No Pain, No Gain

Never has this expression been more true... OMG. Yesterday I said that I had fallen off the wagon over the weekend, right? Well I got back on and now I hurt. I did weightlifting for the first time at the gym. I've used the weight machines before but I don't really know what I'm doing so I don't think I've ever done it effectively. Yesterday, however was my first foray into effectiveness (since I went with someone who knows what he was doing) and let me tell you... OW.
We did upper body only (chest, back, shoulders, biceps and triceps... in that order)... good thing too because otherwise my whole body would hurt and not just my upper body.
I would post the exercises that I did to help out those who are as clueless as me but I forget the names of them. I just know that, for each group, you start with a low weight with 12 reps. Rest. Then next you increase the weight by 1 increment (whatever that might be) and decrease the reps by 2.
So for example, if you are doing bicep curls, you start with 12X 5kg. Rest. Then you do 10X 6kg, rest; then 8X 7kg, rest; then 6X 8kg, rest... after that you do 12X 6kg and immediately after (i.e. no rest) you do a new exercise for the same group 12X with whatever weight you think is suitable for you.
And pain is good in this case because it means you did well. So I guess I did very well ^^