I Thought My Upper Arms Will Ache!
@SIMPLYD (90721)
Philippines
July 19, 2018 1:43am CST
The balls we used for our bowling activities yesterday, were really heavy. In fact, I can’t carry it with my hand for a long time.
Since we practiced bowling last Thursday and Friday from 12-1:00 , then played officially yesterday from 1:00-3:00 p.m. , some of us experienced body pains as they said today, reporting back to work.
I am happy I didn’t feel any pain at all. And to think I am much older than all the rest of them.
I think I am used to exercising my arms with the dumbbells, so I didn’t feel any pain at all, after bowling the past 2 days.
Though, I experience a sore body, if ever I exercise again for an hour after many months of not doing it.
Would your body become sore if you also play bowling for the first time or when you do a strenuous activity for the first time after many months of not doing it?
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@hereandthere (45645)
• Philippines
19 Jul 18
my first time was duckpins. it was hard for me to throw/aim the small ball. when i tried the big one, 10-pin it was easier to handle because of the holes. i remember the balls had different weights so i lift them one by one until i find one that's not too heavy.
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@SIMPLYD (90721)
• Philippines
20 Jul 18
Yes, that's what I also have tried before when I was still working at the bank. I slid back and fell when I threw the ball. Humiliating! It's an all bank competition. 
Yes, the balls have different weights. I can say that the heavier ones will hit more balls as you slide it on the floor. If you let the ball jump, it surely goes to the canal. 
Yes, the balls have different weights. I can say that the heavier ones will hit more balls as you slide it on the floor. If you let the ball jump, it surely goes to the canal. 2 people like this
@hereandthere (45645)
• Philippines
20 Jul 18
@SIMPLYD oh, my. it's okay to fall backwards if it's during practice with your officemates, but not during an all-bank competition! wrong timing! hahaha!
i guess let's agree on medium-weight balls - not too light that it bounces and falls in the gutter, but not too heavy, either, that you drop it at the beginning of the lane and it never reached the pins. or worse, causes you to fall forward! hahaha!
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@Jessabuma (31700)
• Baguio, Philippines
19 Jul 18
Yes, especially when I do shoulder exercises or back exercises..
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@SIMPLYD (90721)
• Philippines
20 Jul 18
@Jessabuma Hmm, that is strange because you are so young to be feeling any pain.
Actually, my one hour exercise included cardio, strength and overall body exercise. I do it every day for 30 minutes but more on weekends.
This month, I stopped, because I felt lazy.
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@Jessabuma (31700)
• Baguio, Philippines
20 Jul 18
@SIMPLYD No. I don't do it regularly. I do cardio exercises most of the time, so when I do shoulder exercises or back exercises i experience body pains..
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@BH0elmereen (826)
• Baguio, Philippines
19 Jul 18
Happy for You not in any ache right now. I would love to know this too, come Jul 28 we will go out from the office to celebrate a colleagues retirement, another celeb. It would be my first time bowling.
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@SIMPLYD (90721)
• Philippines
19 Jul 18
Bowling is such an enjoyable sport. This I came to know now. Before I tried it, but those are the small pins we call duckpins. But this time, the ball is heavy, I can't carry it for a minuted long in one hand.
Maybe you should practice now with a dumbbell or a 1-liter soft drink bottle with water.
But anyway, you won't experience body aches because you are still young. 
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@much2say (56184)
• Los Angeles, California
19 Jul 18
Ah, well if you had been using dumbells, then your arms have been in use that way - good to have no pain after bowling! I do use my arms for lifting exercises, but I don't know about the swinging action - I sometimes get tennis elbow on my left (I am leftie), so not sure how it would react to bowling. Maybe the kids and I should go bowling next week .
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@much2say (56184)
• Los Angeles, California
20 Jul 18
@SIMPLYD I don't actually play tennis - but they call it tennis elbow when the elbow is sore like that. It is sort of like carpal tunnel - overuse of the elbow. Maybe if I carry the bowling ball kid style (2 hands), it won't be as bad .
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@toniganzon (72554)
• Philippines
20 Jul 18
@SIMPLYD There's usually a mark on the ball on how much it weighs. It's actually physical, You must have thrown the ball way too strong that's why it ended up in the canal or you don't throw it straight. But I'm betting because you said when it's light It goes to the canal, you were throwing it too strong.
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@SIMPLYD (90721)
• Philippines
23 Jul 18
@toniganzon When it's the lighter one, yes the tendency is to throw it too strong indeed thus it goes to the canal.
But when I use the heavier one and throw it strongly, it somewhat goes straight giving me 9 or 8 pins down.
