Muscle shaking - good or bad sign?

supremenovice

Hi all,
Im fairly new to working out in the gym but can someone tell me is it good or bad to have your muscles shaking when working them out?
Ive been given a program by an instructor but I think I may have given myself too much to do, too soon.
Hard to know whats pushing yourself too hard or too little.
Advice please

Khannie

Happens when you're unfit. Not good or bad, just lack of fitness.

the drifter

Khannie wrote: »

Happens when you're unfit. Not good or bad, just lack of fitness.

really? oh cr*p :P

Mike...

Dam I am in the same boat

Khannie

Get out of it you. :P You know exactly what I'm talking about.

all_smilz

I took it as a sign of giving myself a hard workout- like if i was doing 3 sets of 12 reps of something like a chest press and at the 2nd set reps number 8 i'd start getting the shakiness from the effort of it.... If i didnt get them I'd up the weights for the next set.... is that really wrong?

Khannie

No, but I'd differentiate between what you're talking about and someone who's starting to gain fitness like the OP. If you're pushing your muscle to failure there's going to be some shaking along the way, for sure.

I vividly remember going to jelly a LOT when I was starting out though, and maybe physically they're caused by the same thing, but they feel different to me. Either way I wouldn't be concerned about them in the slightest.

Roper

Are you talking about during exercise, as in while performing the exercise, or twitching afterwards?

Muscle twitchings (fasciculations) are quite common and most people get them from time to time while sitting down eating their dinner or the like. I'm only using that example as while eating my dinner yesterday, I fasciculated. I apologised immediately and cleaned the mess... bad joke.

If you're shaking while performing the exercise (usually a resistance exercise) it is most likely what's known sometimes as a physiological tremor... no really... you exert yourself beyond your current means and as the muscles fatigue, you begin to shake.

Probably the most common example of this is during bridging (aka the plank) where after a period of time you begin to shake uncontrollably. Most people have had this feeling at one stage or another.

all_smilz

lol roper, *resists temptation to make dirty joke*, *FAILS*
so what you're saying is if i am going at it really hard on my hands and knees, a little fasiculation is only natural and healthy?:D

Roper

all_smilz wrote: »

lol roper, *resists temptation to make dirty joke*, *FAILS*
so what you're saying is if i am going at it really hard on my hands and knees, a little fasiculation is only natural and healthy?:D

No no, fasciculating should only happen when you're sitting down, on your own somewhere for example, and in a relaxed state.

Physiological tremors on the other hand would happen when you're going particularly hard at something, and then you tremor uncontrollably. I find it's best to have a lie down at that stage and possibly a little snooze.

kumate_champ07

more magnesium needed

Roper

kumate_champ07 wrote: »

more magnesium needed

Yes, and while you're at it take some other metals too. My favourite is lithium...

It;s nothing to do with magnesium intake and everything to do with someone doing new things. Don't overcomplicate.

kumate_champ07

Roper wrote: »

Yes, and while you're at it take some other metals too. My favourite is lithium...

It;s nothing to do with magnesium intake and everything to do with someone doing new things. Don't overcomplicate.

everybody could do with a little extra magnesium.