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Less planking, less pushups, my shoulders are way better now, no more pain. I'll carry on taking it easy for the moment and then increase slowly and see if it goes wrong again. Whereabout in England Blethan?

They hurt, not masively but more like a dull pain around the articulation (sorry it's vague, but it's difficult to locate), even when I don't move (it seems to be worse while sitting at my desk). Yes I'm cutting back push ups a little. I haven't paid attention on keeping the shoulders retracted, from now on I will. (I've been on holidays a few days and my shoulders felt a lot better. Hit the gym yesterday, today the pain is back but very lightly.)

Hi Nadoriel! Where in England? I'm away on holidays for 5 days so no gym classes (but I'll probably hide in the bathroom to do some planks and pushups, the thought of no workouts at all for 5 days freaks me out). I''ll see how I feel afterwards. But looking back at those past two months I probaly did many things with bad posture, so changing that might help. Also having real rest days (without workouts at home) is probably a thing I should force myself into.

Thank you for your advice. Seing a Doctor where I live is a pain, they will send you away most of the time unless you appear physically ill. So I'll think I might slow down to see if that makes a difference and if not fight my way to a doctor ^^ Unfortunately I don't have a lot of instructor choices. But I think I'll drop Bootcamp, because we have no options concerning weights. It's "here is a weight, here is an exercise, do that for 1mn" no matter our level of fitness. For the rest of the classes I'll do reduced weight/reps in proper form as you recommended Tialoredron. Hopefully my body will thank me and stop feeling weird Sciread my goal when I started was pretty vague "I want to get fitter". Now I want to be able to maintain a good level of fitness in the long term, I'd also like to become stronger, without loosing flexibility. (And I'm going to start a new adventure in September: Longsword fighting )

Thank you for your answer Yes I do pulling exercises during Kettlercise and circuit classes. Before I started the only exercise I did was walking 40mn a day, I was quite fit for somebody that doesn't do a lot. No I very rarely swim. No unusual movement, just regular breaststroke. I don't rest a lot between sessions because my classes are Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday. I haven't been losing interest or motivation and I give my best every time, although I'm upset that in most classes the instructor doesn't correct our positions at all, and doing a lot is much more encouraged than doing it right (I'm trying to research as much as I can on internet to get positions right).

Hi there I'm 26, I moved to England on my own a year and a half ago, starting a brand new life in a hippie town. One of my main hobby is LARP (Live Action Roleplaying Game) and it is after a LARP last March that I decided to start exercising and live a healthier life. I started by doing pushups and planks every morning during 3 months, increasing the reps and holding time progressively. Two months ago I started to eat better and joined my local gym for its fitness classes. I really liked the classes and I started with 3 a week but rapidly ended up doing 5 classes (Ketllecise, Bootcamp, HardCore, Boxercise, Circuit & Abs). I've been keeping this rhytm of 4 to 5 classes a week + morning workout since. I feel stronger, more energised, I'm thinner and fitter than ever before. But now I'm wondering if I've been overdoing it... Everything was perfectly fine until I went swimming a week ago. It was a relaxed and gentle swim but my shoulders are not insanely happy since. I can also sometimes "feel" my knee joints, no pain, but I just feel them. I'm panicking at the idea to cut workouts but I really don't want to damage my body... I don't know if it's the best place to ask this but I really need your advice.