Hey guys, hate to resurrect a thread from the dead, but I just experienced this problem for the first time yesterday. I've been lifting for quite some time now, very seriously for the past year or two, and I've never had this happen.

Yesterday, I was at the gym solo, since my gym partner is attending night classes, and instead of risking looking like a fool trapped under the free bar due to no spot, I decided to bench on the Hammer Strength iso flat bench. Did a warm up set, heavy first set, slightly heavier second set, and by time I hit my 9th rep I wanted to die. The pain was so sudden to the base of my head on the right side I almost passed out! So, I came home took some tylenol with green tea (the caffeine accelerates the delivery on me) and it did nothing. I tried to sleep through it and couldn't, so I eventually broke down and took some Advil, even though I don't like Ibuprofen due to its anti-inflammitory properties having an adverse affect on my muscle swell. That seemed to do the trick and I was able to get some sleep.

Now, today, I'm feeling better. I go to work, get some decent food in me, take a handful of vitamins, get a good crack of the neck, and I'm feeling like I'll give it a shot again. I drink my No-Xplode shake, head to the gym, jump on the Hammer iso again, and do my warmup set making sure to watch my breathing very carefully. Everything seems good, so I load up a heavy first set, get to number 5, and bam, I want to die again. So here I am now, at home, feeling very discouraged, with Advil in my system once again. I don't know what to do!

Now I did some googling, and I found that sometimes these headaches can be caused by strained the traps, which I most definitely did in the gym on Thursday and Friday, as well as on the weekend while underneath my car working. Oh yeah, I also hauled a lot of band equipment this weekend.

The other thing that it could be is a sinus infection, which is aggitated by laying down and/or heavy stress, both of which occur when doing a flat bench. My son just got over one of those and my wife is currently sick, so it could very well be my sinuses. I've seen a little blood in my nose-blowing, so I might have a sinus infection and not realize it. They also say that sinus infections can be brought on by mold and mildew, and I inhaled my share while washing my old '71 Ford which is beyond funky.

Regardless, I don't know what to do! I was working a good 3 week pump, and this is week 3! I've read other places that sometimes this'll put people out for 2 months. I can't lose two months of progress! Ahhhhhh!