Post by FireEel on May 5, 2005 11:14:00 GMT -5
Hi all. I am a complete newbie to body building, and I am definitely not a hardcore trainer. Instead, I train simply to have a lean and strong body.
One problem I notice is that I always get muscle ache. After I have done like 45 diamond pushups, the next day and the day after, my chest area would experience a slight pain.
Every single kind of exercise I do is bound to give me some kind of muscule ache when I do past my previous record.
Now, question is, do I continue to exercise? Regardless of muscle ache or not, I always leave a full day to rest my muscles before I do the same excercise.
Day 1 : Did 55 standard pushups.
Day 2(break day) : Pain comes
Day 3(time to exercise again) : Tries to do push ups, but pain remains.
On day 3, should I force myself to do the push ups? I have heard my friends telling me that I should continue to do exercises and ignore my pain, but I have also heard of cases where persistent exercise caused long term muscle injury which resulted in them losing exercise and even going to the doctor.
P.S : What is this "do exercise to the point of failure" thing? Please enlighten me.
One problem I notice is that I always get muscle ache. After I have done like 45 diamond pushups, the next day and the day after, my chest area would experience a slight pain.
Every single kind of exercise I do is bound to give me some kind of muscule ache when I do past my previous record.
Now, question is, do I continue to exercise? Regardless of muscle ache or not, I always leave a full day to rest my muscles before I do the same excercise.
Day 1 : Did 55 standard pushups.
Day 2(break day) : Pain comes
Day 3(time to exercise again) : Tries to do push ups, but pain remains.
On day 3, should I force myself to do the push ups? I have heard my friends telling me that I should continue to do exercises and ignore my pain, but I have also heard of cases where persistent exercise caused long term muscle injury which resulted in them losing exercise and even going to the doctor.
P.S : What is this "do exercise to the point of failure" thing? Please enlighten me.
If u want a barrel chest, go to the bloody gym, pushups can do you no good ;D