Warning about strength training

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  • ladyreva78
    ladyreva78 Posts: 4,080 Member
    edited April 2017
    I remember one particular situation where my arms were too weak for me to pull open the door to the stairwell at work... I ended up having to go out the building (that door I could open by throwing my entire body weight at it), going round half ways, up to the street, up to the main lobby and going into the building from there using the lovely sliding doors...

    My boss happened to come out of a meeting right then and there... "Where are you coming from? I thought you were down in the assembly hall to document those teach positions for the new robot?" Erm... yesh...
  • beerfoamy
    beerfoamy Posts: 1,521 Member
    this morning I stuck my arm out in front of me to give my boss a big thumbs up as he returned from a meeting (we are both sarcastic at work, tis great)

    arm did not appreciate that after BodyPump last night. So the cheerful, 'haha! I didn't have to be in that meeting!' turned into an, 'owya, hell that hurts' screwed up face grimace.

    which made him laugh anyways!

    Day after Pump is always amusing with the daily trials of stairs and toilet sitting and lifting my water bottle!
  • jbirdgreen
    jbirdgreen Posts: 569 Member
    Well just walking to the bathroom at work after leg day is an embarrassment.

    Yes! I get around like an old lady -- I normally would grunt too, but I try my best to hold it in.

  • Madwife2009
    Madwife2009 Posts: 1,369 Member
    kimothy38 wrote: »
    I did an arm workout with my trainer today and advised I couldn't strain my forearms too much as I have lots of gin to drink this weekend. Suppose I could just use a straw and not lift the glass.

    I don't think you'll need to have many if you're going to drink through a straw - last time I saw someone drink alcohol through a straw she was on the floor after two drinks :D

  • glassofroses
    glassofroses Posts: 653 Member
    Trained at a new gym on Monday in the morning, trained at my place in the evening, didn't think it was going to be that bad because I didn't really push that hard but I ended up with the worst DOMS I've had in a long time. I was sore the day after, yesterday and a bit today but I'm able to put my clothes on without wincing now so that's something. :lol: I tend to get rubber fingers if I work too hard. Just drop all the things.
  • not_a_runner
    not_a_runner Posts: 1,343 Member
    JerSchmare wrote: »
    In strength training, you are not supposed to work to exhaustion. So, no. That doesn't happen to me.

    We are strength training very differently....



    (Instructions from my coach are "I want you working until muscular FAILURE." So there's that.)



    Anyway... Only funnies I can think of are sometimes my hands shake after heavy hard sets, I went to drink some water one time and spilled it all over myself. Ha?
  • ccrdragon
    ccrdragon Posts: 3,365 Member
    I have trained my shoulders to the point that I couldn't lift my coffee mug to drink from it... does that count?
  • xmarye
    xmarye Posts: 385 Member
    JerSchmare wrote: »
    In strength training, you are not supposed to work to exhaustion. So, no. That doesn't happen to me.

    You're NOT???!!!
  • 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: 15,268 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: 8,481 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
    (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: 2,108 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!