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Pensfan Posts: 484 Joined: 2008/03/14	2008/06/04, 12:14 AM i got a pretty good sized headache while doing the bench press and i thought nothing of it until i did an arm workout the following day and it came back. it goes away when i stop lifting. i have been lifting for a while now and this has never happened before. i eat before workouts and drink enough water. any ideas on what might be causing this to happen over the last two days?
SFGiantsMVP Posts: 1,533 Joined: 2005/12/04	2008/06/04, 03:47 AM Possible overtraining and rest is needed like a week off. -------------- Knock-Um Down & Keep-Um Down!
jbennett Posts: 1,558 Joined: 2001/02/28	2008/06/04, 05:57 AM Get your electrolytes in balance. One of the best things I've found is V8. I drink one about an hour and a half before training. You may also want to have your blood pressure checked. It gets elevated during a training session. If you have high BP already then the training makes the problem worse. Certain supplements can cause your BP to elevate as well. -------------- --JBennett "I've up-ed my intensity.... now up yours!" "Pain is only weakness leaving the body." "Never think of how weak you are; think of how strong you're going to be."
ecle5c Posts: 1,312 Joined: 2003/07/10	2008/06/04, 08:50 AM The regular V8 tomato juice stuff, or the cool new V8 fusion or splash or whatever?
jbennett Posts: 1,558 Joined: 2001/02/28	2008/06/04, 09:11 AM The tomato stuff. Tons of potassium, sodium, vitamins, and minerals. -------------- --JBennett "I've up-ed my intensity.... now up yours!" "Pain is only weakness leaving the body." "Never think of how weak you are; think of how strong you're going to be."
wrestler125 Posts: 4,619 Joined: 2004/01/27	2008/06/04, 09:35 AM ============ Quoting from ecle5c: cool new V8 fusion or splash or whatever? ============= Think about what you just asked and make an educated guess. Marketing... such a shame. I can't believe they managed to ruin vegetable juice. -------------- SQUAT MORE ~Jesse Marunde Blood Guts Sweat Chalk
Pensfan Posts: 484 Joined: 2008/03/14	2008/06/04, 11:46 AM i just took a week of not to long ago so its not that. ill try the v8 stuff. thanks
	2008/06/04, 12:10 PM Are you breathing properly during the movement?
Pensfan Posts: 484 Joined: 2008/03/14	2008/06/04, 09:03 PM no different than i was breathing when i wasn't getting the headaches. i breathe between reps.
Pensfan Posts: 484 Joined: 2008/03/14	2008/06/29, 01:21 AM ok why do i get the headache at the start of the workout. i do my first set then i get a huge headache. then i take about a fifteen minute break and get back to it and i am fine. makes no sense. its annoying when i want to lift and i end up having to wait for a headache to pass. what am i doing wrong i lift in the afternoon if that means anything.
Pensfan Posts: 484 Joined: 2008/03/14	2008/06/29, 01:22 AM after 15 mins the headache gos away for the most part.
Pensfan Posts: 484 Joined: 2008/03/14	2008/07/05, 12:39 AM ok i started to wonder if it was an anurism or something some of my symptoms matched it such as pain around the eye. i did some research and i hope to god its not an anurism. I think it is a exertion headache because it happens only when i exert myself it goes away when i stop working i take a pain reliever wait a while then go back at it and im fine. i now take it before the workout and the headache is mild. i can handle it. the farther into the workout i go the more it disappears. the thing that maid me really think that it is an exertion headache is that it comes fast goes away and then it becomes very mild almost unnoticeable for 4 to 6 hours afterward. i have no plans of a dr visit any time soon no insurance yeah i know anurisms are dangerous. anybody else ever have one i looked back in the (archives) of fit and saw some other people who had the same problem. you know those people that come make three posts and then never post again.
vinny186 Posts: 14 Joined: 2008/04/17	2008/07/10, 09:49 PM Could be an issue with your shoulder/neck complex. Keep a neutral spine, place a towel roll under your neck and don't allow your shoulders to externally rotate as you press the weight upwards. You could also try doing db presses on a ball.
Carivan Posts: 8,542 Joined: 2002/01/20	2008/08/03, 04:14 PM Forget about diagnosing this on the internet by looking for symptoms. It will make you crazy. Get to a clinic if possible. The position is very important. Since my car accident, if I turn my head yo the right and stay like that while in any position I get a headache, not only when working out. You may have done something, not knowing. -------------- Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success. Ivan (GO HABS GO!) Montreal Canada (City of Festivals)
Pensfan Posts: 484 Joined: 2008/03/14	2008/08/04, 05:15 PM it went away knock on wood gone for three weeks now.
asimmer Posts: 8,201 Joined: 2003/01/07	2008/08/05, 02:49 PM sounds kind of like nerve entrapment/muscle spasm to me, but again, no diagnosing online! Hope it stays resolved.
Pensfan Posts: 484 Joined: 2008/03/14	2008/12/20, 12:03 AM get this the headache problem was caused by superpump 250 a no2 supplement i stopped taling it for about 3 months and the headaches went away started taking it again and they came back these were intense migranes stopped taking it and they went away. i looked into it and that is a common symptom among users. thats the last time i use no2
wrestler125 Posts: 4,619 Joined: 2004/01/27	2008/12/20, 12:33 AM caffeine. -------------- SQUAT MORE ~Jesse Marunde Blood Guts Sweat Chalk