Working Out When You're Sore?

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Sup Fellas,

I just did my chest workout yesterday and usually i workout my back the very next day, but when i woke up this morning, my upperback was sore. In this case, would you go through with your back workout or do you just take a day rest?

Thanks

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Go for it. The back is a muscle that can be worked very often (back day, deadlift day) imo.

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Why is your upper back sore? What did you do for chest day?

Also, how sore is sore?

If it’s just your everyday soreness, then I say go ahead. If it feels like you tweaked or might have pulled something, then I say no.

But that’s just my (very limited) experience.

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[quote]Pangloss wrote:
Why is your upper back sore? What did you do for chest day?

Also, how sore is sore?

If it’s just your everyday soreness, then I say go ahead. If it feels like you tweaked or might have pulled something, then I say no.

But that’s just my (very limited) experience.[/quote]

Take off from bench pressing with a barbell for six months then do your first barbell bench pressworkout. If you do it right with tucked shoulder blades and an arched back your upper back will feel it the next day.

OP train your back.

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[quote]BONEZ217 wrote:

[quote]Pangloss wrote:
Why is your upper back sore? What did you do for chest day?

Also, how sore is sore?

If it’s just your everyday soreness, then I say go ahead. If it feels like you tweaked or might have pulled something, then I say no.

But that’s just my (very limited) experience.[/quote]

Take off from bench pressing with a barbell for six months then do your first barbell bench pressworkout. If you do it right with tucked shoulder blades and an arched back your upper back will feel it the next day.

OP train your back. [/quote]

I hadn’t thought of that. I was thinking more in line with how, a long time ago (when I didn’t care a whit about BP form → when I was young and dumb), my lats would get sore from benching. I think this was because of the opposite of what you are mentioning (needless to say it was due to horrible, horrible, form).

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[quote]Pangloss wrote:

[quote]BONEZ217 wrote:

[quote]Pangloss wrote:
Why is your upper back sore? What did you do for chest day?

Also, how sore is sore?

If it’s just your everyday soreness, then I say go ahead. If it feels like you tweaked or might have pulled something, then I say no.

But that’s just my (very limited) experience.[/quote]

Take off from bench pressing with a barbell for six months then do your first barbell bench pressworkout. If you do it right with tucked shoulder blades and an arched back your upper back will feel it the next day.

OP train your back. [/quote]

I hadn’t thought of that. I was thinking more in line with how, a long time ago (when I didn’t care a whit about BP form → when I was young and dumb), my lats would get sore from benching. I think this was because of the opposite of what you are mentioning (needless to say it was due to horrible, horrible, form).
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I didnt mean to say that ONLY the upper back will get activated. Sore lats doesnt mean you did anything wrong, you may have, but sore lats is not a big indicator of wrongdoing. Different people feel exercises in different places.