Should I continue to weight train?

I joined a gym a couple of days ago and have not trained before. I am still aching in my chest and arms a bit two days after my workout and was wondering if it would be right for me to go back today or wait for a while??
Answer:
The aching you have is referred to as Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness (DOMS). It's perfectly normal and everybody gets it.Train a different part of your body each day and only train a particular body part once a week. Remember, muscles don't get bigger in the gym, they get bigger when you rest them. And if you don't rest them they won't develop.So for example,Day 1 Legs/Abs
Day 2 Back
Day 3 Chest
Day 4 Biceps
Day 5 Triceps
Day 6 Shoulders.This way you can train each body part for longer therefore getting better results. Each workout should last no more than an hour. Good Luck

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Wait for a while so your muscle can repair itself. If you are just starting weight training, you especially need to cool it under your muscles become used to repairing themselves naturally.A diet high in lean protein helps your muscles recover. It's also very important that you drink plenty of water.I would recommend you wait a week between working out a muscle group. You can still work out every day, just focus on one muscle group, or two muscle groups that work together, while your body learns to recover from weight training.

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maybe you should start training now.but if your arms and chest still ach then maybe you should wait a while.

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2 days rest is plenty, just do a little bit lighter of a workout today. As you start going more often your muscles will heal faster and you should push yourself as hard as you can after 2 days rest, but it always is tough when you first start working out. Completely normal, and you won't hurt yourself by continueing to weight train.

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48 hour rest between workouts of a given muscle group. If extremely sore, do some light, slow exercise to increase blood flow and speed up the muscle healing and growth process..If out of shape and starting, know you should warmup first at least 10 minutes, for your heart, and use light to moderate weights only, 12-15 reps, 2 sets each exercise, for the first month to acclimate your connective tissue.If still sore, another day or two off is not a bad idea. It also means you overdid the workout.

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Hi, you can still go to the gym and maybe work on your legs a bit or do some cardio training - it might be worth just asking an instructor (or whoever took your induction) for their advice as thats what they are paid for.

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