase laps daily, safely. Do that for a month and you should be OK. You should have started earlier but, that was then. This is now. Good luck

 

Travis,

This is not professional advice but I'll offer my opinion. First, if you haven't worked out on a regular basis, start slow. Start very slow and let your body tell you when to pick it up. Try to get on a schedule of training every day. If you are working hard enough that your muscles need a rest, then train a different muscle group that day. Also, for me your weight seems very low with little fat stores to provide energy if you need it during hard workouts. Another reason to put on a bit of weight is if you get ill. Illness and injuries can take body weight right off of you and you don't have any to spare.

Lastly, hydrate.... drink plenty of H20 as dehydration could be a reason for the nausea....

Good luck and remember if you stick with a good routine you should see results fairly quickly. Most people make the mistake of working out too hard initially and injury themselves and loosing all the ground they gained.

 

Screw the gym. Visualize!

All you need is your body weight as resistance.

Don't hold your breath, as that elevates blood pressure.
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I second this! The ellipitical always had a wierd feeling to it. I mean who walks or runs like that....no one. Stairs will help, treadmill, stationary bike, or just plain old running will help and of course drink water. Good luck!

 

Are you going to do the Half Dome hike? That one proved how out of shape I was, could barely walk for a couple of days. But it was worth it.

 

I did this:

I exercized just enough to break a sweat, then I stopped.

A few minutes later I started up again, and as I started to sweat, I stopped.

I did that several times, and you can go longer and longer the more you do it.
Do walk, walk the Mall or something, but break it up by going up or down the stairs between the levels, don't use the escalator or elevator.

 

Doesn't sound stupid to me......... Sounds great - Good luck

 

I'm still wondering why I did it. I'm not in shape, typical american couch potato. I did NO training, I just read about the hike on the Internet, and a couple of months later in May up I went. If it's symbolic, do it while you can, so you don't have any regrets in the future.

I almost quit many times, but eventually kept going since I didn't think I'd ever return. It took me around 12.5 hours roundtrip. Take it just one step at a time.... I took the longer horse trail route. Several years later I returned with my girlfriend and we hiked up the mist trail to the top of Nevada falls, and returned via the horse trail. She didn't want to continue up to HD. I would recommend the mist trail, it's more scenic, and shorter.

Bring LOT's of water! I took 3 liters, and it was gone 2/3 of the way up! It was a LONG walk back to water (water fountain at the Vernal Falls footbridge). Or bring one of those water filter pumps. There's lots of water in the river, but they warn against drinking from it due to parasites.

I thought 3 liters was enough since it wasn't too hot, but the exertion and altitude change makes you thirsty.

Bring some gloves that fit well. On the hiking guides they mention that there are gloves left at the bottom of the cables. It might have been because May is early, but there wasn't much of a choice when I went. Plus do you want to risk your life on some ill-fitting gloves? I carried some cloth gardening gloves with a good grippy surface. I left them so if they are still there you're welcome to them!

Those cables up are steep! Pictures don't do them justice, it took me 30 minutes to work up the courage to finish the climb!

Have fun! Reminiscing makes me want to return.