The Official Gym & Fitness Thread

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Hey guys. I got a question for you all. I recently started working out and since I have no clue what to do in a gym, I bought a few sessions with a personal trainer. I've had two sessions with him and they've both been good. But the day after the second session, it hurt my biceps and forearms to straighten my arms out all the way. But there is more pain in my forearms. And with my arms resting at my side while standing, my left arm is bent at the elbow a bit because the muscles are tight. I hope that makes sense. This isn't the normal "my muscles feel tight the next day" type of thing. I know what that is like.

Anyway, I have another session coming up but I'm wondering if there's anything I can do to prepare my arms for this third session. Or am I better off rescheduling until my arms are back to normal. I've been resting my arms the last couple days, but is there anything I should do to help my muscles heal? Would stretching them help or hinder? I googled this stuff but I found soooo many answers that said different things. Some say heat is good, some say ice is good, some say to walk it off.... What do you guys think is best?

 

I know exactly what you are talking about, i've had the same thing after a brutal drop set arm workout back in the day. best thing to do is to slowly stretch and massage the muscle, nothing you can really do, just have to wait it out, i would reschedule your workouts. mine was bad, took me a week to feel normal again. going to the bathroom was an adventure

 

When before this session was the last time you did a weighted biceps curl?

 

stretch, then stretch some more. get to know the difference between thorough workout sore and about-to-hurt-yourself sore

grab some protein after gym sessions too

 

Haha. I'm not quite that bad thankfully. Yeah, I've just been relaxing and rubbing my arms the past few days.

A very long time... at least a few years.

 

I think I know the difference now , or at least I should.

Since I've been taking it easy the last few days I've looked around online at different protein supplements and their reviews. I'm not a big meat eater so I'm trying to figure out a good way, that will work for me, to get more protein. I'm trying to avoid supplements altogether, but I might try a shake.

 

http://www.bodybuilding.com/store/o...timum_100_Gold_Standard_Whey&bbkwid=143776753

 

Thanks. Not a bad price either.

 

I havent been to the gym all week cause of finals

im dying

 

One thing to consider is the bio-availability of protein. You can get protein from beans and soy and SHIT but the bio availability of that kinda CRAP is low.

As you go up the chart to meats and dairy, the bio availability of the protein becomes higher, which is what you want! If you're not a big meat eater, you gotta have shakes for the best recovery. I'm not a salesman, sponsored athlete or personal trainer so I won't suggest a certain brand or anything, but if you're not eating meat, supplemental shakes are the best idea to get the highest and best recovery rate.

Do your own research on bodybuilding.com, check out the different kinds of protein, research protein absorption rates and bio-availability.

 

I've turned off the AC. First one to have a bead of neck sweat reach thier butt crack wins

 

So need some advice on my bench. I feel comfortable benching 205 for 3 and anything over that feels like 1000lbs. I feel real uncomfortable with anything over 225. I started to do rack presses to help with my bench and getting over holding the weight. Just the feeling doesn't go away. Any advice?

 

Are you having trouble with your wrist? tricep pressing power? where are your sticking points? what kind of grip do you use? style of benching?

 

So my bench gets stuck at the drive off my chest. I usually don't have a problem locking out unless I am getting really tired. I use wrist wraps to help and it does a lot. Grip is a standard j-hook, I don't wrap my fingers over my thumb.

 

i would start doing some overhead press and decline press to help with low sticking points, nothing crazy 5 sets of 5-8 should do it. proper hip drive also helps with this issue but there is only that much hip drive can help. dumbbell pull over will help too, the extra lat activation really helps at the bottom of the bench

 

K I will start trying those. I know my hip drive needs work I have never really felt a solid hip drive so I need to work on that.

 

is this where I go for #gainz? do I have to sign up for a list and something gets sent to me?

 

When I get stuck at a number, I like to overload the bar with something I know I can't get. For instance, when I got stuck trying to get 275, I would load the bar with 285 or 295 and try it (and fail, of course). After a few weeks, I went back to 275 and threw it up like it was nothing. I do this every time I get stuck at a number and I usually pass that number within 3-4 weeks. At 295 right now.

 

You've come to the right place, my friend. As for the free samples to be reviewed, Sean said he'd let everyone know when he can do it again.