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Originally posted by tkkfan
Does the pain happen when you move your arm with your left arm muscles, or when you leave your left arm completely relaxed and use your right to move it?
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It happens on the opposite side of movement (ie, the muscles that should be relaxing feel pain). It happens when I try to relax and move it with my other arm.
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Some harry guy with a bunch of candles said:
don't worry about the pain, it's normal... it's called DOMS (delayed onset muscle soreness), pretty much everyone gets it when they first start lifting, unless they're lifting really light. stretching does help to alleviate it, but it's late enough you're kinda just stuck with it for a day or two. don't force it to do anything your muscles don't want them to do, but it should not really be a concern.
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Then it is interesting that every other muscle is basically ok.
Oh, and I seemed to have a bit more range when I first woke up than I did later on.
Come to think of it, I had something similar after my initial swimming efforts. It could just be that I've been working my left arm less while swimming?
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remember, never stretch cold muscles... always do an aerobic warmup first!!!
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I should do an aerobic workout involving the muscles I want to stretch?
IIRC*, most of the aerobic machines at the gym where leg-based. How should I give my arms an aerobic workout, just use light weights?
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* IIRC: If I recall correctly.