 [ Symptoms ] why do i get so tired after exercising  i have not gone out and done physical activity for about a month so i just went out for a nice and easy power walk for about 50 minutes i come home and suddenly i just feel sluggish and exhausted i do not starve myself i eat when i am hungry and when i need to eat i get super tired and when i come home i just knock out because i get so tired i do not like to exercise when i have school it is been affecting my health and my body i really want to exercise daily help please <negative_smiley> [ Disease ] maybe you could start with smaller bouts of exercise instead of 50 minutes start walking for 5 minutes per day and as you feel stronger increase to 10 and so on make sure you eat something about 30 minutes before exercising like a banana yogurt or granola bar if you are low on glycogen stores of carbohydrates in muscle it could increase your tiredness after exercise if you continue to feel tired without a good reason visit your healthcare provider for a full blood work up certain nutrient deficiencies like anemia can also make you tired hey there can be a lot of reasons for all this happening to you 1 first of you should must adjust carbohydrate quantity and qualityin your diet 2 your muscles are also not strong enough as you dont do workout regularly 3 may be you are not well hydrated take fluids with essential electrolytes before during and after exercise 4 start working out regularly or alternatively one day rest and the next workout 5 always do a little warm up before exercise and stretching after the exercise 6 eat proteins a bit more than you normally eat so that your muscles can develop 7 take at least 8 hours sleep a day which should must have a ciesta of 1 to 2 hours 8 take a cup of coffee an hour before doing exercise this will boost your metabolism and keep you vigilant for a couple of hour at least 9 and at last your tiredness can also be a result of some medical condition like hypothyroidism or some metabolic disease i am a 5 year med student i was skinny a 2 year before and same things used to happen to me then i started using the techniques that i mentioned above and it really improved my stamina my muscle size and my mood especially i gained 10 kg of weight without any increase in my waist that was a just a brief overview of the solution to your problem if you want details of all this i am here to help you muhammad noman imtiaz cuba nomanimtiaz@ucmex vcl sld cu i have chronic fatigue syndrome and exercising makes me worse it is called exercise malaise i do not know if that is what you have but i would ask your doctor i like yoga i always feel rejuvenated after yoga