shoulders

[phatchopper]

when I've done shoulders for the about the past month, my shoulders burn like hell, and just about after every set I have to hold my arms, if I let them hang I can barely stand it. Any suggestions to avoid this would be welcomed. And yes I stretched and did 3 warm up sets before increasing weight, my first exercise was military press on the smith machine, and after about the 3rd set my shoulders are on fire. I cant get rid of the pain until about a half hour after my workout.
Thanx

[Stonecold54]

Originally posted by phatchopper
when I've done shoulders for the about the past month, my shoulders burn like hell, and just about after every set I have to hold my arms, if I let them hang I can barely stand it. Any suggestions to avoid this would be welcomed. And yes I stretched and did 3 warm up sets before increasing weight, my first exercise was military press on the smith machine, and after about the 3rd set my shoulders are on fire. I cant get rid of the pain until about a half hour after my workout.
Thanx

like a muscular burn? damn that sounds painful. I would back off on the workouts before the pain sets in. Try just three sets of three different exercises and see if the same thing happens. give a full 3 minutes inbetween sets.

[phatchopper]

yeah I think that is what I will have to do, its like when the blood reaches the muscle it gets such a pump that it becomes painful, and there is no permanent damage because once I stop it subsides within a half hour

[GunzInCali]

I get that in my shoulders. If I push them early in my workout, it does not matter how much weight I use for the last few sets, it burns and feels way too heavy. I have cut some sets out and increased my rest time. I went from 60 seconds between sets to 120 to 180 seconds depending on the burn.

[GunzInCali]

to follow up on that, listen to your body......if you feel like you cannot go on, it's likely your body is saying something