Basic Maintenance Series, Post 8: Choosing the Right Weight
Many people believe that weightlifting inherently makes you stiff or clumsy, but this is a myth. Often muscles are temporarily sore just from the effort it took to lift weights. But in reality, the feeling of tightness or clumsiness can also be the result of poor form, failing to move through a full range of motion, moments of imbalance or other breakdowns in technique.
