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>be me >1 year with almost no regular workout >decide to begin working out >start out strong >50 pushups to failure >40 pushups to failure >30 pushups to failure >15 pushups to failure >5 pushups struggling and can't do more >15 pullups and stops >late to sleep and only gets 4 hours of sleep >next day >muscles aren't painful but sure kind of sore >try to do pushups again >can't even do a single pushup >stand shaking in the pushup position >force myself through a lot of struggle to do just 15 >collapse to the ground trying to do pushups >muscle pain >muscles so sore I can't even get off of bed or pick myself up anymore
used to do pushups regularly and be able to do 70 pushups for fun and only started sweating at 100, will i ever get back at it bros? i always worked out till it was painful but at this point i just cannot use my arms, should i give it a break till the soring's gone or be softer with myself?
