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**Eagle5US** · 03-31-2007, 08:55

OK-
I'm laying this out. Tell me if I need to get seen, or friggin soldier up.

BACKGROUND:
- I'm in support BN HELL and my only release is PT. Can't run (rockets / mortars) and I've always lifted - lifted smart, and am educated on doing so (form, breathing, grouping etc).
- Cardio is done on the treadmill and elliptical
- I'm a big guy (6' 1" / 230) currently calipered at 17.13% body fat (Army tape @ 20%)
- I am 40 and have not had an over 40 physical
- 18 Nov 04 I had a Pulmonary Embolism and subsequent massive GI bleed, either could have killed me, both almost did. Result was some "scarring in my R lungs" per the pulmonologist on my discharge from ICU.
- I've had lots of surgeries (Shoulders x 3, both knees (one bone graft and screws), ankle x2 with complete rebuild, fingers (bunch), kindey x2 and a few others but nothing in the last 2.5 years.

SITUATION:
- I have trained up for the past 10 weeks in order to be strong enough to start a new lift program. The new program is a beast-period. I needed something for focus and this is it. The shortest day is 500 total reps of various weight lifting excercises.
- It is a 5 day per week program, one body system per day, break any 2 days you like out of the seven.

MY "ISSUE":
- LEG DAY, doing squats (last 100 reps of the day @ 5 sets of 20), I almost blacked out...falling forward with the bar into the rack. this happened twice during the 5 sets.
- CHEST day, no issue
- ARM day-no issue
- SHOULDER day...doing overhead barbell press (5 sets of 20) -with another 120 reps between 2 excercises to go- again almost blacked out
- BACK DAY (today) doing dead lifts (@5 sets of 15) -with another 180 reps between 2 excercises to go- I finished set 4, put down the bar, and I hit the floor...out cold (10 seconds???). Another guy in the gym was slapping me when I woke up. I rested about 10 minutes and went to the next excercises (high rows @4 sets of 20) and then shrugs (@5 sets of 20). No further issues.

I AM breathing, I am at my limits with the weight I am pulling, am on no supplements / stimulants, and am eating right.

I may NOT be "feeding the machine" the way I need to for this level of intensity.....but I would like some learned input from other folks.

It appears that when I have a significant increase in my intrathoracic pressure, I'm on the way out.

The only relation in my past was in GP:
I attempted 4 pre-scubas back to back with a total of 33 shallow water blackouts before they told me I couldn't come back. The DMO said my carotid arteries went into spasm (and closed) when deprived of oxygen for extended periods of time-thus depriving the melon of blood and oxygen. Hence I would pass out.

Give some wisdom fellas..."Doctor heal thyself" never really sank in with me. My head is too friggin hard. This I have demonstrated too many times. I am asking for your help.

Thanks-
Eagle

03-31-2007, 08:55	#1
Eagle5US Quiet Professional Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Tampa Posts: 2,536	Help me out here...See Doctor or not? OK- I'm laying this out. Tell me if I need to get seen, or friggin soldier up. BACKGROUND: - I'm in support BN HELL and my only release is PT. Can't run (rockets / mortars) and I've always lifted - lifted smart, and am educated on doing so (form, breathing, grouping etc). - Cardio is done on the treadmill and elliptical - I'm a big guy (6' 1" / 230) currently calipered at 17.13% body fat (Army tape @ 20%) - I am 40 and have not had an over 40 physical - 18 Nov 04 I had a Pulmonary Embolism and subsequent massive GI bleed, either could have killed me, both almost did. Result was some "scarring in my R lungs" per the pulmonologist on my discharge from ICU. - I've had lots of surgeries (Shoulders x 3, both knees (one bone graft and screws), ankle x2 with complete rebuild, fingers (bunch), kindey x2 and a few others but nothing in the last 2.5 years. SITUATION: - I have trained up for the past 10 weeks in order to be strong enough to start a new lift program. The new program is a beast-period. I needed something for focus and this is it. The shortest day is 500 total reps of various weight lifting excercises. - It is a 5 day per week program, one body system per day, break any 2 days you like out of the seven. MY "ISSUE": - LEG DAY, doing squats (last 100 reps of the day @ 5 sets of 20), I almost blacked out...falling forward with the bar into the rack. this happened twice during the 5 sets. - CHEST day, no issue - ARM day-no issue - SHOULDER day...doing overhead barbell press (5 sets of 20) -with another 120 reps between 2 excercises to go- again almost blacked out - BACK DAY (today) doing dead lifts (@5 sets of 15) -with another 180 reps between 2 excercises to go- I finished set 4, put down the bar, and I hit the floor...out cold (10 seconds???). Another guy in the gym was slapping me when I woke up. I rested about 10 minutes and went to the next excercises (high rows @4 sets of 20) and then shrugs (@5 sets of 20). No further issues. I AM breathing, I am at my limits with the weight I am pulling, am on no supplements / stimulants, and am eating right. I may NOT be "feeding the machine" the way I need to for this level of intensity.....but I would like some learned input from other folks. It appears that when I have a significant increase in my intrathoracic pressure, I'm on the way out. The only relation in my past was in GP: I attempted 4 pre-scubas back to back with a total of 33 shallow water blackouts before they told me I couldn't come back. The DMO said my carotid arteries went into spasm (and closed) when deprived of oxygen for extended periods of time-thus depriving the melon of blood and oxygen. Hence I would pass out. Give some wisdom fellas..."Doctor heal thyself" never really sank in with me. My head is too friggin hard. This I have demonstrated too many times. I am asking for your help. Thanks- Eagle __________________ Primum non Nocere "I have hung out in dangerous places a lot over the years, from combat zones to biker bars, and it is the weak, the unaware, or those looking for it, that usually find trouble. Ain't no one getting out of this world alive. All you can do is try to have some choice in the way you go. Prepare yourself (and your affairs), and when your number is up, die on your feet fighting rather than on your knees. And make the SOBs pay dearly." The Reaper-3 Sep 04 Last edited by Eagle5US; 03-31-2007 at 10:29.
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