dizzyess

Medical Q&A [Moderated]
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Hi I repost a bit from Reddit here, (I hope its ok), as I got some answers that scared me a bit.

My situation"
A bit of background, I am fortyfive and have been lifting for for about four months. At the moment I lift 3 sets of 105 kgx5 squats and 3 sets of 130 kgx5 deadlift with a bodyweight around 90kgs.

Lately I have been having problems with dizziness but it only seems to be squating that is trickering it. I am also having trouble bracing in the squat even though belly breathing is nothing new to me, as I become winded and as described dizzy. I become so dizzy doing the squats that I have to ease up, take fewer reps etc. It seems to started when I passed 100kg but this might be unrelated. Today its an hour after training and I still feel slightly dizzy.

During squat I also feel slightly nausea and seemed to shake during the squat sets, even though I was a bit in doubt if it was just me imagining it.

My life around the lifiting is really not that ideal, as I have to just do the best with what I have. So sometimes I will not have eaten, slept well etc. Its hard for me to change and I just need to work with it"

I need to ad that I do not drink or smoke. I also have droped 10 kg, the last year.

So somebody answered that my cardiovascular condition was shit. And that kind of rang true, because I feel like shit. I am a little bit shocked though, because I thought my relative dedicated weightlifting would help me and not break me or whatever is happening. I am aware that I need to go to the doctor, and will call and get an apointment tomorrow, but I am little worried, that he just tell me to stop lifting and take medicin. The barbell lifting was supposed to be my medicine.

Any input?

thanks.

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Sorry to hear about this.

As you probably suspected, it’s quite difficult for us to give any specific answers without evaluating you in more detail. If you’re performing other heavy lifts (like deadlifts) and NOT experiencing these symptoms during those efforts, it’s somewhat reassuring, but it’s still hard to say what is driving your experience in the squat right now.

I agree with seeing a physician but it also sounds like there are multiple targets for improvement otherwise – making sure you have eaten prior to training, working on improving your sleep quantity/quality, doing a bit more conditioning, and potentially altering your training loads in the squat. This might mean a temporary reduction in training load, and/or the use of RPE-based autoregulation for your training.