Question About Lifting Weights

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EddieRanger

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I started lifting weights again. I'm just doing bicep curls. I did them 25 times. A day later, I'm having trouble fully extending my arms. When I walk, my arms are bent, and are not straight down like they normally are. When I try to extend my arms, I can do it, but there's a burning feeling. It's been like that for two-three days. It's the tendon, right under the bicep, that starts to burn.



My question is, does this mean that I had a good workout session, or does it mean I'm lifting wrong, and this is not a good thing?
 
What do you mean "i did it 25 times"?
1. You shouldn't do 25 reps at once...its kind of 'less beneficial' do like 10 reps a set, 2-3 sets total.
2. You're a new trainee, so yes, it hurts, because you did too much. "No pain, no gain" is BS. slight aches are normal, but pain and muscles you cannot unflex = too much inflammation from doing too much!
3. spend time reading all the stickied posts in the forums. you need to gradually work into a solid routine. For the first two weeks just do one warmup set, and one working set. at week 3 add a 2nd working set. at week 5 add a 3rd working set.
 
malkore said:
What do you mean "i did it 25 times"?
1. You shouldn't do 25 reps at once...its kind of 'less beneficial' do like 10 reps a set, 2-3 sets total.
2. You're a new trainee, so yes, it hurts, because you did too much. "No pain, no gain" is BS. slight aches are normal, but pain and muscles you cannot unflex = too much inflammation from doing too much!
3. spend time reading all the stickied posts in the forums. you need to gradually work into a solid routine. For the first two weeks just do one warmup set, and one working set. at week 3 add a 2nd working set. at week 5 add a 3rd working set.
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My arm is better now, I can fully extend both of them, and don't feel that same pain.

I'm seriously clueless when it comes to this stuff. How long should I break between sets?
 
read all the weight lifting stickies...there's no one right answer...but plenty of wrong ones.

As a general guideline, 30-60 seconds rest between sets, 10 reps per set, with enough weight that the final set is difficult to complete all 10 reps...possibly even failing to complete 10. As you improve, you'll do all the reps, and then its time to increase the weight 5-10%.

But again I'm being very general here...you won't always do 10 reps in your routine...at times you'll drop to 4-6 reps per set, more sets, and up to 90 seconds rest....or 6-10 reps and 45-75 secs of rest....
 
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