So I done some curls the other day not a whole lot of weight. I done 3 sets 15,12,10. Afterward I got the usual tightness. But 2 days later my arms are so sore. Iam actually having to take medicines to take the pain away. They are extremly stiff and sore both arm at the bend of the elbow and into my bicep. I find myself not being able to extend either armwithout ALOT of tightness and soreness. Ive neverbeen this sore from doing curls before could I have pulled a muscle or did I just work these muscles really good this time? Also is there anything I could eat to help reduce the soreness?
Possible pulled muscles?
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it sounds like you just overworked them. is this the first time ina while you've isolated biceps?? as long as it is a soreness and tightness, without a sharp pain or anything you should be okay. and to be that sore, if this isn't your first bicep iso, isn't good. you want to be sore, but not to the point where you're in pain.
OH yeah! remember to stretch before during and after exercising...
OH yeah! remember to stretch before during and after exercising...
I felt like that for days after my first bicep isolation in months. The memory of the pain keeps me exercising regularly now.
All you can do is stretch, all throughout your workout, so if you have a time machine. Potassium is supposed to help, maybe a banana.
All you can do is stretch, all throughout your workout, so if you have a time machine. Potassium is supposed to help, maybe a banana.
Man I must have really worked my arms on this one there starting to feel a bit better after stretching them and working them some. Boy are they stiff when I wake up though!
What exactly is an isolation? Ive heard of Iso exercises but dunno what it means.
An isolation exercise is one in which you are focusing primarily on working a single muscle and its synergist - and isolation workouts are ones in which all your exercises revolve around that particular muscle group (like working biceps in a bunch of different ways in the same workout).
"Iso" can also mean "isometric", which is a "movement" inside of a rep. When you're moving up with a weight (force production exceeds resistance) it's a concentric movement. When you're moving down with a weight (resistance exceeds force production) it's an eccentric action. But when you hold a weight in place (resistance meets force production) it's called an "isometric movement".
This is a good way to work your muscles and can be figured into any exercise routine. At the end of each set, instead of dropping the weight down and resting, try to hold the weight at a particular place in your range-of-motion. It's exhausting and really takes you those last few seconds towards muscle failure.
"Iso" can also mean "isometric", which is a "movement" inside of a rep. When you're moving up with a weight (force production exceeds resistance) it's a concentric movement. When you're moving down with a weight (resistance exceeds force production) it's an eccentric action. But when you hold a weight in place (resistance meets force production) it's called an "isometric movement".
This is a good way to work your muscles and can be figured into any exercise routine. At the end of each set, instead of dropping the weight down and resting, try to hold the weight at a particular place in your range-of-motion. It's exhausting and really takes you those last few seconds towards muscle failure.