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What is so hard to believe about doing 100 pull ups? I am not doing it in a row but in sets of ten. I've just been doing it too fast over the course of twenty mins, probably taking less than sixty seconds rest between each one.
I end up doing more on a caffeine binge.
My arms are extremely sore so I've stopped to recover.
It might be bad form too. I get into an L shape position with my legs up or crossed up.
Not necessarily. The back is a really large muscle group and is able to be trained multiple times per week.
i actually meant its my general rule not "the rule." which isnt totally accurate for me since i have a 4 day rotation and i lift 5 days a week. so one of my routines is usually done twice in a week.
What the heck? I'm nit bragging. I'm making myself look like an idiot fit doing too many and messing up my workout routine. My arms are so darn sore I can barely do one pull up without my Arms feeling Luke they're gonna fall off.
Also I doubt I was going down all the way. It was more like a half pull up.
What the heck? I'm nit bragging. I'm making myself look like an idiot fit doing too many and messing up my workout routine. My arms are so darn sore I can barely do one pull up without my Arms feeling Luke they're gonna fall off.
Also I doubt I was going down all the way. It was more like a half pull up.
Don't sweat it, just keep up the hard work. How long have you been doing this stuff? My guess is that you aren't injuring yourself and that you're just sore.
It is very normal if you're just starting a routine to be really sore. Unless you're hurting in your joints I wouldn't worry too much at all.
I average more than that on back day. I do 4 sets of 8 with a standard overhand grip. I then do seated rows. That is followed up with 4 sets of 8 pull ups with a narrow v-bar grip. Next comes bent rows. That is followed by 4 sets of 8 with a wider neutral grip. Next is dead lifts. I then do the last round of 4 sets of 8 with standard overhand pullups, but I do the "L sit" I finish off back with barbell shrugs. I have found this to provide the best growth for me at this time. Once progress stops, I will change it up to something different, but this is working right now.
I think it would help your strength more to be doing heavy bench presses and shoulder presses than to be doing ridiculous numbers of pushups and pullups.
presses and pulls work totally different muscle groups, presses work tris, delts, pecs, typically. Pulls work back, and bis, typically.
As a general rule 20 to 60 reps per muscle group in a given workout is sufficient. Try doing weighted pull ups, or plyo pull ups for an added challenge.
Muscle soreness usually heals in 1-3 days. Joint problems can take weeks or longer to heal up. A torn muscle? I don't know.
If the sore muscles are feeling better just before you work out again then it probably is muscle soreness. If the pain keeps getting worse you are probably overtraining.
OP. It's OK to ask on an internet board. But if you really want answers to your questions you should look into hiring a trainer temporarily. Look over several. Talk with a few of them before choosing.
The pain seems to only be when I do pull ups. It started on Saturday. I let it heal on sunday and was doing some pull ups today, but it really really hurt after the last pull up set of 5. I did 30 without much pain at all and was doing push ups on the Iron Gym the whole time.
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