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jaybird22 Posts: 1 Joined: 2003/06/20	2003/06/25, 01:40 PM HI I AM ON MY SECOND DAY OF REST FIRST WEEK. I AM DOING Gain Muscle Mass Training. WHAT I HAVE IS A PULLING PAIN IN MY BICEP. THIS IS THE ONLY MUSCELE I STRAINED. I WAS ONLY ABLE TO REACH ABOUT HALF OF THE TARGET REPS. MAYBE I AM USEING TO MUCH WEIGHT TO START. I FIRST FOUND HOW MUCH WEIGHT I COULD LIFT AND THEN WORKED OUT WITH HALF OF THAT AMOUNT. DID I HURT MYSELF OR IS THIS AN EXPECTED PAIN. THANKS JAY
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2003/06/25, 01:44 PM It depends is the pain like a stiff muscle type of pain or a sharp lancing pain when you move it. I say lower the weight again and go heavier slowly! Good luck! -------------- Squats are really a very good thing, but in my world, Deadlifts are King!!!!!!!!
padua Posts: 219 Joined: 2003/02/17	2003/06/26, 10:32 AM i found that working out 15 min cardio then stretching for 20 min help with pain...after lefting stretch again
richardjst Posts: 410 Joined: 2002/07/13	2003/06/26, 11:48 AM that's just raising your core temp...(cardio, stretchen.) 5 min cardio is plenty just get a little sweat goin stretch a little, but you need to warm up the muscles for what they will be doing. If you are going to do curls to a few warm up sets of curls before your first set. Get them ready for what they will do. If I was going to bench I would not spend half an hour warming up my body and burning glycogen, I would get a little sweat. Stretch the muscles, then do warm up sets. Lets say my workout was going to look like this. Bench Press 5x5 I know that for my first set I want to do 225. I want the sets to go as follows 5x225, 5x235, 5x245, 5x 255, and 5x275. That' s heavy weight. If all I did was cardio and stretching my pecs. would be no where close to being ready for my first set. So this would be what I do... Cardio 5 min. Stretch Bench 135x8 145x5 185x3 225x5.... After the warmup I am ready to do the heavier weight. This principle needs to be applied to all muscles, warm them up for what they will be doing. -------------- Contrary to popular belief, bouncing the weight does NOT work the muscle...huh...who\'d a thunk it. ~Dick