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Originally Posted by BigFrank
DOMS http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delayed...uscle_soreness
Top as in where it ties into your shoulder, or top as in where it ties into your forearm??
After reading your workout it sounds like it might be something more along the lines of overuse injury...
Dump the Elliptical and just do 5min warm-up. Unless your in a pinch on time, perform cardio after a workout.
Few things on the workout. Why are you decreasing the weight? Work up to a weight and stay with something you can do 3 sets of. Try not to work down in weight unless you are incorporating a drop set or something crazy like that. Also if you are planning on performing Dips in a chest / tricep workout I would ditch one Chest exercise. As dips will work your chest a good bit. It's not all triceps. Also I would try to do more volume on the dips, that is going to be the best exercise for your money...I would drop the Flat bench dumbbells and just go right to an incline movement.
That's good your trying to make an effort to keep your elbows "tucked" during lying extensions. The medial head and long head of your tricpes tend to be weaker than lateral head( outside ). This is why the elbows tend to "flare" because the muscle wants to use the stronger areas to do the work. The soreness you feel in your armpit is most likely due to the inner tricep heads getting a good workout.
Glad to hear you're enjoying going to the Gym. |
I have been decreasing the weight to really get a gauge of where I am right now. I start with what I think the most I can do is and then take it easy on the next sets. Once I'm back in it I will start doing increasing weight sets.
The soreness is almost gone now, the DOMS makes sense. It was top as where it ties to my arm.
What is the reasoning for cardio post workout? I thought I was supposed to try get my heartrate up and keep it there. Just curious...I could easily do the cardio after weights.