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Burpees are an absolute fluffybunny, no two ways about it, I find that with them it is mind over matter even if your 'jump' at the end after several reps doesn't result in you even leaving the floor. <br><br>
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<p>Fuck's sake. Been a while. Tried to exercise a few times but the migraine aura and occasional headache have been off-putting.</p>
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<p>Decided to do something about it this week, with a free 1 week pass to a group training gym owned by a friend of the family. Turned up tonight at the appointed time, and it was a ghost town. Dang.</p>
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<p>So I came home and did a very short HIIT session - 30 on, 20 off, with a mixture of chinups, squats, squat jumps (vertical and horizontal), burpees, lunges, and pushups.</p>
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<p>Worst 8 minutes of my year. Started to get the headache too so need to go see the chiro and get my neck checked out.</p> -
I often get migraine aura post excercise, sometimes during - for me I think staying hydrated is key, often easy to forget to drink when cycling. I'm lucky I don't get headaches though, so can cycle through it if necessary.<br><br>
NTA after a layoff you need to ease yourself back into it. That sounded way too intense! Really hope you get the head aches sorted, sounds like a nightmare. -
<p>The sensation last night was from the neck all the way up the right side of my head, which means first I want to get the shoulder etc checked out - might be referred pain. It was tense, not painful. And annoying.</p>
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<p>But I'll look into the medication. Nothing so far has been strong enough for the migraines, and the vision loss doesn't usually have pain following it.</p>
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<p>Hydration and taking it easy in the meantime. I bought an inflatable two-seater kayak for a bit of fun so will head up the river tomorrow with the kids for some water sport and a picnic.</p> -
Your vision thing sounds like scintillating scotoma. Google the Wikipedia page - there are a few images on it that replicate what it "looks" like.<br><br>
I occasionally experience it after exercise. Just the vision problem, not a full blown migraine. <br><br>
First few times I got it I thought I had blown a blood vessel in my brain or something. Quite scary.<br><br>
I normally think sports drinks are the devils's piss drunk by wanabees (or really serious athletes), but have found two actual uses for them. One being I suck down one when seeing that aura and it seems to clear up more quickly. -
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<p>Your vision thing sounds like scintillating scotoma. Google the Wikipedia page - there are a few images on it that replicate what it "looks" like.<br><br>
I occasionally experience it after exercise. Just the vision problem, not a full blown migraine.</p>
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Wow that is exactly what I get. Those images are bang on the money. Usually just the vision thing with no headache - often after exercise. Fingers crossed - I'm much more careful about hydrating eg when cycling, so haven't had a post exercise one for about month or so.
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<p>I'm thinking you guys all signed up to a LSD trial at some point!!</p>
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<p>I'm thinking you guys all signed up to a LSD trial at some point!!</p>
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<p>Sadly no! </p>
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<p>Its more boring than that. A <span>scintillating scotoma is related to migraines, even without the headache. Getting migraines is normally genetic and inherited. My father got them for example. I don't the headache but get the </span><span style="color:rgb(40,40,40);font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">scintillating scotoma which can have similar causes as a migraine which are often diet related. For example, a known cause is changing both your diet and increasing exercise intensity at the same time - the sort of thing many people do. </span></p>
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<p><span style="color:rgb(40,40,40);font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">I find </span><span style="color:rgb(40,40,40);font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">scintillating scotoma don't tend to hit me </span><span>a weights day. I tend to get them on a cardio day particularly after a month or two of higher intensity coupled with a "good" diet where I'm both visibly losing fat (look in a mirror at ab definition) and actually losing it (measure waistline). This suggests my body is under stress and when I hit the cardio that day, I might have been dehydrated and/or have slightly lower blood sugar than normal.</span></p>
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<p>That's what cause it for me. Some people will be similar, other people will have other triggers.</p> -
Yep - everyone is different. For me I think it's any of hydration, blood sugar, caffeine, stress. Making sure I have enough carbs, water, salt etc while eg cycling has really helped. When overloaded at work easy to forget to eat and drink properly, have too much coffee, get stressed so that's a perfect storm. <br><br>
Had to give a big presentation with one recently. Not my idea of fun.<br><br>
I used to feel really wiped out after them, even the next day - woolly headed, disoriented etc. Don't get that so much now - fingers crossed it stays that way. Both my kids get them - headaches, vomiting the full works. Not proud to have passed that one on, poor buggers. -
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<p>I normally think sports drinks are the devils's piss drunk by wanabees (or really serious athletes), but have found two actual uses for them. One being I suck down one when seeing that aura and it seems to clear up more quickly.</p>
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<p>After giving birth to TR Jnr, Mrs TR was getting epidural headaches, which she said are worse than any migraine or headache she has ever had, and the nurses suggested she drink V or Red Bull to help ease them (due being limited as to what drugs they could use) which it did, but obviously has a side effect for TR Jnr... :morning:</p> -
The description of the scintillating scotoma doesn't sound quite like what I'm getting - the "color" or blurriness isn't there, I just get blackness. But I see the relationship as I don't get headache either, unlike with my migraines.<br><br>
Donated plasma on the weekend, and the blood bank scales said 105
but I was loaded up on for and fluids. Massive sugar hangover yesterday as I cut the rubbish out. Better today, as I adjust the diet and up the fluids in preparation fit light exercise later in the week. <br><br>
Still over 101 this morning but doing some isometric stuff in preparation for resuming karate this term and working towards the purple belt. Kata are good to relax mind and body, as well as re-tension some of the rarely used muscles. -
Saw the chiropractor yesterday and there was some shit going on with my neck that was fucking up my jaw and skull in general. Feeling wasted today - usually happens after the neck work, and she said it'll be a couple of weeks before I'm back to normal.<br><br>
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<p>Sunday night Miss Aussie (8) thought it would be a good idea if she and I got up early and went for a run.</p>
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<p>So OK, I did. Never realised how much I miss the pre-dawn atmosphere, even in suburbia. Crisp as fuck. </p>
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<p>She of course barely made it through half a lap running around the local manmade lake, and complained about itchy legs etc.</p>
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<p>We totalled about 3.5km all up which is a good start before 7AM. But I think I'll go get her some running tights to head off the itchy leg problem.</p>
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<p>Next round Friday. In the meantime I've been doing slooooow pushups intermittently to get a bit of tone back in the arms and holding horse stance to get the legs ready for karate this term.</p> -
My oldest is into his running, younger one less so. The difference in cardio ability was very noticeable when we went for a 'Dad and lads' walk up Mt Kaukau last year ( google it, lovely views ). I think a lot of that was due to my older boy having a much better base from running round school as opposed to the youngest who had gotten out of kindy ( much less space to dash around )<br><br>
I do envy them with their light frames dashing about without a care in the world. I can still sprint pretty fast but running for too long makes the knees, ankles and everything else ache quite a bit. -
<p>It certainly takes some time for legs to get used to running. The other week I decided to do some pre-season jogging and holy shitballs, someone had replaced my legs with cement blocks.</p>
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<p>When I was a superfunt, running was agony, but as I got better (and lighter), persistent work made the joints and supporting tissue adjust and could take the punishment.</p>
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<p>I'm not saying its for life, or that you should do it on concrete until you're 80, but NOT running because it hurts is like never lifting weights because it hurts.</p>
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<p>Correct technique can overcome joint pain.</p>
