When lifting heavy, 1 rep max like powerlifting or really heavy sets of 10 like bodybuilding, you can cause extreme high blood pressure while under load. This pressure can lead to things like red dots on skin or busted blood vessels in the eyes. This makes me wonder how this affects the brain? not even considering the use of PED's in these sports, what are the odds of causing a brain bleed(stroke) from this kind of pressure? Even if these bleeds are minor, what kind of long term damage could be caused after years of lifting?
Im going to be looking for info on this, but honestly I suck at this kind of research which is why I wanted to bring these questions to the attention of people that do know how to search these things.