Exercise: Strength Training for Orthostatic Hypotension 》 Get Rid of Dizziness for Good

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"I’m being seen by a neurologist, but I get real dizzy after exercise and when I get up. What do you think it could be?"


Hi friend,

Before my strength training, I used to have such episodes too. I get dizzy standing up, after a long period of sedentary position. I have to sit back down to regain consciousness.

The dizziness feels like a million spiders crawling over my head. And as the goosebumps lift out of my shoulders, the lightheadedness feels like coming out of a dark cave or tunnel, as my eyes clear and my mind regains consciousness.

Is this how yours feels too?

And I'm a bit embarrassed of what I'm about to divulge here. I was sitting in my toilet, “pushing hard" getting my “big business” done. When I tried to stand up, dizziness rushed over my head, and I blacked out. The next thing I knew, I was on the floor naked. The back of my head was bruised with pain. I must have knocked on something on my way down. Thank God nothing else happen. No bleeding. The dizziness subsided. I stood back up, rub off the pain, took a shower and went on with my day. This happened a couple of times.

Orthostatic hypotension is the fancy name for this. It just means that when you change your position from sitting to standing, your blood pressure drops, and you temporarily feel a bit dizzy. Your blood gathers around your legs momentarily when you stand up, like your co-workers gather around the coffee dispenser catching up on the latest gossip, before returning to their workstations. And your heart needs a bit of time to rev up and pump that blood from your legs back up to your upper body, like revving up your worn-out lawnmower. It just needs a bit of a warming up. That’s all.

But how did I get rid of this?

I started STRENGTH TRAINING with weights.

But did it go away after that?

Not immediately.

I remember starting out joining a gym and lifting weights with my wife, back in 2020. There was a couple of times when I did the bench dips or hip thrusts, the dizziness rushed in. It happened when I was holding my breath working out. I kept forgetting to breathe.

What did I do then?

I sat back down, took stock, let it subside, and moved on with my workouts.

Over time, as my strength increases and my muscles build up, I gain overall health.

Strength training exercises such as squats, lunges, deadlifts, and thrusters, and other cardio exercises help my heart work effectively, regulates my full-body blood flow, enhance my muscular strength and limit fluctuations in my blood pressure. My lungs and heart work harder and feed enough O2 and blood into the body, like a well-oiled engine.

And come to think of it, I have never had such an episode since.

To back this up, a 2022 MPDI study suggest that resistance training or strength training results in improved upper and lower body muscular strength and moderate blood pressure control. In addition, resistance-training-induced adaptations in the autonomic nervous system might alter the neural regulatory mechanisms controlling cardiac and vascular functions. That means it improved overall health and alleviates the risk of orthostatic hypotension or dizziness.

So don’t worry. Just keep moving on with your exercise.

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May you be blessed.

Faithfully yours,

Strength Training with Gary

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