Weight training and Vertigo?

I've been weight training for the past 5 days, and today at school I had this really weird feeling that something was twirling infront of me, It eventually stopped after 5 minutes but I'm scared. Could it somehow be linked to me weight training?

Reply 1

Refused

Is the weight training causing you to hyperventilate? if so, that could explain the vertigo feeling you're talking about.

Reply 2

Bis

1

is it right after doing weights? cuz that sometimes happens to some people. all the blood goes rushing elsewhere away from the head and causes dizziness and sometimes even fainting.

Reply 3

J4ME5

10

Maybe you got up too fast and got a light head? Or keep off the LSD (joke)

Don’t weight train every day do it around 3 times a week that is if you want to encourage muscle growth. (This is what I go by) I’m sure some one in med school is going to prove me wrong,

Reply 4

Bis

1

J4ME5

Don’t weight train every day do it around 3 times a week that is if you want to encourage muscle growth. (This is what I go by) I’m sure some one in med school is going to prove me wrong,

im not in med school but that isnt right for most people. 3 days a week isnt enough to fit all the muscle groups in if your doing split routines.

Reply 5

Misogynist

OP

18

Nah, I really want to build some muscle so I do it everyday. The training might aswell be causing me to hyperventilate, I've never realised, but usually I just breath small breaths inbetween lifts.

The vertigo started next morning, and the last time I trained was right before bed. Thanks for the help!

Reply 6

Bis

1

are you working the same muscle groups everyday?

Reply 7

AlphaNumeric

10

Doing the same muscles heavily day after day will not help you build them up any faster, it will be detramental because you aren't given your muscles time to repair themselves properly after you've strained them and it can cause a nasty injury. You need to give each muscle area a day of rest. As bis says, you can go to the gym each day and cycle which areas you work on.

Reply 8

Misogynist

OP

18

Yes, I constantly train the biceps, triceps, forearm, the wrists, shoulders and trapezius muscles. So far my arms have become massive and I dont feel much pain. I use the same weight (5-10kg) per arm. Will it really be beneficial to take gaps?

Reply 9

Bis

1

Godsize

Yes, I constantly train the biceps, triceps, forearm, the wrists, shoulders and trapezius muscles. So far my arms have become massive and I dont feel much pain. I use the same weight (5-10kg) per arm. Will it really be beneficial to take gaps?

i somehow doubt that your arms have become massive by lifting 5kg dumbells and then not resting. my little sister can lift more.

you say you dont feel much pain implying that you do feel some. that is because your lifting everyday and your muscles are exhausted and need to rest and recover to grow, working them everyday will prevent them from recovering and growing properly. its a really bad idea, especially if your lifting pretty high intensity. your just tearing the muscles up more and more everyday and not letting them recover sufficiently.

either do your full body workout every other day (like monday lifting, tuesday off, wednesday lifting, etc) or split your workouts into seperate muscle groups (e.g. day 1 chest/shoulders/triceps, day 2 biceps/back, etc).

and lastly what do you mean by forearms and the wrists as 2 different things? do you mean forearms for both or the wrist flexors or what?

Reply 10

mikeyT

2

boys and girls,
you should leave at least 48 hours between weight sessions. The aching is at its worst from 36 hours to 48 hours after a weight session (thats if you worked hard enough- eg lifting a weight for a set of 10 where failure occurs on the 9th or 10th rep)
But if you must train before that 48 hours is up then work on different muscle groups so that you don't damage the muscles used in the first session. Until your muscles are used to this training, take adequate rest in between sessions. What's the point in damaging your muscles now? You'll regret it later in life.

Reply 11

Bis

1

nice paraphrasing there

Reply 12

Misogynist

OP

18

bis432

i somehow doubt that your arms have become massive by lifting 5kg dumbells and then not resting. my little sister can lift more.

you say you dont feel much pain implying that you do feel some. that is because your lifting everyday and your muscles are exhausted and need to rest and recover to grow, working them everyday will prevent them from recovering and growing properly. its a really bad idea, especially if your lifting pretty high intensity. your just tearing the muscles up more and more everyday and not letting them recover sufficiently.

either do your full body workout every other day (like monday lifting, tuesday off, wednesday lifting, etc) or split your workouts into seperate muscle groups (e.g. day 1 chest/shoulders/triceps, day 2 biceps/back, etc).

and lastly what do you mean by forearms and the wrists as 2 different things? do you mean forearms for both or the wrist flexors or what?

5kg dumbells, I hope you're not mistaking them for barbells, and I've done them constantly for 2 weeks now. Concentration curls, Bicep curls, Tricep rows, Chest lifts, Chest compressions, forearm bends. I do each for atleast 10 minutes so yes my arms have become quite huge.

Anyways, I didnt do any yesterday seeing what you said and my muscles have gone all flaccid. :frown:

Reply 13

Barny

17

m277

boys and girls,
you should leave at least 48 hours between weight sessions. The aching is at its worst from 36 hours to 48 hours after a weight session (thats if you worked hard enough- eg lifting a weight for a set of 10 where failure occurs on the 9th or 10th rep)
But if you must train before that 48 hours is up then work on different muscle groups so that you don't damage the muscles used in the first session. Until your muscles are used to this training, take adequate rest in between sessions. What's the point in damaging your muscles now? You'll regret it later in life.

What you've written here is simply wrong.

There are no hard and fast rules as to how long you MUST leave between workouts.

Going to failure is not a requirement for muscle growth, infact in many programmes it is positively discouraged.

You can work the same bodypart every 48 hours, your muscles are in a constant state of damage and repair and weight training won't really do anything harmful. Why will you regret it later in life exactly?

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Godsize

5kg dumbells, I hope you're not mistaking them for barbells, and I've done them constantly for 2 weeks now. Concentration curls, Bicep curls, Tricep rows, Chest lifts, Chest compressions, forearm bends. I do each for atleast 10 minutes so yes my arms have become quite huge.

Anyways, I didnt do any yesterday seeing what you said and my muscles have gone all flaccid. :frown:

Thats a **** selection of exercises, and a **** "programme" in general - especially if you're using 5kg dumbells - in short, your aims aren't huge from that programme.

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