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I kept telling my wife her back was rounded and last weekend she finally caved in and asked me for some exercises. I taught her how to do YTWLs and dumbbell rows and we parted for the workweek. Yesterday I came back to the dacha and she told me every single muscle fiber in her back ached. I asked her if she overdid the rows and no, she only did YTWLs. I knew she had little muscle tone in her back but had no idea it was that low.
if she's fairly new to using her muscles, they're going to be sore regardless how much of them she might have. unsure if you actually need to hear this, or you just wanted to share your thoughts
Yeah, if you ever take a long break from the gym after getting fit you can feel this yourself, the first time I ever went to the gym I somehow ended up with terrible tricep pain despite only doing back exercises.
Luckily it usually only happens the first few sessions.
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