Light headed after workouts

[Visions007]

I've been making a lot of progress thanks to this forum so thanks a lot. I've been lifting "correctly" now for about 4 months and I've just started again after taking a full week off to rest. My last three workouts though have been really tough to finish because I've been getting lightheaded for some reason to the point where it feels like I could faint.

Is this just because I took a week off? Diet mess up? this did not used to happen to me and I've been lifting heavy and hard for a while now.

 

[Randallpink83]

Have you been pushing the leg workouts?
I've known people to get lightheaded and pass out during or after a leg workout because they are pumping so much blood away from their head. possible.

 

[Master Bates]

Lately I've been experiencing something that might be similar. While doing my dumbbell squats I get this pain in my head maybe halfway through the second set, and it stays for a number of minutes. It feels kinda scary.

 

[Kerpal]

Are you eating enough? When I don't eat enough that happens to me. It also happens to me a lot when I'm doing power cleans, I've passed out a couple of times, so now I'm always very careful to take a few seconds to breath between reps.

 

[Quiksilver]

Sounds like your blood sugar is low.

Take a peach, plum or banana to the gym and eat it half way through.