Burst blood vessel in eye while lifting!!??

jennielou75
jennielou75 Posts: 197 Member
edited February 7 in Fitness and Exercise
As above really. I wasn't lifting heavy but I do try to push myself. I walked 3 miles before the gym, cross trainer 30 mins quite hard then weights. I leg press 90kg, shoulder press 20 kg. Was leaving when caught sight of myself in the mirror. All is ok and eye has been checked out. I was told it is to do with raising blood pressure too high but I don't think I do that much???

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  • aarar
    aarar Posts: 684 Member
    I don't have an answer but curious to see what others say. This happened to me after I ran my marathon in August.
  • LisaUlrey
    LisaUlrey Posts: 136 Member
    Impropper breathing while lifting will cause your blood pressure to rise while lifting. Check out this article: http://scoobysworkshop.com/breathing/
  • cats847
    cats847 Posts: 131 Member
    It's certainly possible.
  • kjm3579
    kjm3579 Posts: 3,974 Member
    I had that happen from a Bikram yoga class -- I go to class daily before work and when I got into work people were asking how I hurt my eye.... it all went away a few days later.
  • menatschin
    menatschin Posts: 15 Member
    As above, make sure you are breathing right.
  • vanguardfitness
    vanguardfitness Posts: 720 Member
    Wow sounds bad. Never had that happen to me and I lift heavy.
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