Strange bruises after the gym

[AB]

Another strange one from me.

Been to the gym this morning and have come out in a few weird bruise type things on my arm. Not dark bruises like you would get if you had hit it but more like broken blood vessel type marks around my wrists and on the inside of my forearms.

Reassure me that coupled with a scabby nose I haven't contracted aids or something please?

[V8mate]

They aren't as a result of the gym. They're from the ropes your wrists were bound with last night when you visited that dodgy massage parlour.

HTH

[bales]

Depends whether you had any of the bars or weights resting on you, after I have done squats I have awful marks all along my back with broken blood vessels.

If they have just appeared for no reason then I'm not sure.

[AB]

Actually, I wonder if it is from doing ab crunches on the machine?

It's the only time anything will have been touching the inside of my arms?

[louiebaby]

I once burst a blood vessel in my eye lifting weights, I was straining that much. I looked like half a zombie for a few days, but it was fine.

They may just be from exertion, but the cruncher thingy is more likely...

[Animal]

AB said:

Actually, I wonder if it is from doing ab crunches on the machine?

It's the only time anything will have been touching the inside of my arms?

Sounds likely. Were you wearing sleeves? If it's not painful or irritable then I wouldn't worry. I used to get big red marks across my back/traps from squatting. Did get me some extra sympathy from my girlfriend though!

[AB]

Yes I was wearing sleeves. The more I think about it the more it makes sense that I did it on this;



The marks are consistent with where my wrists would be.

[dealmaker]

It is blood pooling at the wrist and elbow - caused my tiny musle tears which occur during weight training when the muscles arent "used" to that level of effort.

Muscle building is caused by these very minor tears which result in hypertrophy of the muscle fibres (growth).

The bruising seems to be more prevalent/visible if you are fair skinned.

I once went in a did a really heavy few sets of Tricep extensions/dips etc - the next day the back of my upper arms/elbows were sore as hell and had bruising

[bales]

dealmaker said:

It is blood pooling at the wrist and elbow - caused my tiny musle tears which occur during weight training when the muscles arent "used" to that level of effort.

Muscle building is caused by these very minor tears which result in hypertrophy of the muscle fibres (growth).

The bruising seems to be more prevalent/visible if you are fair skinned.

I once went in a did a really heavy few sets of Tricep extensions/dips etc - the next day the back of my upper arms/elbows were sore as hell and had bruising

It really shouldn't be....

I have never seen anyone get bruising from weight training purely from the reasons you state.

The bruising is from burst blood vessels where the weight/bar/machine has rubbed against the skin. I would be seriously worried if my muscles broke out in bruises after a hard session.