Sore Neck Muscles
I have extremely sore neck muscles this morning. I'm pretty sure it has to do with the new weights program I've started. Thing is I'm not sure yet if it's the typical soreness that comes with starting a new exercise program or if I'm doing something wrong with the weights program. Being that it doesn't feel anything like the soreness I've experienced before when starting some new exercise I'm suspecting the latter. As a result, I'm backing off on the weights some until I figure out what I'm doing wrong. It was weird, half-way through discussions with parents in my classroom last night suddenly I got this massive muscle spasm/twinge in my neck and it was an interesting experience to suddenly feel like a muscle had fallen off its track while continuing on with my professional face and discussion of students. This morning it's just sore.
I'm not quite sure what I may have done to bother my neck muscles so, but the top runners up seem to be that a) I'm using too heavy a weight too quickly in a beginner weight program (5 pound weight at present, figuring the heavier of my two weights would intensify a shorter work-out) or b) I'm not doing the exercises properly or c) I'm doing the wrong exercises in the wrong sequence for a beginner program or d) despite only doing 10 to 15 minutes a day maybe I shouldn't be doing weights daily until my body is more used to the program.
I want to do some research when I get home tonight to find a safer, more effective weights plan. I've taken note of the DVD that
braider mentioned in my journal earlier in the week. Does anyone else know of a website/book/DVD with a good beginner weight program (preferably 10 to 15 minute sessions) that you could recommend to me?
In my fervor to keep up my exercise I just don't want to end up doing something stupid and hurting myself.
I'm not quite sure what I may have done to bother my neck muscles so, but the top runners up seem to be that a) I'm using too heavy a weight too quickly in a beginner weight program (5 pound weight at present, figuring the heavier of my two weights would intensify a shorter work-out) or b) I'm not doing the exercises properly or c) I'm doing the wrong exercises in the wrong sequence for a beginner program or d) despite only doing 10 to 15 minutes a day maybe I shouldn't be doing weights daily until my body is more used to the program.
I want to do some research when I get home tonight to find a safer, more effective weights plan. I've taken note of the DVD that
braider mentioned in my journal earlier in the week. Does anyone else know of a website/book/DVD with a good beginner weight program (preferably 10 to 15 minute sessions) that you could recommend to me?In my fervor to keep up my exercise I just don't want to end up doing something stupid and hurting myself.