Nauseated/Light Headed easily when working out...

I get neaseated and light headed really easily when I'm working out.  I've been working out with a trainer for the past 8 months, doing a lot of circuit training (rotating quickly through different exercises) which has helped. The nausea is mostly from doing things that involve jumping, or things like burpees where you have to get down on the floor and pop back up quickly.  The lightheadedness is just if I get too out of breath, which is a LOT better than it used to be.

Any ideas of ways to avoid this? Just keep goin like I'm goin? I was fine just working with my trainer and improving at my own pace, but now my trainer has been transferred to another gym, and I 've started a group class, and I feel like a total bum if I have to stop and rest when everyone else is doing perfectly fine.

It makes me feel so out of shape! It's really dissappointing, I've been going to the gym consistantly (4 times a week most of the time) for almost a year, I feel like I should be in much better shape than I am.

Eating before a workout helps me. The key is what to eat and how long before. My magic snack is a piece of whole grain bread + 1 tbsp of peanut or almond butter 1 hour before I start working out. That way, the food has had time to digest and it's ready to give me the energy I need for a workout.

Since your lightheadness is induced by quick jumping movements, maybe you're sensitive to motion (as in, you get motion sickness). Just take it slow & go at your own pace.

That's funny, I never thought about it maybe being motion sickness. I actually AM really sensitive, I get nauseas from playing most video games, watching shakey home videos, being on boats... this morning I got nauseas driving on a windy road.  I do try to eat a little something before going to the gym, 30-45 min before. Usually a few bites of cottage cheese.

I've read that dairy is kinda hard to digest, you might want to give the peanut butter and whole grain bread a try. 

And don't feel like a bum if you're not going at the same pace as everyone else.  As long as you're trying your best and improving that's all that matters.  You may want to ask your health instructor for more advice. 

I suffer from the same exact thing! I have always been active, but I've been limited from being very active due to my dizziness. I have recently stopped power walking with the women from work because I couldn't do the entire 2 mile walk! I make it about 1.5 miles, and I can barely walk back to the office. I have tried eating sugar packets, peanutbutter, water, gatorade, some of it helps a little, but none of it keeps the dizziness away for the duration of the workout.

I could never play basketball on a school team, run track, or do an hour of high impact aerobics. I have had this since I was 10. I've had numerous tests, and I finally had some neurologist diagnose me with migraine associated vertigo. It seemed to fit my symptoms, and sometimes, it's associated with a headache, but mostly, just dizziness. The weather and heat bring it on too, not just workouts.

Unfortunately, I have just learned to live with it. I pace myself. I found that I'm finally able to get through an entire turbo jam dvd or tae bo video. I push myself a little, but don't go all out. I also find that HIIT with the jump rope doesn't affect me negatively at all! Yet I can't run long distances, and I haven't been brave enough to try sprinting to see if my sprints would be short enough to not affect me.

Today I had half a pb&j on whole grain, I still got nauseous but I told one of the instructors and he just had me do squats instead of the move that was making me sick.  Also, last time was my first class so I didn't do a good job of pacing myself since I didn't really know what to expect. I did a lot better today and didn't get very nauseous at all! Now my knuckles just hurt cuz I didn't get my boxing gloves yet and I guess I punched the bag a bit too hard haha.

Bouncing around is the WORST, if I had to do a bunch of jumping jacks I would feel so sick! haha. Running doesn't make me nauseous I just get winded from it REALLY easily.

Have you had your blood pressure checked as it can be a sign of high blood pressure in which case you can't stop it.   My husband has high blood pressure from his diabetes and has been advised against those exercises that make him lightheaded in case he flakes.

I've suffered from high blood pressure for years.  I was just used to it.  Now my blood pressure can get too low (getting off meds slowly), and when its low I get queasy when working out.  Is it possible your blood pressure is too low?  Or drops quickly for some reason?