The wobbles?

Trev M

Hi All ,

Im a couple of weeks into my resistence program... Ive noticed after a pretty solid effort that I get a numb hands , or my legs get the wobbles ...very technical I know.... its not so much a feeling of tiredness , just numbness .... I also notice that I can kinda push on when I really push myself and usually feel ok ... although next day Im in a hape. Its like some kinda local anesthesia or somethin.. I push through it but really suffer next day not realisiing how hard Ive been goin. Had to take wednesday out this week to recover from tuesday nights session.

Question is.. Is this normal? I might add Im only beginning so its not as if Im shifting huge weights ...just dont want to pick up any injuries etc.

Cheers
Trev

Jimmy Bottlehead

Could be all the blood being pumped to where you're working out - I get a dull ache in my forearms when I'm gripping something tight... and pain the next day is normal, actually expected. Get a good meal into you as soon after working out as possible, gives the muscles what they want. Hope that helps.
Oh and the wobbles are normal too, means you're working out hard, so well done!!

Reyman

It soiunds to me like you're way over doing it . If you're a complete beginner, 30 minutes three times a week will give very good progress.

You need to give us more details of what you're doing - no. of days a week, length of each workout, what you're eating post workout, etc

Dragan

Hey dude, having met you in Westwood it's clear your working hard but possible your sessions are two long?

Your pretty much crossing a meal time in the length of time your in the gym!

Trev M

It is possible Im overworking and the meal time thing is a bit of a problem as Dragan pointed out.

Just to put in context .

8.30 am Breakfast - usually cereal , some mornings a slice of Wholemeal taost , Vit C , Coffee.

1.00pmLunch- Always salad , with salmon, chicken breast.

Dinner time varies Wildly 7pm as late as 10pm - Loads of veg , fish , chicken if Im havin a dinner, last night it was late when I got home so had a ham and coleslaw sandwich on wholegrain and a kiwi.


So my program alternates , Im doing 4 -5 nights a week below

Upper Body program (Sat / Tue)

Incline bench 12 reps x 4 (10kg dumbells).
Assisted pull ups 12 reps x 4 (5kg) HATE THIS DAMN THING
Low row 12 reps x 4 36kg
Flat bench 12 reps X 4 (10 kg dumbells).
Elbow / shoulder extension 12 reps x 3 (6kg dumbells) Last few are agony
Zottman Curl 12 reps x 3 (6kg dumbells) OUCH !

Lower body (Mon / Thur)

Alternate Lunges 12 reps X 4 (BW)
Hamstring Curl VR2 12 reps x 4 (60kg)
Leg Press 12 reps x 4 (90kg)
Hyper Extensions 12 reps x 4 (BW)
Calve lifts 12 reps x 4 (25Kg)
Swiss Ball Crunches 12 reps x 4 (BW) Realy feel myself tigtening up with these:D

So usually it takes a good hour to get through each .. so I do one and then maybe tag a bit of the other on. Then I do usually a 5k cycle , 3-5k run , 2k row.

Im usually getting home late , and eating late , my routine is all work gym bed work gym bed... Im gonna try mornings now.

Dragan

There you go dude, you should really be getting a meal in before you hit the gym!

Trev M

Yeah , its hard though cause Im leaving work round 6 ish , down the M50 and if I head home and then back to the gym it would be about 11 when Id get home. I usually spend about 2 and half hours in there Between doin the weights , takes about an hour , then the cardio more or less another hour !

Trev M

Im gonna try a couple of morning sessions - jaysus the thoughts of it but will mean I get more practical meal times which will probably be a huge benefit.

Reyman

As Dragan says you're not eating before training and this is a major problem. I think your workouts are also far too long. Leave the cardio out of your programme and go for a run maybe Sunday and one morning of the week.

You also need more compound lifts in your programme. I don't see dead lifts or squats? I'd say take out a lot of the single muscle exercises like curls and extensions. You don't need them when you're starting. And reduce you're training period to max 40 minutes of hard work - then go home

Trev M

Yeah Dragan is gonna run through some lifts with me, I didnt wanna start doing squats, deadlifts etc without proper instruction.

I reckon I'll remove some of the cardio after the weight training sessions and do as youve suggested with the couple of runs/rows seperate in the week.

I like the cardio to be honest, really feels like Ive pushed hard ya know?.

I dunno how much of my weight loss is down to the change in diet , the elimanition of booze, the cardio or the weights.

The weights are pretty much a new thing for me so from next week Im gonna focus there , do mornings and pay a bit more attention and see if I continue to lose the pounds.

My fear is reducing the cardio and not losing the weight as quickly as I have been (11+ pounds in 18 days)

celestial

Trev M wrote: »

Yeah Dragan is gonna run through some lifts with me, I didnt wanna start doing squats, deadlifts etc without proper instruction.

I reckon I'll remove some of the cardio after the weight training sessions and do as youve suggested with the couple of runs/rows seperate in the week.

I like the cardio to be honest, really feels like Ive pushed hard ya know?.

I dunno how much of my weight loss is down to the change in diet , the elimanition of booze, the cardio or the weights.

The weights are pretty much a new thing for me so from next week Im gonna focus there , do mornings and pay a bit more attention and see if I continue to lose the pounds.

My fear is reducing the cardio and not losing the weight as quickly as I have been (11+ pounds in 18 days)

Yup, the workout you have at the moment is most likely taking too long to do..and just isn't great all round really, as you could get better results with far fewer powerhouse moves.

Personally, I generally only do the following exercises:

Bench Press
Squats
Dbell rows
Pull-ups (when I can manage them)
Lat pull-down

These 5 exercises cover practically all (if not all) the muscles in the body! Lift heavy and do them each week and you'll see the difference.