I have started working out lately, alternating between strength training and cardiovascular throughout the week. Nothing crazy, just looking to loose some weight and get a little more definition and strength. Not trying to compete in the Strong Man competitions or anything.
The problem I have been having is with my weight-training workout. The day after I do my weight training I am sore all over, which seems about right, but the weird thing is what my biceps do to me throughout the day:
I read somewhere that strength training isn't really that dependent on weight vs reps. They said to just do the exercise until your muscles are so fatigued that you can no longer perform the exercise correctly. Then you should stop, obviously. As such, my bicep workout consists of me using a 15 pound weight and however many reps it takes to fatigue my biceps. The exercise I use is the one where you hold the weights at your side (or in front of you, or whatever) with your palms out and raise the weights slowly to your shoulder and then lower them back down. I do three sets of that with short breaks in between.
I workout at night before bed. The next morning my biceps will be about as sore as the rest of me, so nothing out of the ordinary there. As the day goes on my biceps start tightening up and hurting more. By the end of the day my arms are only comfortable when bent at a 90-degree angle at the elbow. Any more then that and I start getting pains right above my elbow in my bicep. When I do straighten my arms out my bicep right above my elbow bulges up like I am flexing it, but I am not. This lasts around 2 days.
I have stopped doing any exercise on my arm out of fear that this could be bad for me.
I do 15 minutes of cardio before I strength train to get my heart rate up and also stretch. But I have not found a good way to really stretch out my bicep.
Can somebody clue me in on what is going on here and how to fix it?
PS: Sorry if this post is kind of disjointed and confusing. I am tired.
The problem I have been having is with my weight-training workout. The day after I do my weight training I am sore all over, which seems about right, but the weird thing is what my biceps do to me throughout the day:
I read somewhere that strength training isn't really that dependent on weight vs reps. They said to just do the exercise until your muscles are so fatigued that you can no longer perform the exercise correctly. Then you should stop, obviously. As such, my bicep workout consists of me using a 15 pound weight and however many reps it takes to fatigue my biceps. The exercise I use is the one where you hold the weights at your side (or in front of you, or whatever) with your palms out and raise the weights slowly to your shoulder and then lower them back down. I do three sets of that with short breaks in between.
I workout at night before bed. The next morning my biceps will be about as sore as the rest of me, so nothing out of the ordinary there. As the day goes on my biceps start tightening up and hurting more. By the end of the day my arms are only comfortable when bent at a 90-degree angle at the elbow. Any more then that and I start getting pains right above my elbow in my bicep. When I do straighten my arms out my bicep right above my elbow bulges up like I am flexing it, but I am not. This lasts around 2 days.
I have stopped doing any exercise on my arm out of fear that this could be bad for me.
I do 15 minutes of cardio before I strength train to get my heart rate up and also stretch. But I have not found a good way to really stretch out my bicep.
Can somebody clue me in on what is going on here and how to fix it?
PS: Sorry if this post is kind of disjointed and confusing. I am tired.