breathing technique - to hold or not to hold

Mr Marri

I was reading this

http://stronglifts.com/how-you-should-breathe-when-lifting-weights/

and I'm a little confused .

For dead lifts, squats, clean and jerks etc

a) should I hold my breath, I've heard that this safer as it helps to support the back muscles.

b) breath out on exertion, as this reduces your blood pressure, prevents dizziness etc

Mr. Loverman

Yeah I hold my breath during deadlifts, but it's not a huge full lung breath or anything like that.

It feels more natural that way anyway.

Mr Marri

Is it just a newbie thing? or do you guys still get lightheaded from time to time?

deadlybuzzman

on deadlifts as soon as I stand up after my last rep on my top weight set I get very lightheaded-presumably from the sudden drop in blood pressure, passes within about 20/30 sec, no biggie

d'Oracle

Mr Marri wrote: »

I was reading this

http://stronglifts.com/how-you-should-breathe-when-lifting-weights/

and I'm a little confused .

For dead lifts, squats, clean and jerks etc

a) should I hold my breath, I've heard that this safer as it helps to support the back muscles.

b) breath out on exertion, as this reduces your blood pressure, prevents dizziness etc

Breathe in. >Hold, squeeze your middle.> Squat.> Exhale after your rep.

When it gets heavy you might find yourself grunt a bit. This will release a bit of the pressure.
This does not mean let out epic GGGNNnnnnnMMMMMGGGGAAAAHHH all the way through the lift, that would defeat the purpose of holding your breath.

Hanley

d'Oracle wrote: »

Breathe in. >Hold, squeeze your middle.> Squat.> Exhale after your rep.

When it gets heavy you might find yourself grunt a bit. This will release a bit of the pressure.
This does not mean let out epic GGGNNnnnnnMMMMMGGGGAAAAHHH all the way through the lift, that would defeat the purpose of holding your breath.

This.

If it wasn't for a helpful post like that I woulda just said "do th opposite of whatever stronglifts says."

Dotcomdolly

deadlybuzzman wrote: »

on deadlifts as soon as I stand up after my last rep on my top weight set I get very lightheaded-presumably from the sudden drop in blood pressure, passes within about 20/30 sec, no biggie

This is reassuring,. thought it was just me.

banshee_bones

Dotcomdolly wrote: »

This is reassuring,. thought it was just me.

Yeah indeed, I also thought it was just me as the same thing happened last time I deadlifted.

d'Oracle

I thought everybody had seen all the videos of lads fainting or stumbling after deadlifts....

G86

d'Oracle wrote: »

I thought everybody had seen all the videos of lads fainting or stumbling after deadlifts....

Or puking....

Yapamillias

d'Oracle wrote: »

I thought everybody had seen all the videos of lads fainting or stumbling after deadlifts....

Seen the video of the lad deadlift, then start screaming then walk a bit before collapsing in a heap...:D

(He was ok afterwards..until his mates uploaded the video lol)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8RcDb_wZfQ

Khannie

Yapamillias wrote: »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8RcDb_wZfQ

LOL!

Mr Marri

Are there rules of thumb for achieving balanced development (prevent injury) for dead lifts etc. eg should your clean and jerk be half your dead lift, or should you always train to the limit of your technique.

Hanley

Mr Marri wrote: »

should your clean and jerk be half your dead lift

No, it doesn't work like that...

Sangre

Find myself getting a bit light headed when I clean a weight up for OH pressing. Any way to avoid this?

On a side note, what do people make of wearing a belt when OH pressing?

Hanley

Sangre wrote: »

Find myself getting a bit light headed when I clean a weight up for OH pressing. Any way to avoid this?

Keep it off your neck when you rack it!!!

If it lands on your carotid artery while you're straining you'll pass out in about 5 seconds!

d'Oracle

Sangre wrote: »

Find myself getting a bit light headed when I clean a weight up for OH pressing. Any way to avoid this?

On a side note, what do people make of wearing a belt when OH pressing?

70sBig did a post on this. The synopsis was keep your elbows up, the bar on your delts and your head pulled back. And what Hanley said.

As for the belt, I'd like to hear about that too. I have found it more of a distraction than help, but it probably needs to be used differently.

Sangre

Hanley wrote: »

Keep it off your neck when you rack it!!!

If it lands on your carotid artery while you're straining you'll pass out in about 5 seconds!

Think its more the act of cleaning from the floor/pins rather than where it rests but noted!