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During some exercises (push-ups, crunshes) my whole body shakes, I feel a tremor that I cannot control. This happens even during first push-up, when I'm not tired at at all. So, my questions are:

  1. What could be a reason for this?
  2. Does this tremor affect the efficiency of my workout?
  3. Should I be trying to control it, and if yes, how?

I'm 37, and started working out recently after a long period without any physical activity.

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Do you feel tremmors as well when doing modified pushups with your knees down? – Robin Ashe Jun 25 '12 at 20:08
@RobinAshe: Yes, even when doing the "easy" ones (just tried). Although I feel the shaking more in my upper arms and not in the abs. – haimg Jun 25 '12 at 21:25

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Here's an article from LiveStrong.com about muscle tremors: http://www.livestrong.com/article/446452-tremors-while-exercising/

Basically, without a proper medical examination, there is no way to tell if the cause is just lack of fitness or nutrition or something else. SO, step one: get a complete physical, step two find a local personal trainer to make sure you have a good/proper workout routine and associate diet.

You can 'work through' or force yourself to continue, but this could lead to further issues - so, take a step back, your body is telling you something and you need a professional medical person to help understand what it's saying. I'm sure its nothing more than your current condition and diet.

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The uber physical therapy expert Mike Reinold in his sport coach's seminars tells them they can only rule things in - only a doctor with the right equipment can rule something out. so I agree with @Meade while at the same time who can afford a real check-up? I don't like the sound of "my whole body" shaking. When I do weighted push ups with my feet elevated on a bench, my hips will shake just before failure on my heavy sets because the small synergist muscles are giving out. I know these are weak because I can't do hip airplanes very well despite my squatting strength. That doesn't sound like what's happening to you, unless all your synergists are weak. You might try backing off completely and looking for extremely wussy exercises (wall push ups) and see if that helps, but of course now we're playing doctor ruling out god knows what.

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