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when i weight trainng, affter about 10 reps, i feel a strain in my neck. can someone tell me wat thats bout
This experience sounds like you are lifting a little too much weight. Lower your lifting capacity and increase your repetitions. This will help make the neck muscles and the slight swell at the skull base become more elastic by elongating and less plastic. It is not the amount of weight you lift, but the proper exercising of the muscle groups. When lifting especially curling for the arms and shoulders workout, the rooting of the legs and upper torso is increased by adding the extra weight pushing against the pull of gravity. The extra weight distribution is handled by the body in spreading this increase across the shoulders. This extra shoulder weight is again pushing against the natural gravitational pull upon the head and neck. Since this cross-sectional area is substantially smaller, the neck has to absorb the lifting by strain as well as gravity's pull on the head. As you lift the lighter weight doing more repetitions, improving muscle strength of the neck; your body will signal you when it is time to move up in weight without experiencing the nagging strain.Originally posted by muayThaiPerson
ive asked the professional trainer, he said im doin it right. could it be that im straining it myself w/o knowing?
Originally posted by muayThaiPerson
thank you all for the post and advise. i feel much better by lowering the wieghts. when my neck starts to strain, should i stop right away? for example, after 10 reps
Originally posted by MartialArtist
Strength = Low reps (3-4), more weight, 8 or more sets with lots of rest in between
Size = High reps (8-12), less weight, 3-4 sets with some rest
Nothing can really tone a muscle. Density, how hard it is, how big it can become (natural potential max), etc. are mostly determined by genetics.
You can't "tone" a muscle. You can get it bigger, smaller, but the only way to get it more defined is to cut your fat.Originally posted by 7starmantis
Actually thats not exactly accurate, toneing muscles can be acheived by asthetic excersize, diet, and weight lifting. How big a muscle can get is determined by genetics, but not completely. Genetics doesn't cause the muscle to big at its bigest allready, or as tone as it can be allready, that is done by what I mentioned above.
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Originally posted by MartialArtist
You can't "tone" a muscle. You can get it bigger, smaller, but the only way to get it more defined is to cut your fat.
go to bodybuilding.com for more information on cutting, powerlifting vs. bodybuilding vs. Olympic lifting, etc.
Originally posted by muayThaiPerson
when i weight trainng, affter about 10 reps, i feel a strain in my neck. can someone tell me wat thats bout