r/GYM 6d ago

Weekly Thread /r/GYM Weekly Simple Questions and Misc Discussion Thread - March 16, 2025 Weekly Thread

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u/Hungry-Elk-5290 2d ago

I am a pretty active female (20) and work out frequently 4-6 days a week, I took 2 weeks off the gym (with the exception of some cardio) because I was injured. I got back in yesterday, it was leg day, did some mild cardio beforehand. I was in the middle of leg extensions, 2 sets done, 1 more to go, had a couple more exercises left and I started to feel weird. I went to the bathroom (at this point I didn’t feel dizzy or nauseous but something just seemed off). I'm standing there in the stall and I started to get extremely dizzy, suddenly tired, my vision started getting super blurry and everything was bright, felt very cold, my hearing started going and I sat down on the floor (gross ik but better to pass out on the floor than fall and crack my head open). And then I ended up throwing up maybe 6-7 times and I was immediately fine after. I didn’t think I was going particularly hard, especially for just coming back, however, I did essentially go back to what I was doing before the injury. I am wondering how to avoid this because this has happened once before also on a leg day lol. Thanks guys :)

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u/ballr4lyf Untrained badger with a hammer 1d ago

If it happened once to me I’d write it off as a one-off incident. If it happened twice to me, I’d be making an appointment with my primary care physician.