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Originally Posted by cherrybaby
Hey!
I'm learning how to 'isolate my stomach muscles' (aka moving my stomach around and trying to belly roll. For only doing for two weeks, I have actually managed to isolate it quite well in my opinion. Here's my problem, whenever I do it, normally a little bit after wards my stomach really starts to hurt. It's not a cramp or anything, just a pain. Has this happened to anyone?
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there are only three reasons i can think of for muscle soarness, lactic acid, muscle swelling, and injury.
lactic acid accumulates in tissue due to normal muscle metabolism, if you dont cool down after intensive muscle workout, it pools in the muscle before it can be removed. this soarness subsides within hours.
if pain persists for a day or two, muscle swelling following muscle workout could be the cause. this is also normal. muscles swell during healing and "heat" is a symptom of swelling and immune functions, which is also normal.
injury is from overworking, not properly warming up, etc. in that case, take a break for a few days. if pain persists beyond 2-3 days, do not resume activity.
abdominals heal reasonably fast. unless you have deep muscle damage, which in this case, is not possible.
if you have isolated your muscles fairly well in a matter of weeks, i cant help but think you are doing a hella lot of isolations.
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