does heavy weight lifting give you headaches?

Jamal_Guildford
Jamal_Guildford Posts: 214 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
Hi,

I noticed i have recurrent headaches since i started doing heavy weight lifting. Do you have the same feeling?

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  • Cherimoose
    Cherimoose Posts: 5,208 Member
    Not i, but google "exertional headaches" to learn about it.
  • mammakat0830
    mammakat0830 Posts: 117 Member
    I am actually taking this week off from they gym to try to recuperate from exertion headaches. They started last week after increasing my bench press weight and have been ongoing as a dull ache in the side and back of my head. I found a good article about it.

    https://www.apexllc.org/articles/exertion-headaches/

    This recommends a very long recovery time which I am not doing. I'm going to give it 7 days off and try to lift on Monday again to see how I feel. I hope I can continue to lift heavy without taking extensive time off.

    Hope you feel better soon.

    PS- My headache went away and came back when I exerted myself again (no pun intended) with weights and some intense cardio (burpees). The last time I worked shoulders and arms I even got stomach cramps the pain was so bad... it is so hard to take time off but I just want to get better soon so I can go back fast :(
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,992 Member
    Most people I know that suffer from this have relief when they:

    Don't tense up their neck all the time
    Learn proper breathing technique when lifting

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