….was the phrase uttered to 4 of my athletes this week.  You see, we have a policy here at Athletic Edge, that, if you puke, do it in a trash can, and if you puke in a trash can, you’re gonna get rid of the bag yourself.

Now understand that pushing people to puke isn’t the sign of a good trainer, nor is it ever my goal.  Furthermore, I never insist that someone on the brink of vomiting would continue to work – it’s simply not productive for any of us.  If they let me know, I’ll insist that they rest.

Yet, I can at least respect those who work until they puke, because it’s not easy and it’s not a good feeling.  Like I said, I don’t want or ask them to do that, but if they quietly go to that point, then hey, at least they worked hard.

Reason for all the fluid loss this week was that I had a large group of college players with whom I have been working 3 times per week for 4 weeks now.  Workouts started out tame, and have progressed to be pretty difficult.  The guys who have come consistently are in great shape, and can now handle a heavy conditioning workload.  Those who, because these workouts were voluntary for their school, decided not to come regularly but DID decide to show up on the last week got a rude awakening.  They were hurting, and left with a leaky, smelly trash bag in hand.  Shame.

Oh, and don’t drink a quart of blue gatorade 10 minutes before working out.  Turns out, it comes back up in a beautiful shade of green…