Horizontal leg press and dizzy

[ekissner]

I have found that when I get up from doing the horizontal leg press that I get very dizzy. I think that it is because my legs require increased amount of blood and when I stand up my heart has to work twice as hard to get the blood back to my brain so my blood pressure drops. I was wondering if anyone else has encountered this problem and if they know of any evidence to support it. Thanks!!!

[threenorns]

hard to say - how's your blood pressure generally?

the only time i get that is when i've been holding my breath when i exercise - i'm fine until i stand up and take a couple deep breaths and then "whoops! thar she goes!"

[Lift2Live]

I've had that happen many times and not just on the leg press. You are right in that it's about blood flow. I've found that I need to wait a few seconds before attempting to get up. Let things normalize. I can't cite any professional references but would say not to worry.