Headache during bench?

[smoofle]

Has anyone ever gotten like a knot of pain in the back of their neck during bench? I feel it when i exhale (even if its not much weight at all) during the middle of the workout and it usually hurts for about 10 minutes before it goes away. A friend of mine had the same thing and stopped excercising because of it...now he's working out again and it's gone. The pain is at the point where my neck joins my head.

I googled it and have read that it could be a migraine or just some random obscure disease. Go figure.

 

[Triple T]

Has anyone ever gotten like a knot of pain in the back of their neck during bench? I feel it when i exhale (even if its not much weight at all) during the middle of the workout and it usually hurts for about 10 minutes before it goes away. A friend of mine had the same thing and stopped excercising because of it...now he's working out again and it's gone. The pain is at the point where my neck joins my head.

I googled it and have read that it could be a migraine or just some random obscure disease. Go figure.

I had this, but very minor, a little while ago.

Just stretch before you do it. (tilt head back and forth, circles, etc.)
And remember to breathe correctly. I was told it was a cramp or something, but stretching and learning to breathe in and out properly helped me.

 

[Kerpal]

I've never had this but are you pushing the back of your head into the bench while you press? Maybe you are doing this and hurting the muscles in the neck.

 

[smoofle]

thanks for the advice; i usually don't warm up with anything but i start off with some easy reps to get me ready for my main ones...i'll try some stretching beforehand. Also, I do push my head into bench, but that's only during the heavy stuff...i get the pain even when i'm warming up...also during pushups once which is kinda wierd.

 

[MrS]

Fill your stomach with air, not your chest.