# Ears Ringing During Pushups **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 4, 2016, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ears-ringing-during-pushups/742161 "2016-01-04T16:57:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_wind_of_my_soul)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2016, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ears-ringing-during-pushups/742161/1 "2016-01-04T16:57:23Z")
I was doing pushups this morning, and every time I dipped down my ears would ring. Then I would push up and they would return to normal. I don’t recall this ever happening before. I tried googling it, and all I could find was some vague stuff about blood pressure. (I’ve never had any issues with blood pressure.) Does anyone know what was going on this morning? ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2016, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ears-ringing-during-pushups/742161/2 "2016-01-04T17:01:48Z")
Dude. Check your blood pressure now. Yeah, it could be a hundred benign things. It could ALSO be some serious shit. Hell, it might even be Lupus. Hearing things you shouldn’t be hearing is not something you should ignore IMO. ---
**Author:** ![D18](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@D18](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D18)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2016, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ears-ringing-during-pushups/742161/3 "2016-01-04T17:03:09Z")
I have tinnitus in general and do push ups regularly. The push ups make the tinnitus worse, temporarily, similarly to how you describe. It seems to happen any time I do an activity that requires a grunt, if that makes sense. Running for instance doesn’t appear to have an impact. As always, the plural of anecdote is not data. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2016, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ears-ringing-during-pushups/742161/4 "2016-01-04T17:44:14Z")
Since this is a medical question, let’s move it to IMHO. Colibri General Questions Moderator ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2016, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ears-ringing-during-pushups/742161/5 "2016-01-04T17:46:28Z")
FWIW, I have tinnitus, and I notice this, too. My BP is pretty low, so I’ve never thought to have this exercise-induced ringing checked. And, BTW **billfish678** - **The wind of my soul** is a chick! ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2016, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ears-ringing-during-pushups/742161/6 "2016-01-04T18:21:01Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > FWIW, I have tinnitus, and I notice this, too. > My BP is pretty low, so I’ve never thought to have this exercise-induced ringing checked. > > And, BTW **billfish678** - **The wind of my soul** is a chick! Chick who starts her mornings with pushups? The ringing wasn’t tinnitus; it was the badass alarm going off. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2016, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ears-ringing-during-pushups/742161/7 "2016-01-04T18:32:36Z")
I’m reminded of a pretty recent thread. IIRC it was our poster Boyo Jim. He complained about hearing things that he shouldn’t be hearing. A bunch of posters (who deserve scorn IMO) chimed in about this was no big deal because they had it too. Well, Boyo ain’t around for awhile shortly after that post. Turns out it WAS something serious. Don’t be a Boyo who gets sucked in by yahoos. ---
**Author:** ![The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_wind_of_my_soul)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2016, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ears-ringing-during-pushups/742161/8 "2016-01-04T18:48:41Z")
> [@Sicks\_Ate](#): > > Chick who starts her mornings with pushups? > > The ringing wasn’t tinnitus; it was the badass alarm going off. I was about to get all indignant at this post (“Yes! Chicks can do pushups too, you know!”), and then I re-read it and realized you were calling me badass. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_wind_of_my_soul)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2016, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ears-ringing-during-pushups/742161/9 "2016-01-04T18:53:20Z")
**billfish678** , I will check my blood pressure tonight, but now that you mention it, it probably would have been best to check my blood pressure when I was actually experiencing the ringing. So I’m going to have the cuff handy the next time I work out so if it happens again, I can check it during the incident. Thanks for the suggestion! Oh also, it might be worth mentioning that this happened towards the end of my workout, so my heart rate was already up. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2016, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ears-ringing-during-pushups/742161/10 "2016-01-04T19:17:29Z")
Good! It PROBABLY is nothing. But assuming it is nothing is just crazy IMO. Get some info. Talk to some people who actually have medical degrees and such and get it figured out.