yet another reason not to bench press.![]()
Bench Pressing Heavy Weights Ups Pressure Inside Eyes, Study Shows
(WebMD) Weightlifting makes you stronger, but it might boost eye pressure, making glaucoma more likely...
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Can anyone comment on this or dismiss it?
This seems to be the key line in the article:
"But this study doesn't prove that. The men were only studied once, so it's not clear if they later developed glaucoma."
And it sounds like proper breathing is a way around this as well
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yet another reason not to bench press.![]()
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did you even read the entire article?
But this study doesn't prove that. The men were only studied once, so it's not clear if they later developed glaucoma.
If this were the case there would be thousands of guys with glaucoma walking around. Bullshit.
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If only I could read your post...
So many cries of inequality stem from one of group
of people doing little or nothing and then bitching
about another group that actually does something
to improve their lives.
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I bet the basic idea is that, since you're really raising your blood pressure during a heavy lift, that it damages the eye because of the pressure.
This sounds like crap. If this were true, everyone that has high blood pressure would have glaucoma.![]()
So many cries of inequality stem from one of group
of people doing little or nothing and then bitching
about another group that actually does something
to improve their lives.
All I read from your post was "can someon comment on this or dissmiss it."
The article already dismisses it for you.
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"In the beginners mind there are many possibilities, in the experts there are few."
-Buddha's Little Instruction Book
Optimum Sports Performance
"In the beginners mind there are many possibilities, in the experts there are few."
-Buddha's Little Instruction Book

So many cries of inequality stem from one of group
of people doing little or nothing and then bitching
about another group that actually does something
to improve their lives.

This is not off-topic. I'm sick and tired of all the "studies" that come out claiming how dangerous some aspect of weight training is. They have a preconceived notion of what should happen (based on desire, not science), they don't do a double-blind study and they have a pool of two people, and call it a study.
Every time one of these things come out, I always picture some small, pencil-necked guy (who was bullied in school) sitting in a lab somewhere trying to get even.
So many cries of inequality stem from one of group
of people doing little or nothing and then bitching
about another group that actually does something
to improve their lives.
To be clear I was not trying to co-sign the article. Just bring it to people's attention after it caught my eye on google news.
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I'd like to see a picture of those guys tested. I wouldn't be suprised if they were squares.
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Honestly though, I feel alot of pressure when I do heavy pullovers, or when I used to do really heavy leg presses....but never when I do bench pressing...
I actually had a friend of mine pop a blood vessel in his eye doing squats one time...I thought it was so fucking cool. I wanted one so bad...shit so solid red...This is when I picked up squats...had him teach me the form.
This study is stupid...I think taking a rough shit increases pressure...I can think of at least a couple times I must've been pretty red-faced....
At the Arnold Classic Bench Press Championship 2 years ago, Brian Kennely (sp?) when up and benched 820 and when he stood up and faced the crowd, he had blood coming out of his eyes. talk about high blood pressure!
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"In the beginners mind there are many possibilities, in the experts there are few."
-Buddha's Little Instruction Book
Are these "studies" a ploy by fat people directed towards fat people to give them another excuse not to do anything about being fat?!![]()
I remember seeing a video of Ed Coan shooting blood out of his nose during a squat.
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I was getting my eyes checked two months ago and was told that I might have glaucoma forming in one of my eyes.............but then again my dad has glaucoma.
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So arnold smoked pot for medicinal purposes??
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