Am i weigh training right?? or am i over training?!


Question: i ve been lifting weights for about a month.
on the first week i felt the pain and the soreness but then after that i dont get "sore" my muscles just get tired and weak but i regain the my strength in the next day.

people say "no pain, no gain"
so i ve actually lifted to failure and increased the weight but i dont feel any soreness or pain.

my muscles just feel weak for like 15 mins and after that they feel normal again.

so is this suppossed to happen or am i doin something wrong??


Answers: i ve been lifting weights for about a month.
on the first week i felt the pain and the soreness but then after that i dont get "sore" my muscles just get tired and weak but i regain the my strength in the next day.

people say "no pain, no gain"
so i ve actually lifted to failure and increased the weight but i dont feel any soreness or pain.

my muscles just feel weak for like 15 mins and after that they feel normal again.

so is this suppossed to happen or am i doin something wrong??

No pain, no gain is dumb. If you're feeling pain after getting into a weekly workout routine, you're doing something wrong.

If they feel weak for 15 minutes after, that is definitely normal!

Once you get into a routine, you should only be targetting one muscle (say your chest) once per week and then let it rest for the rest of the week. If you're lifting until failure and increasing the weight each week you're doing it right.

Just don't overtrain. When you first start weight training you can get away with working out everyday and your muscles will grow, it's because you've shocked your muscles. After a month of doing this, you won't gain any more muscle and you might lose muscle.

Best way to gain is a protein drink RIGHT after your workout.

Best advice I've ever gotten with weigth training it "less is more" The more rest you give your muscles inbetween, the more they will recover and grow. I did this last summer and put on 20 lbs in 4 months of muscle.

once youve been doing it for a while, your muscles dont get that soar, especially if youre doing the exact same workouts everyday, so try differen ones every week or so and switch back and forth

In reality if you feel a lot of pain during or after workouts then you should modify the workout so that you don't. What may be meant by that statement, is that effort, and doing slightly more than is comfortable is required to see gain when weight lifting. You should lift with the upper body one day, and the lower the next. It is the repair of torn muscle fibers that add bulk and strength to your muscle. Use weights that you can do sets of 10 reps with, when it becomes easy and you do not tire, increase the weight. Only by increasing the amount of weight, or reps will you see consistent gain.





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