I get bad overexertion. Will c25k help?

[u/rockmuncherrr]

About a year ago I took a boxing class, and it was a very cardio intense class. Leading up to this I had been pretty sedentary for a few years taking maybe 2000 steps a day.

I wanted to keep up with the class so even with how tired I was feeling I kept going till I HAD to stop. I couldn’t catch my breath for like an hour, just heavy breathing. I thought I might throw up for a good bit after. It took me laying down on the couch once home for like an hour or two to feel okay. Honestly it was a pretty scary experience I did not feel okay at all. Looking at my apple watch it showed my heart rate got to 196, I was 22 at the time.

There was another time where I was doing sex with this girl and I pushed myself a bit past my limit like I did with boxing and the same thing happened.

It lead me to getting a bunch of heart test and everything was fine luckily. I just can’t believe I can’t find any stories like this online.

Now I’m 23 and I’ve fallen back into old sedentary habits. I’ve been walking a lot more the past few weeks, and I’m feeling better over all. Also it’s probably worth mentioning I’m not overweight but I am skinny fat.

I wanna do c25k so I can get back to being in good enough shape to do these things that I can’t seem to do because of overexertion. Is what I experienced normal? Is exercise the answer?

[u/AwfulAudioEng]

This sounds like something beyond reddits paygrade. Could you look into talking to your doctor about an appropriate program for you?