Shake while working out

[Glasgow]

Most of the time when im working out, the muscles that im using shake. Not when curling, but when doing leg presses, chin ups and other things like that. Does anyone know what causes this?

[Serenity]

Well I know it can be caused when you're using muscles you haven't used much in the past- the same thing happened to me when I joined drum corps, my legs shook like crazy when I was learning how to march and the visual tech explained that those muscles aren't developed enough to be used to the way I was using them because I'd never done that before . After a season of marching, my legs don't shake anymore, marching has become a natural way of life for me lol.

[Glasgow]

Ahh thats interesting actually, because all these things im doing now i've never really done all that much. Stuff like bench pressing, leg pressing, chin ups, i rarely do those. Thanks val :) That helps

[Serenity]

No prob :daisy:

[byee]

I think they 'shake' because you might be over exerting them, too. Be careful, esp if your work out is new, if you're exercising new muscles. They're not used to this, and they can bruise easier.

There's often a tendency to become a bit over enthusiastic and over do it. Try not to, go slowly, let your muscles adjust to the newness of this. You can always add later. There is NO truth to the saying 'No pain, no gain'. Pain=damage. Gain=growth. The 2 are different.

And remember to drink lots of fluids after your work out, it speeds the removal of the toxins those muscles give off when they're being exercised.

[dodgeman09]

and thank about this the musses get bigger because of scaring. and that scaring builds up over time and can cause your mussles to be stiff. witch lowers your flexabilty.

[Glasgow]

and thank about this the musses get bigger because of scaring. and that scaring builds up over time and can cause your mussles to be stiff. witch lowers your flexabilty.

In english please? lmao

[dodgeman09]

when you over work ur mussles it causes scaring and your mussles get bigger. k and the scaring causes stiffness and that henders your flexabilty.

[MoveAlong]

that happens to me too, paul. I guess once you've started something new or have stopped training for a few weeks (like after winter break, we got back in the weight room tuesday), your muscles shake because they need time to get back into bearing that much weight and being trained, rather than just using them at odd times throughout the day with whatever amount of weight is there.
See weight training requires very controled movements. If your muscles get relaxed (lazy) for a few weeks, then they lose that memory (because of "muscle memory") and start performing uncontrolled actions. Once they are forced to performed controlled actions, they have to balance out and get back into their routine. I don't know for a fact but I guess that could be a possibility.

[byee]

when you over work ur mussles it causes scaring and your mussles get bigger. k and the scaring causes stiffness and that henders your flexabilty.


Your muscles get bigger because they're adding new fibers in response to the added requirements you're placing on them.

Muscle growth is NOT caused by scar tissue. Scar tissue (anywhere) is the result of damage.

Again, there's no truth to the saying 'No pain, no gain'. If you're in a lot of pain, you've hurt something. Hurt tissue isn't stronger or bigger, it's weaker because it's damaged.

If you talk with GOOD (knowledgeable) trainers they'll tell you the key to big, strong muscles is a very gradual work out program that slowly increases resistance (weight). There are no 'macho' short cuts.

[RaisingSand]

They're probably shaking because you're tensing the muscles. Same thing has happend to me, nothing to worry about. Plain and simple.