Head pain

[steveok]

I used to lift lightish weights with high reps and do plenty of cardio in the past for a lot of years and have been put off by heavy weights due to the belief of it stunting your growth (i am 19 years old). Last week i decided it was time to use heavy weights and so i took a whole week of rest before starting on tuesday. After a 10-20 minute warm up i started with the bench press. I started off fairly light and worked up to a heavy weight. However, on my 4th and last set where i was on my 5th rep I was struggling to push the bar up and suddenly i felt a throbbing pain along the back of my neck and head (as if a vein was pulsating) which lasted for about 5 secs once i stopped. I finished the rest of workout with no problems. Today on thursday i started on lateral pull and again on the last rep of last set i got the same pain in my neck and head. I have read a little and i have noticed that i do tend to hold my breath and go red in the face when pushing my self. However, would not breathing cause this sort of effect and is it possible that i have already damaged myself

[Dexter]

Dont know man its a hard one to call!. Breathing is very important alright, You must exhale on the contraction and inhale when relaxing the muscle. mabey you went too strong too quick. You should have taken abit longer too reach your max, like a few weeks, patience is so important when training. Slowly add on a bigger weight each week. But having said that you should definetly see your Doctor right away and get it checked out or by a Physio.

[steveok]

The weight i used wasnt exactly my max as i was doing 8 reps on the highest weight i used, just that i was really pushing myself on the last rep of the last set, i just hope its the lack of breathing thats caused this.

[Blueice]

Breathe man..gotta breathe. A friend of mine held his breath while squating and just about passed out. Try breathing next time and see if it happens.

[Dexter]

Its very important alright. Your putting your body under severe pressure by not breathing right. Take it easy for a while and get your breathing right then move up slowly adding a weight per week. If it happens again get it check out by your doc

[steveok]

didnt happen on my last workout and the instuctor there said he had it himself before and that it because of pushing yourself, but still recommended to see a doc in case

[vassille]

Originally Posted by steveok

I used to lift lightish weights with high reps and do plenty of cardio in the past for a lot of years and have been put off by heavy weights due to the belief of it stunting your growth (i am 19 years old). Last week i decided it was time to use heavy weights and so i took a whole week of rest before starting on tuesday. After a 10-20 minute warm up i started with the bench press. I started off fairly light and worked up to a heavy weight. However, on my 4th and last set where i was on my 5th rep I was struggling to push the bar up and suddenly i felt a throbbing pain along the back of my neck and head (as if a vein was pulsating) which lasted for about 5 secs once i stopped. I finished the rest of workout with no problems. Today on thursday i started on lateral pull and again on the last rep of last set i got the same pain in my neck and head. I have read a little and i have noticed that i do tend to hold my breath and go red in the face when pushing my self. However, would not breathing cause this sort of effect and is it possible that i have already damaged myself

Learn how to breath while lifting, very important!