Yesterday's workout sucked. Today walking into the gym I was on fire, ready to get at it. After an extended warmup I went to do seated arnold presses. I did a few acclimation sets then went heavier then normal. And when my shoulders started to burn it pissed me off and I kept going to see what would fail first, my mind or my muscles. Today my muscles failed first and that is the first time I "won" since I have been back in the gym (after years of layoff). During this process I felt my shoulders ache deep deep down. Not pain, but an ache. I hope that this is a consequence of pushing hard.

The ache would go away after a minute or so and then would come back as I pushed on the next set. It sort of inspired me but I'm hoping it isn't something bad.