Workout question - Abs

[amcdonald]

I started adding a 25lb plate to my crunches last night (a good amount of weight considering I'm 5'8" 145lbs).
Today i have a lot of pain in my upper chest, specifically in an incline-fly motion. This morning it was very painful to drive.
Any idea what I did wrong? or is this just an expected extreme soreness?

 

[amnesiac]

"Doc, it hurts when I do this!"
"Then don't do that."

 

[yobarman]

prolly had something to do with the way you were holding the weight.

 

[waylman]

Originally posted by: amcdonald
I started adding a 25lb plate to my crunches last night (a good amount of weight considering I'm 5'8" 145lbs).
Today i have a lot of pain in my upper chest, specifically in an incline-fly motion. This morning it was very painful to drive.
Any idea what I did wrong? or is this just an expected extreme soreness?

probably just had a minor heart attack...nothing to worry about.

 

[NivekC4]

nah just means you got a good work out...when first started working out my abs, the couple days that followed it felt like I pulled a muscle...like i couldn't stand straight, laugh, cough, etc....it's just like working out for the first time on anything else...it'll be sore

...I wouldn't worry about it

 

[Ns1]

try not leaving it on your chest and hold it about an inch from your face

just don't drop it on your face.

 

[Kadarin]

Sounds like normal soreness you get from modifying your workout to stress those muscles in ways they've not been stressed before. As part of my daily workout I do 30 four-count situps while holding a couple of dumbells (total 22lbs); when I first started, I was sore too.