Seeing Stars When You Lift Heavy

[herrubermensch]

Anyone here see “stars” after a particularly stressful heavy lift? Usually deads for me, but sometimes (like tonight) squats. Kind of like shooting stars streaking across your eyes for about 20 seconds or so after the lift.

 

[Poppy]

Not necessarily stars but yep…vision problems for a bit.

 

[Kad1]

Yep. Probably something to do with increased pressure on the the optical nerve

 

[John]

Like Taylor Swift?

 

[Vargas33]

Yeah I usually see those stars after taking a fat bong rip

 

[Dirtnasty]

I have experience both

 

[JLee]

After heavy deadlifts I would. Not so much with squats

 

[JB_rD81]

I call it seeing Jesus… used to happen on squats, BP typically doubles when you squat heavy… happens sometimes on bench and dead’s now

 

[Dirtnasty]

I get it more from squats than dead’s

 

[johnjuanb1]

That means your blood pressure shot way up.

 

[Louisianastrength]

I was told I passed out twice, once during heavy FS session (dont remember) and the other was catching a clean a little too far back and was pushed up against my windpipe on my way up I had to have fought for 5 seconds felt like 1 min but I had to bail because I was seeing speckles and getting fuzzy. It can happen from lack of oxygen or blood flow or when people strain they increase the pressure in the head. Neither is comfortable if you have a load on your back lol

 

[Poppy]

Heavy front squats always made me light headed.

 

[Rusty]

When I do multiple exercises to fail I get light headed especially if I know my hydration is lacking and also clean carb intake for the day. Don’t think that is bp? Is it?

 

[Future_ifbb_pro14900]

It’s happened to me I had 4x12-15front squats then right into leg press 4x15-20 and I’ve nearly blocked out, but it doesn’t happen to me as much after the first couple times

 

[herrubermensch]

Interesting range of responses! My experience is solely little stars shooting across my field of vision that disappear in 15 seconds or so. I’m sure the people in the weight room think I’m nuts because I usually point to them. I must look utterly crazy.

 

[Rusty]

Hahahaha

 

[squatter]

Yeah blood pressure spikes under heavy weight. When you let go of the weight blood pressure drops, this is when u pass out. Squeeze quads abs hard to force blood back into head. Learned this after blacking out from squatting.

 

[johnjuanb1]

One of the pilots in the Blue Angels said that’s what they do to not pass out.

 

[Aude_Aliquid_Dignu]

Deadlifting for max and heavy back squats…and the music always sounds distorted for a few seconds too.

 

[Rusty]

The music sounds distorted. Hahaha. I heard that once when I got sucker punched in the back of the head!!