But when I use the heavier one and throw it strongly, it somewhat goes straight giving me 9 or 8 pins down.@SIMPLYD (90721)
• Philippines
20 Jul 18
I don't know how much they way Toni. But I cannot carry it with one hand for a long time. I have to use both hands and when I go near the line, that's the time I only use my right arm and hand to throw the ball.
It's of different weight. I choose the bit heavier ones because I noticed that the lighter ones will always go to the canal.
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
23 Jul 18
I think mine will, muscles ache if not used
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@SIMPLYD (90721)
• Philippines
24 Jul 18
@responsiveme Me too, the whole of July, I forgo of exercise. I felt lazy because I have to wake up early. 
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
24 Jul 18
@SIMPLYD I have not been exercising lately,I need to get back to it
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@anamika161088 (11866)
• India
19 Jul 18
Yes. Doing something new to which body is not adapt leave the body aching..
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@SIMPLYD (90721)
• Philippines
20 Jul 18
@anamika161088 Usually, I take a medication. Celecoxib. I would be okay in two days of taking it only. 
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@anamika161088 (11866)
• India
19 Jul 18
@SIMPLYD Yes..I had leg pain and knee pain earlier this month. I went to physiotherepist to sooth it out..
How do you handle bodyaches?
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How's that for a beginner? @SIMPLYD (90721)
• Philippines
19 Jul 18
@simplfred 
You know, during the game, I would always pray an concentrate for my next ball throw. And it would give me a big score - 9 or 8 , one last throw.
You know, during the game, I would always pray an concentrate for my next ball throw. And it would give me a big score - 9 or 8 , one last throw. 1 person likes this
@simplfred (20641)
• Philippines
19 Jul 18
@SIMPLYD That's great... When I've tried it then the ball turns into a water...
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@Shellyann36 (11384)
• United States
22 Jul 18
It just all depends on what I am doing. I have not bowled in a while but when I did bowl it didn't bother me later on. Now that I am older it might bother my back when I go to roll the ball.
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@Shellyann36 (11384)
• United States
25 Jul 18
@SIMPLYD Very true about the bending part! Hubby and I are going on a date night this weekend, perhaps we might fit in a game of bowling as well.
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@SIMPLYD (90721)
• Philippines
23 Jul 18
Yes, when we are used to doing it, I think it won't bother us when we do it again after a long time we haven't done it.
And yes, now that we are older, we have to be careful especially with our backs, when we bend. This one also requires one to bend.
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@SIMPLYD (90721)
• Philippines
28 Jul 18
@Shellyann36 Tha would be nice. Updat us here should it pursue.
@changjiangzhibin89 (16796)
• China
26 Jul 18
I haven't taken strenuous exercise for ages.Is your practising bowling geared to a bowling match?
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@SIMPLYD (90721)
• Philippines
28 Jul 18
Yes , it was a competition. Our group scored the lowest. Ha haha
@SIMPLYD (90721)
• Philippines
31 Jul 18
@changjiangzhibin89 I agree. We super enjoyed playing and kept laughing whenever it goes to the canal.
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@changjiangzhibin89 (16796)
• China
29 Jul 18
@SIMPLYD Never mind ! what is important is participation.
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@PurnaSharma (2562)
• Guwahati, India
19 Jul 18
Definitely my friend, not only me, anyone could get similar sore in their body, if they are doing for first time.
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@SIMPLYD (90721)
• Philippines
23 Jul 18
@PurnaSharma Yes, six of my exercises uses dumbbells. I try to maintain my arms so it won't sag and becomes so soft since I am already getting old.
However, I lost some weight the past months from cutting on sweets and sugar, so my arms are hollow, thus sags already. Well, that is understandable since I am aging already that is why it is inevitable.
@PurnaSharma (2562)
• Guwahati, India
20 Jul 18
@SIMPLYD ...you used to lift dumbbells,so that might be the reason , the pain couldn't effect you.
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@SIMPLYD (90721)
• Philippines
24 Jul 18
Indeed an everyday activity that can be considered one that can jog all the body parts helps us not to get sore muscles if we are to do another strenuous activity.
Your riding horses before was really a very good exercise.
What about now, what activities keep your body fir and active?
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@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
24 Jul 18
Bowling is cool! Looks like fun and a work out
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@SIMPLYD (90721)
• Philippines
25 Jul 18
Yes, it is so cool. I have been in the company for how many years and keep just passing the bowling area when we urinate there. I never thought, I can carry those big heavy balls, which I presumed I cannot.
Now, I keep telling my officemates that we should have a tournament in bowling against other affiliates.
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@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
25 Jul 18
@SIMPLYD It is always good to find we can do something that we thought we couldn't
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