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Working out and not sore yet?
So i'm 14,5'7'', 125, I'm going to be playing for my high school's freshmen basketball team. I started doing weights with them on Monday and I went today as well. We lifted, and for some reason after we lifted, I wasn't very sore until the next day, and they were in some odd spots. We did bench presses, front squats, shoulder presses, pull ups and chin ups, all around 3x8-10. Then we did a circuit of lunges with overhead plates, jump squats, kettlebell swings, dumbbell bent-over rows, and med ball slams 3 times. I felt sore in the area underneath my armpits extending slightly into my triceps, and the opposite of my elbow, the connecting area of the forearm and the biceps. My chest was not very sore, and my legs were a little stiff but not extremely sore. After the workout I definitely felt exhausted but I didn't really feel my muscles. Am I doing something wrong? Not enough weight (I think the barbells we used without plates on are around 40 or 45 pounds), improper form, not trying hard enough, too much weight, etc.? I really don't know. But I was really sore in that elbow-ish area in between the forearms and biceps, but my biceps were not very sore themselves. Is this natural, and something that happens at first?
4 Answers
- 7 years ago
The goal of lifting shouldn't be becoming sore. Your goal is strength and as long as the weight is increasing every time you go to the gym, then you're fine. Being sore is just your body reacting to something new, it isn't something you should be looking for to know if you had a good workout. Like I said, increase in weight is a great indicator.
- 7 years ago
First of all, the muscles in the odd spots are places that you have muscles but have never worked them before. Second, the chest normally never hurts, it's the area between your chest and shoulders or your triceps (or both) that usually feel the stiffness/sore after bench pressing.
If you're not experiencing the pain you think you should be, one of two things could be happening. Either you're lifting too light, or you're taking too long a break between sets and exercises. What you might want to try to do next time you use weights is decrease the time between sets. For example, optimal time between the last rep of a set and the first rep of the next set should be between 30-seconds and 1-minute. See if that helps. If not, add weight without sacrificing form or proper technique.
- 7 years ago
You won't be sore the same day, try in a couple days lol. Go to sleep depending on how hard you actually worked out you'll feel it in 1-3 days