sweetiepeas

I agree with the RICE. Icing it will make the blood vessels constrict and slow bleeding (bruising), also reduces swelling.

With the exercises that you are doing, yu are building muscle. Muscle is a much tighter fiber than fat is. One pound of fat takes up more space than one pound of muscle. Also for your body to feed the muscle it burns more fat for fuel. So it is quite possible to be at the same weight but your body will shift. Meaning that…