Am I the only person who feels worse with exercise

[blondesmiler]

Basically I have a "goblet" shaped body. So slim legs, bum and hips but a tummy, big boobs and shoulders.

 

So as well as cardio, I need to do alot of upper body workout so press ups, tricep dips, light weights doing lots of arm exercises for arms and shoulders but no matter how much I stretch after I always feel terrible the next day.

 

I feel tired & very lathergic, tight in the shoulders, headachy.

 

Am I the only person who doesn't seem to feel buzzy and great when exercising?

 

Its supposed to make you feel better, more energise and less tense isn't it. Think I am just a totally abnormal person.

[josie54]

How much are you exercising each day? And at what intensity? I think there are only two reasons that you are feeling more tired after exercise: you're either overdoing it or you have a medical condition of some sort.

 

You say you're doing "a lot" of arm exercises--if you are not giving your body adequate time to build up to a certain amount of exercise, or if you're not resting sufficiently between sets and workout sessions, you will feel fatigued and worse than you did before you started.

 

If you are just starting an exercise routine, you need to start slow. With cardio, that means starting with 20-30 minutes of moderate cardio (fast enough that you're breathing hard, but not so fast that you cannot carry on a conversation). Add no more than 5 to 10 minutes a week to your workouts while your body is getting used to it; exercise only for a duration that makes you feel warm, sweaty, and worked out, not exhausted, dizzy, headachy or nauseated. If you're going for intensity, add no more than a little speed at a time each week. Occasionally, you could also try interval training--walking/jogging at slower speed for one to two minutes (breathing easy), and then at higher speed for one to two minutes (breathing hard)--to build endurance.

 

With strength training, do between 20 and 45 minutes of light-to-moderate strength training each session, doing one to two sets (8-12 repetitions) of each exercise. You should rest between sets of the same exercise, for approximately 30-60 seconds. Choose a weight that's heavy enough for you to complete 12 repetitions, but with effort on the last few. Increase the weight only when you are doing 12 repetitions, in good form, without any trouble at the end of the set.

 

You also need to rest at least 48 hours between strength training sessions of a single body part. So if you do upper body exercises on Monday, you should not do them again until Wednesday at the earliest...if you want to strength train on back-to-back days, you need to alternate between upper and lower body exercises (upper body on Monday, lower body on Tuesday, and so on, for example). You only need to strength train a particular body part two to three times a week to see results. Muscle needs time to repair itself after a workout. If you work your muscles again too soon (less than 48 hours), you'll weaken them, not strengthen them.

 

I give all this information because the simplest reason that you're feeling so bad is that you're probably doing too much, too fast. However, if you're already doing all of this and you're still tired, then you should probably see a doctor to see if there is another underlying issue (vitamin deficiency, chronic fatigue, etc.) that you need to address medically.

[blondesmiler]

There is some really good info in that, so thank you very much for taking the time to type it all. Will take it onboard.

 

The only thing I will say is the weights I use are only 1lb weights so not heavy at all, I do, as you rightly point out, have an old whiplash injury from 2003 but that is pretty much alright now apart from when I do do these upper body workouts.

 

I would say using the weights I probably do around 200/250 made up of different ones, so shoulder lifts, bicep curls, tricep dips, then without weights do like monkey arms and arms out to the side moving in circular movements.

 

Basically am just desperate to tone up and lose weight on my upper half. The lower body doesn't need anywork, I don't even have any cellulite.

 

But the 48hr rule seems like a very sensible suggestion. Will see if that helps.

[Green]

There is some really good info in that, so thank you very much for taking the time to type it all. Will take it onboard.

 

The only thing I will say is the weights I use are only 1lb weights so not heavy at all, I do, as you rightly point out, have an old whiplash injury from 2003 but that is pretty much alright now apart from when I do do these upper body workouts.

 

I would say using the weights I probably do around 200/250 made up of different ones, so shoulder lifts, bicep curls, tricep dips, then without weights do like monkey arms and arms out to the side moving in circular movements.

 

Basically am just desperate to tone up and lose weight on my upper half. The lower body doesn't need anywork, I don't even have any cellulite.

 

But the 48hr rule seems like a very sensible suggestion. Will see if that helps.

 

the way you weight has distrubuted may have you feeling the lower body doesn't need any work but the cardio and leg work outs you do will really help you burn calories and lose weight on your upper body

[meowry]

I have the same problem. I exercise moderately. But I never feel good, afterward. Just tired and sticky. Sometimes I wonder if I HAVE endorphins!