Dizziness in the gym

LieliWhite
LieliWhite Posts: 28 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
So while I perform intense workouts I get a bit light headed and sometimes dizzy. I guzzle down water thinking it might be dehydration but this has not helped. Anyone suggestions or similar situations for anyone out there?

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  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,263 Member
    edited February 2016
    How tall are you?
    How much do you weigh?
    How many calories are you eating?
    What's your macro breakdown? (are you eating lower carb?)

    How long has this been going on?
    What are you doing at the gym? Weights? Cardio?
    Do you have a HRM?

    Do you have any medical conditions?

    A bit more info would help folks help you.
    cheers
  • TimaTeemz
    TimaTeemz Posts: 18 Member
    When that's happened to me it's usually a few different things that could of led to it.
    A: I didn't get in enough calories/food an hour before working out. Now I make sure that I have a full meal an hour before and then sometimes even a little snack half an hour before heading to the gym if I'm still hungry.
    B: I wasn't taking breaks between sets. I found that sometimes I need to take a longer break before starting the next group of exercises. If I'm still a little dizzy I might head back to the locker room and take a few bites of my cliff bar for a little energy.
    C: I didn't get enough sleep and was still sore from my last workout. Worst case scenario, It's time to wrap up the workout session, leave the gym and replenish.
  • LieliWhite
    LieliWhite Posts: 28 Member
    Thank you for the advice. You pointed out something I didn't think about and that was resting between sets. I also need to make eating a proper meal a priority before workouts.
    Thanks again!
  • LivingtheLeanDream
    LivingtheLeanDream Posts: 13,342 Member
    Sounds like a lack of food to me....
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    I get positional dizziness sometimes - floor to standing exercises or heavy squats

    I find a mineral and vitamin supplement in my drinking water helps - I use Emergen-C because I like the taste
  • CubicalF13
    CubicalF13 Posts: 263 Member
    I get dizzy if i dont eat enough carbs before exercise. Otherwise, id suggest maybe seeing a doctor to make sure you dont have any health problems.
  • joolywooly33
    joolywooly33 Posts: 421 Member
    I have low blood pressure and it causes dizziness .... it might be an idea to talk to your doctor!
  • donalynvaughn
    donalynvaughn Posts: 23 Member
    I get dizziness too. Was finally diagnosed with benign positional vertigo - has something to do with my inner ears. I just have to pause between reps. Hold a position until the dizziness goes away.
  • UG77
    UG77 Posts: 206 Member
    I've had recurring problems with this issue since my 20s. I've been hooked up to all kinds of equipment and checked out to try and see what was going on. No luck.

    It started when the new Colonel for my unit introduced us all to a running game called Hashing. We did this as a battalion one morning, but battalion PT starts later in the day, because nobody tells the Colonel what time to get up. Anyway, spring had just entrenched and it was a pretty warm morning. I hadn't been running much lately and when I did it was on a treadmill. So, I get focused on the game and I'm just running without really paying attention to my body. After about 30 - 40 minutes of this I start listing slightly and then slowing down, then walking. A Gunnery Sergeant asks me if I'm okay. I said I was just fine, right before my vision pin holed out to black and I found myself looking for a nice soft piece of ground to take a brief nap on.

    The corpsmen chocked it up as heat related but I wasn't so sure. I definitely got some odd looks from the SNCO's but I didn't get any type of reprimand (for not finishing the run) as I was pretty well known in my unit for distance running.

    I've never exerted myself to that black out level again but I have had the initial symptoms many times. The dizziness, the headache that once engaged will not go away until I sleep. Doesn't have to be a long sleep, a 10 minute nap will do. Initially I tried to push through it or change the intensity of the activity I was doing to mitigate but the only thing that works is to stop doing what I'm doing. As best as I can figure it out, it crops up when I push myself too hard too soon. The only option I am left with is to push my endurance forward in a rational incremental level. As long as I stay active and don't let myself lapse I eventually get to a place where it goes away entirely, or more likely, I'm just not able to push myself hard enough to hit the new thresh hold.

    It sucks right now because it is hitting me when I swim laps.

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