The only parts of my body that ever get sore are really my back (i'm doing deadlifts now, which is a new one to me and I am less sore every time i do it) and triceps.
For my tris I do 3 sets of dips, 15, 12, 8 doing no weight, 10 pounds and 25 pounds. Then I do skull crushers at 40-45-50 (+ the ezbar for 10/8/6) and finally pressdowns on cables for 10/8/6 130/140/150.
Last week I hit my tris so hard on friday that I could hardly bench on monday, it was really inconvienent. Should I let up on the tris a bit? I really like them as a muscle, they are probably the most useful in every day life for me...
Ideas?
Also I keep perfect form and full ROM so it isn't that.
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03-28-2006, 02:28 PM #1Registered User
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Why do only certain muscles get sore after working out?
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03-28-2006, 02:40 PM #2tonight... you
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You're going to get sore any time you introduce a new exercise to your muscles, or change up your routine. Deads are definitely known to make you sore if you've never done them before. Once you get into a repetitive routine, you'll stop getting sore after a while because your muslces will adapt to the routine. You should consider chainging up your routine, try doing different exercises, or working your muscles in a different order to keep them confused. I just switched my chest routine from doing flat first to doing incline first just for some muscle confustion, and my chest was much more sore than it had been in a while. Look around in the different exercise stickies and stuff, there are literally dozens of exercises for each muscle, i'm sure you'll find something new to try.
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03-28-2006, 02:41 PM #3Registered User
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You sort of missed my question's point.
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03-28-2006, 02:47 PM #4Registered User
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Please rephrase the question then.
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03-28-2006, 02:49 PM #5Registered User
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Why is it taking so long for my tris to recover? They are one of my strongest body parts but my new workout murders them. Should I back off of them or just assume that they will get better with time and keep it up.
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03-28-2006, 04:15 PM #6Registered User
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I'll chime in. You're tri's are tired because, as B_MASTER_FLASH said, you're doing a new exercise. The new motion is a shock to your muscles. Your body will adapt quickly and in a couple weeks it won't hurt anymore. The hurt is good, you want to switch your exercises often.
Since it affected you 3 days later, I would take an extra day or two off to let them catch up, then try again.
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