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My ears pop when I squat

hardimand
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just wondering if it is just me... but when i get a good strong pump in my quads my ears pop, to the point where i can hardly hear....

 

 

this only happens when i squat...

 

 

any ideas why this happens??

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AnabolicAliens
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This has to do with the amount of blood leaving your head. All the blood is in your legs!

 

Think of it like when you are about to pass out. You start to lose your hearing, then vision, then out cold!

 

Happens a lot during cold season too because of congestion!

 

Hope we helped!

hardimand
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cheers, any recommendation.. should i keep squating, less weight or could i swap squats for incline leg press?? will it still hit the same muscles?

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Posted By: hardimand

just wondering if it is just me... but when i get a good strong pump in my quads my ears pop, to the point where i can hardly hear....

 

 

this only happens when i squat...

 

 

any ideas why this happens??

Hi mate

 

Welcome to the site! I'm sure there's a great, scientifically-based answer that someone could give on this forum, but I was wondering how you're breathing is while you're doing the squats?

 

Could it be that you may need to just monitor how you breathe so you're not possibly holding your breath?

 

Anyway, just a thought!!

 

Cheers

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hardimand
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cheers mate, i will take note of my breathing and see if i can improve it more

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JoeHurricane
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Posted By: hardimand

cheers, any recommendation.. should i keep squating, less weight or could i swap squats for incline leg press?? will it still hit the same muscles?

Depending on the angle of the leg press will determine whether or not it hits the same muscles. Also how you space your feet can put more emphasis on vastus medialis or vastus lateralis part of the quad.

 

How does it effect your squatting? does it make you feel light headed, like you need to stop what you are doing? or is it sort of like when you are coming in to land on a plane and your ears sometimes pop and it's basically just a pain in the arse? haha

 

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hardimand
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just a pain in the arse, which last a few minutes.

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hardimand
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just a pain in the arse, which last a few minutes.

Bachelor of science in information technology: Major in business information systems management: Sub Major Data Analytics Mr Chicken Legs 3 years lifting on a healthy diet without macro counting. starting my macro counts on 27 jan 2015.
Whisper
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Posted By: hardimand

just wondering if it is just me... but when i get a good strong pump in my quads my ears pop, to the point where i can hardly hear....

 

 

this only happens when i squat...

 

 

any ideas why this happens??

Sounds to me like you are not breathing properly which just means you are not breathing at all when you are doing the concentric part of the movement. In theory you should be holding your breath when you lift the weight up to create that internal belt in your abdomen and protect your spine but if your concentric is too slow and you hold your breath too much it can create problems like that. Try to be more explosive (fast) on your positives or take small breaths here and there.

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Hello,

as Kostas (@whisper) and the others already said, you need to breathe propperly.

 

Legs are a big part of your body and when you squat you need to utilize a lot blood in them, which is why the body will move the blood into that area. This can be sometimes so sudden that people even faint.

 

If you listen to the professionals most of them take a sharp, clearly hearable, deep breath 'in' before starting the movement. And it might help you also to exhale fast and take another deep inhale at the top of the squat movement before you move down again.

 

(Jet pilots do something similar, as the g force presses all blood out of their heads, they exhale and inhale very sharp in short repetetive steps, so they don't pass out)

 

To support this in general, besides the correct breathing technique, things like an orderly warmup before doing squats can be very helpful, as the blood will already have time to spread and its not so much of a sudden blood fall anymore, as well as cardio, cardio, cardio ! cardio helps to have generally a better blood circulation and the heart being able to cope with its 'transportation'.

 

 

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hardimand
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thanks kostas and crood, now that i do the movment in my room i hold my breath going down and up. i will try n fix my breathing on leg day.

 

 

 

 

thanks everyone, i appreciate the advice and how quick it was.

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