Hey there stringheads,

I recently started practicing electric guitar and I have (very) small hands.

When trying the 'Spider Legs exercize' the muscles in my hand hurt quite bit around the connection between my thumb and my wrist, and the other side of my wrist.

I have to use my right hand to place my fingers on the strings and even then I can press down the first and the second fret at about the right location, but I can only reach the third fret at the beginning / half.

No matter how I hold the guitar it feels like I'm doing some real damage to my hand if I do it more than 30 seconds to a minute at a time.

Is this normal?

Do my hands stretch out over time?

And should I keep practicing like this or maybe change something?