Hey everyone. I was sick last week with a head cold and pretty bad dry nose. For the very first time in my life I got a nosebleed. I trained Saturday no problem. Last night I was doing some deadlifts and my nose started to bleed again.
Both times I was able to stop the bleeding within a few minutes and am assuming the correlation with the nosebleeds is from the dry nose I had from being sick. Just wanted to know if there were any recommended protocols/work around so I don’t have to modify training too much. I was only in the mid 300’s on the deadlift but maybe it was the bent over position that helped trigger the bleed?
I emailed in a similar question to BBM a while ago. When I was about 9 weeks into my novice LP/program, I would get nosebleeds on my working sets. Is this common? I’ve since moved on to an intermediate template doing a comp squat, 1@8, -20% X 5reps X 6 sets and have not had any nosebleed issues. Should I be concerned if the nosebleeds come back? Thanks.
Thanks Austin. I feel like most Doctors would just tell me not to squat, especially not to squat “heavy”. Is there some type of consultation I could get from BBM to get more information and feedback? if so, do I just send an email directly from this link?
Since we cannot look inside your nose, I don’t think we have much to offer from a remote consultation standpoint, unfortunately.
More importantly, remember that when you go to see a doctor, you are “hiring” them as a consultant to provide you with advice, and you are free to do with this advice what you wish. Your question to them is not whether you can/should squat, but rather whether there is a treatable cause of these nosebleeds that can be identified.