Never feel a burn

Movemoreguy22

So I do alot of ring work and body weight stuff, skill work bla bla bla but I hear people talk about is the BURN .. push ups, dips i never ever feel a burn i just get to a stage i can't do anymore.. so does that mean im doing something wrong or am I not one of these people that doesn't get a burn

yirara

I'm not a very strong person, and if I'm very untrained my muscles just go from doing a rep easily to not doing anything at all anymore at the next. No burn in-between. Do you mean something like that?

sijomial

Doesn't matter if it's regular strength training, circuit training or drop sets I don't feel a burn either - I just get progressively more fatigued until I hit failure.

aokoye

I also almost never feel a burn when I hit failure in terms of strength training. I'm more than positive that my physical therapist would have told me very quickly if I as doing something wrong.

born_of_fire74

Surely you feel something, a sense of growing fatigue as you exercise. That sense of growing fatigue is the "burn". That's your body telling you that you are using up energy i.e. burning calories. I don't think people are suggesting that you should feel as if anything is on fire or literally burning when they talk about feeling a burn.

MyMarionette

I think I only feel the “burn” when I hit shoulders and traps. It feels like they are literally burning though when I’m done lmao. I’m not sure 🤔 I’ve always wondered if I do something wrong when I lift for chest cause I don’t really feel much when hitting it. It goes till my triceps are done -.- even when I put emphasis in the chest squeeze

aokoye

born_of_fire74 wrote: »

Surely you feel something, a sense of growing fatigue as you exercise. That sense of growing fatigue is the "burn". That's your body telling you that you are using up energy i.e. burning calories. I don't think people are suggesting that you should feel as if anything is on fire or literally burning when they talk about feeling a burn.

I always think of lactic acid build up and the pain from that when I think of "feeling the burn". That is what at least some people using that term are referring to.

born_of_fire74

aokoye wrote: »

born_of_fire74 wrote: »

Surely you feel something, a sense of growing fatigue as you exercise. That sense of growing fatigue is the "burn". That's your body telling you that you are using up energy i.e. burning calories. I don't think people are suggesting that you should feel as if anything is on fire or literally burning when they talk about feeling a burn.

I always think of lactic acid build up and the pain from that when I think of "feeling the burn". That is what at least some people using that term are referring to.

Sure, that works. Burn as it relates to exercise is a euphemism rather than a literal descriptor--nothing is or should be on actual fire. English is full of such terms. The gym is a "hop, step and jump away" when it is close to your location but that doesn't mean you literally take a hop, step and then jump to get there.

aokoye

born_of_fire74 wrote: »

aokoye wrote: »

born_of_fire74 wrote: »

Surely you feel something, a sense of growing fatigue as you exercise. That sense of growing fatigue is the "burn". That's your body telling you that you are using up energy i.e. burning calories. I don't think people are suggesting that you should feel as if anything is on fire or literally burning when they talk about feeling a burn.

I always think of lactic acid build up and the pain from that when I think of "feeling the burn". That is what at least some people using that term are referring to.

Sure, that works. Burn as it relates to exercise is a euphemism rather than a literal descriptor--nothing is or should be on actual fire. English is full of such terms. The gym is a "hop, step and jump away" when it is close to your location but that doesn't mean you literally take a hop, step and then jump to get there.

Yes, language is in fact a series constructs. For example why is what we think of as a dog called a "dog" in English as opposed to some other series of phonemes? The burn example isn't a euphemism though, you could maybe class it is a metaphor.

born_of_fire74

aokoye wrote: »

born_of_fire74 wrote: »

aokoye wrote: »

born_of_fire74 wrote: »

Surely you feel something, a sense of growing fatigue as you exercise. That sense of growing fatigue is the "burn". That's your body telling you that you are using up energy i.e. burning calories. I don't think people are suggesting that you should feel as if anything is on fire or literally burning when they talk about feeling a burn.

I always think of lactic acid build up and the pain from that when I think of "feeling the burn". That is what at least some people using that term are referring to.

Sure, that works. Burn as it relates to exercise is a euphemism rather than a literal descriptor--nothing is or should be on actual fire. English is full of such terms. The gym is a "hop, step and jump away" when it is close to your location but that doesn't mean you literally take a hop, step and then jump to get there.

Yes, language is in fact a series constructs. For example why is what we think of as a dog called a "dog" in English as opposed to some other series of phonemes? The burn example isn't a euphemism though, you could maybe class it is a metaphor.

Metaphor is a more accurate descriptor as euphemism implies there is something harsh, unpleasant or offensive about the actual term that requires softening. Thanks!

hesn92

I only feel the “burn” when it’s really high rep stuff

lorrpb

Count yourself lucky!

AyameShimitsu

The first question is form. Is your form correct? Have someone knowledgeable in proper form take a look at you. The second is how fast are you doing them? When I go to the gym I see a lot of people with proper form but are doing it too fast to get any benefit from it. If you go fast, you use momentum to help you. Go super slow and do the same number of reps. There should be a difference. The third is you may not be doing enough reps or have enough weight. Increase it.

Movemoreguy22

I'm a slow down and power on way up... I go for the negivate more.. and my form is good had a trainer check me out...

dragonghost

Do you keep pushing yourself to new limits each day or do you just stay in the same pattern ?