Biceps Swollen, cant straighten arms..

[Strik9]

My biceps are freakin on fire. Ive been through this before....but I cant straighten my arms out, and my biceps are swollen......am I overtraining them?

[warbird00]

take deep breaths. you are experiencing a massive pump. i have been there before. it hurts to straighted your arm huh?
lol
nothing wrong with you tho

[Strik9]

take deep breaths. you are experiencing a massive pump. i have been there before. it hurts to straighted your arm huh?
lol
nothing wrong with you tho

This is day 2 though......I did biceps on monday

[warbird00]

ohhhh. you should have said that before. lol
are you taking an no2 product or something?
that is wierd.
i do no whats up.
maybe a smarter person will comment

[mr-popo]

HAHAHAHA LOL sorry i find it funny..its happened to me i dunt know wats up as well

[Strik9]

HAHAHAHA LOL sorry i find it funny..its happened to me i dunt know wats up as well

haha, the swelling is making them look huge. Ive always noticed big gains when they feel like this though after they heal

[capriceswangin]

yeah its happened to me before. it lasted about a week though. did have some pretty good gains from it though... whats your bicep workout?

[Strik9]

I do standing 4 sets of 8x8x6x6 standing curls, than I do BB 21's and 4x8 curls with the EZ bar. If you up the weight, you will get a good workout every time

[Simpultun]

Sounds like DOMS to me. It'll go away in time... in the mean time just do your best to use them and work the soreness out.

[Andrew.Cook]

I think that you did too much. Being sore doesn't mean "it is working." Ever get that feeling when you squat? Deadlift? Weighted dips? Weighted chins?

[Helis]

Sounds like DOMS to me. It'll go away in time... in the mean time just do your best to use them and work the soreness out.

Yep, that's exactly what it is The same exact thing happens to me after a layoff. Spectacular DOMS through the biceps and down into the forearm making eblow flexion a real interesting proposition.

To the OP, like Andrew said, it doesn't mean you had a great workout. It just means you caused extensive trauma in your muscle tissue. If that was your goal, awesome job.

[Strik9]

Yep, that's exactly what it is The same exact thing happens to me after a layoff. Spectacular DOMS through the biceps and down into the forearm making eblow flexion a real interesting proposition.

To the OP, like Andrew said, it doesn't mean you had a great workout. It just means you caused extensive trauma in your muscle tissue. If that was your goal, awesome job.

What does DOMS stand for?

[Rowdy3090]

Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness

[peterpan]

QUOTE=Strik9]haha, the swelling is making them look huge. Ive always noticed big gains when they feel like this though after they heal[/QUOTE]

This is an indication that you have really trained the biceps, and growth like be the result, but do not always work them that much, work them hard but not that long.
Peter

[crickplayer]

this happened to me a while ago...idk about the swelling but I couldn't straighten my arms for like a week ...

[Strik9]

did it again. Even worst then the first couple of times. It hurts......but it feels so good. Day 3 now since Bicep workout and still hurting. Cant even straighten my arms

[Dave76]

Ok, I'm curious. It's been over a month since you did it the first time. What was your cold flexed measurement then and what is it now? I'm trying to understand what kind of gains you experienced from it.

[Dreadd]

Have you had a warmup? Maby thats the problem, I always warm em up first

[Simpultun]

did it again. Even worst then the first couple of times. It hurts......but it feels so good. Day 3 now since Bicep workout and still hurting. Cant even straighten my arms

LOL same process a year later. Sounds like you workout a lot like me. A week every 2 months or so, the pain of every workout is hellish haha