Muscle aches and pains

AussieShaytard
AussieShaytard Posts: 16 Member
edited November 12 in Fitness and Exercise
I recently started lifting weights during my work outs.
I do 20 minutes cardio and about 10 minutes of weights 5 days a week.
I recently started getting pain in my biceps from this, I was wondering how you deal with the pain after a weight lifting session? Do you ice it? Do you just leave it? Does it even bother you?
Thanks in advance.

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  • lesteidel
    lesteidel Posts: 229 Member
    Rest ice compression elevation is the rule. If it's mild ache, I just deal with it and savor it because it means worked out. If it's severe, you need to dial back the intensity and lift lower weight and work yourself up
  • AussieShaytard
    AussieShaytard Posts: 16 Member
    lesteidel wrote: »
    Rest ice compression elevation is the rule. If it's mild ache, I just deal with it and savor it because it means worked out. If it's severe, you need to dial back the intensity and lift lower weight and work yourself up

    Thank you so much for your help :)
  • maxit
    maxit Posts: 880 Member
    If you are doing bicep intensive exercises every session (like curls, or something similar) you might consider doing them every other session instead.

    Normally right after a lifting session I feel tiredness in certain areas not soreness & that goes away. Those times when I have overtrained or strained, sprained or bruised something, I ice the affected area. For Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness (24-48 hours following a session) I move and stretch and just try to walk it out. If pain is interfering with my life in some significant way I take ibuprofen - but if I experience that level of pain usually it is due to an injury and not just DOMS -
  • sofaking6
    sofaking6 Posts: 4,589 Member
    Yeah if you can warm it up a little bit and stretch that's usually the best thing, but that's tough to do for biceps so you might just want to flex in the mirror and admire your badass self :)
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