Why does this happen?

[Smokescreen]

Why is it that on leg days I myself and most of you feel like shit!? What is the connection there? What is the logical explanation to that? Is it lack of carbs? Or oxygen? What? Because when I do legs, I sweat like crazy, I can't fucking breath, I get a headache, I get dizzy and I just feel like shit.

And I don't even think I'm going that all out with the weight! Why does this happen to us? Is this normal? How can it be avoided?

 

[cwick0]

Is is because of the strain on your CNS and PNS?

 

[Smokescreen]

Your asking? How does that put a strain on your CNS? And what is PNS???? Never heard of that.

 

[cwick0]

central and peripheral nervous systems.

When you are hitting legs, you use both a lot and thus you feel like shit.

 

[Tom Treutlein]

The legs are your largest muscle group. Training them puts a lot of stress on the CNS.

 

[wnt2bBeast]

Why is it that on leg days I myself and most of you feel like shit!? What is the connection there? What is the logical explanation to that? Is it lack of carbs? Or oxygen? What? Because when I do legs, I sweat like crazy, I can't fucking breath, I get a headache, I get dizzy and I just feel like shit.

And I don't even think I'm going that all out with the weight! Why does this happen to us? Is this normal? How can it be avoided?

dont you just love that? i dont feel like ive squatted until my eyes are about to pop out of my head..

 

[Smokescreen]

How come others in my gym don't look like they feell like shit when they do legs? Is it because they are not using as much weight or intensity like I am? But will consuming more carbs and/or fats help that out? Or will it still happen no matter what?

 

[wnt2bBeast]

How come others in my gym don't look like they feell like shit when they do legs? Is it because they are not using as much weight or intensity like I am? But will consuming more carbs and/or fats help that out? Or will it still happen no matter what?

weight is relative..im assuming you squat at least below parallel or ATF? in doing so that is very taxing..i see about 9 out of 10 that do knee jerks those do absolutely dick for you..i got more respect for someone squatting 225 ATF then 365 knee jerks!!!

 

[Smokescreen]

LMFAO!!!! Thats the reason why! Yep! They do knee jerks. When I do squats or any leg exercise...its proper form for me first!!!!!

 

[Illuminati]

LMFAO!!!! Thats the reason why! Yep! They do knee jerks. When I do squats or any leg exercise...its proper form for me first!!!!!

hey bro. the dizziness and light headedness could be possible due to that fact that you might be holding your breath for the entire rep of your squat, only to breath when you get back to the standing position. this used to happen to me a lot. it also caused me to have extremely bad head aches. but once i learned to breath properly through the rep, it all went away. maybe this is what is going on with you.

 

[Smokescreen]

Nah, I breath. Its not a major headache, just a slight pressure. But it goes away rather quick. But not that queezy, dizzy, I'm going to throw up feeling.

 

[cwick0]

full or empty stomach?

 

[Smokescreen]

I down a big shake 45mins before doing legs.

 

[cwick0]

My guess is that is long enough to digest the shake, so it isnt a lack of energy causing the headache etc. Thus it has to be the ass to grass squats taxing the hell out of your nervous system.

Good luck, no legs for another couple of months (3 torn ligaments in my right ankle).

 

[ManOfArms]

The only time I ever felt like puking is when I train legs really hard. One time I even felt like passing out, I guess Arnold was right I never believed his BS.

 

[ghettostudmuffin]

I do low reps so I don't get that too often with squats. Whenever I'm feeling froggy I'll do a heavy set of high rep leg presses and if I push it hard enough I'll get dizzy, queasy or feel like hammered dog shit after.

 

[Allon]

I have this problem also...

Things that helped thanks to suggestions from people here. (EF is the best thing that happened to my training)

Holding breath while decending > breathing out while ascending > breathing in while up before descent.
Not eating for 3 hours before workout on leg day, even a shake.
Not eating anything heavy at all on the squat day before workout no matter how long before. I found peanuts or PN butter that I love are not good for me before workout.
Have a fruit juice or high carb drink before and during workout.
Cardio in general makes squatting easier.
All other compund exercises in general help build up the resistance to this feeling.
The glute machine also makes me feel somewhat dizzy for some reason but these days I am used to it and it barely effects me. (Maybe add this machine to your routine)

I found that I have to pace myself. Do easy weights with easy rep range and stop when I am a bit dizzy. each workout I can do more without getting to dizzy. Just about 2 weeks ago I was really feeling shit from squats and now I can handle it much better so all the advise seems to be working but am still gonna give it a few more weeks and add more weight to see how much better it is.
I also moved my squats away from begginging of workout. Will start with chest, shoulders, arms, back, whatever else it is I am doing that day yet try to even it out so I am not to wasted by the time I get to the squats. can be tricky if you are only doing legs or legs and one other muscle group that day. If so then maybe start of with 1-2 warmup sets of leg extensions or really easy squat sets... maybe lunges...

Ok, so I am never working at full capacity for squats but I will get there eventually and I am still getting stronger and my legs are growing. Overall much better now.

Here is the link to the thread that I started on the same subject.
http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/showthread.php?t=348466

 

[WalkingBeast]

Ive wondered the same thing myself. I used to vomit or dry heave nearly every leg session. Atleast it seemed that way. I cant even count how many times Ive puked on leg day. That and I always felt like shit for a long time afterwards. Dizzy,lightheaded,nauseous etc. I went hard and intense, but even during the warm-up sets I was starting to feel shitty. It hasnt been nearly as bad lately, but not sure what to attribute that too. I never built a tolerance to it, so dont think that is it. It may be cuz I use a different leg press machine now (switched gyms after 7 years). Maybe my organs were being crushed and breathing was fucked up? My head felt like it would explode, so I dont think I was breathing real well. Hard to do that on sets of 800 for 52 reps on leg press. Now Ive repeated similiar sets on the cybex squat press and havent been feeling so nauseous. I dont feel great, but I dont need to vomit either. I used to feel so shitty, Id force the vomit. Many times it would just come out anyway, forced or not. It hasnt been that way lately using this machine. I never eat before legs. Still, if the nausea is there Ill just dry heave, which is even less satisfying. haha.I havent been going to complete failure every leg workout either though. I used to. I didnt get much growth on my legs so now Im trying different things. Its possible I trained them too intensely. Still dont know what the solution is. Somehow its not as bad anymore though.

 

[eat big]

yeah i just did legs yesterday and i dreaded it. almost wanted to just quite right there, its so hard not to sometimes. i really feel it on squats and SLDL's only, as they do require the most energy and effort. but i dont feel that way when i do normal deads. so im guessing its just that the muscles in your legs are by far the biggest in your body and they really do affect the CNS.