Warning about strength training

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  • not_a_runner
    not_a_runner Posts: 1,343 Member
    xmarye wrote: »
    JerSchmare wrote: »
    In strength training, you are not supposed to work to exhaustion. So, no. That doesn't happen to me.

    You're NOT???!!!

    This must be what the tiny pink dumbbells are made for! So you don't exert yourself. :D
  • SezxyStef
    SezxyStef Posts: 15,267 Member
    No I can't say that since I started strength training I Have had that sort of issue....it could be tho because I started with bodyweight and worked my way up so by the time I got to lifting heavy it wasn't such a shock.
  • middlehaitch
    middlehaitch Posts: 8,486 Member
    Oh I am so happy to read all these tales of woe. (not the really injurious ones obviously)

    I have always thought it was because I was so old that I have had to resort to drinking through straws when I got home, groaning sitting on the toilet, and getting up, and all those other things that I now see are quite normal.

    I did have to abandon my car one time and walk across the field home because I didn't think I could trust my legs, the downfall of preferring manual. (A normal 5min walk took 15 with a stop and sit on the baseball bleachers)

    Cheers, h.
  • JoJosAnatomymfp
    JoJosAnatomymfp Posts: 178 Member
    ceiswyn wrote: »
    Upped the weight I was using for leg extensions. Lost track of time and spent longer on the bike than intended.

    Went home, squatted down to sort through my laundry basket, and... eventually decided to just fall over sideways, because my quads were clearly not going to have any part of getting myself back up again.

    Lol
  • CipherZero
    CipherZero Posts: 1,418 Member
    TresaAswegan wrote: »
    (Instructions from my coach are "I want you working until muscular FAILURE." So there's that.)

    You coach is an idiot. Continually training to muscular failure is a great way to need an orthopedic specialist.
  • brittyn3
    brittyn3 Posts: 481 Member
    No, nothing. But I tend to be a clumsy human and the squat rack/free weights are upstairs at my gym... one of these days after an intense leg session I could see myself falling down. As my mom always said, I could trip on air.
  • ItsAllMental819
    ItsAllMental819 Posts: 68 Member
    JerSchmare wrote: »
    In strength training, you are not supposed to work to exhaustion. So, no. That doesn't happen to me.

    So you really don't strength train then :D
    Where did you get this info? The cookie monster...

    I don't get sore as much anymore to where I'm staggering around or can't lift my arms but I wish I would.

    No stories I'd share here from when I did ;)
  • GiddyupTim
    GiddyupTim Posts: 2,819 Member
    I am so sorry about your injuries. That's terrible.
    I swear that I tore my ACL playing soccer because my legs were tired and weak from squatting the day before.
    And, more recently, I may have seriously aggravated a previous meniscus tear standing up from the dinner table after a day of lifting and then tennis. Knee swelled up as big as a softball for two months!
  • SCoil123
    SCoil123 Posts: 2,111 Member
    My fiancé thought it was pretty funny when he had to help me get my sports bra off because I couldn't lift my arms after shoulder day
  • richardpkennedy1
    richardpkennedy1 Posts: 1,890 Member
    A number of times I have failed to open jars after working arms the previous day. Embarrassing enough as it is but more so when a girl comes along and opens it afterwards!
  • Psychgrrl
    Psychgrrl Posts: 3,177 Member
    I just tell people in the locker room at the gym I blow my hair upside down because it gives it more volume. Actual reason: I can't raise my arms high enough to style my hair while standing upright after shoulders/triceps fun time. :smiley:
  • Gisel2015
    Gisel2015 Posts: 4,186 Member
    SCoil123 wrote: »
    My fiancé thought it was pretty funny when he had to help me get my sports bra off because I couldn't lift my arms after shoulder day

    He probably enjoyed too!
  • JoJosAnatomymfp
    JoJosAnatomymfp Posts: 178 Member
    ItsAllMental819 wrote: »
    JerSchmare wrote: »
    In strength training, you are not supposed to work to exhaustion. So, no. That doesn't happen to me.

    So you really don't strength train then :D
    Where did you get this info? The cookie monster...

    I don't get sore as much anymore to where I'm staggering around or can't lift my arms but I wish I would.

    No stories I'd share here from when I did ;)

    Haha. Don't be a megabore and share
  • KateTii
    KateTii Posts: 886 Member
    I caught myself "carrying invisible suitcases" after a rough chest/tries day - that awful "i'm so bulky I can't walk with my arms by my sides" stance. My arms were slightly swollen from the work I had been doing, but nothing noticeable to others. Luckily the gym was virtually empty haha
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