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Old 10-21-2007, 10:26 AM
Jonson Jonson is offline
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Thanks guys much appreciated, going by that squat rx video ive been doing my breathing right lately.
I was inhaling on the way down then exhaling on the way up but the last few workouts because the weight has got heavy (heavy for me anyway) i have been inhaling before going down then exhaling when im near the top.
But after a set of squats I get a bit dizzy (only for about 10-20 seconds) and sometimes a very slight headache. is this normal?
Also when doing deadlifts I used to exhale on the way up inhale on the way down, a few months back I unfortunatly injured my back deadlifting.
The last couple of workouts I have tried holding my breath for the whole rep (to keep my back stabalized)
This also makes me a bit dizzy.
Would it be better to inhale before going up then exhaling at the top and then inhaling on the way down, I have tried this but I dont feel very stable when lowering the weight to the floor especially now the weights getting heavy.
Any thoughts anyone?
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