Well, day 4 of my journey to produce a new me is in the books, and I can say that I'm loving it, so far.

As is to be perfectly expected, I am VERY stiff and sore after these 4 days (don't get me wrong, its not stopping me). This causes obvious problems in my every day life. I realize that this will pass with time, as my muscles become more and more accustomed to being used intensely, and on a regular basis. My question is this: In your experience, how long does this period ususally last? I understand that it is different for every person's situation, but I'd just like to get a ballpark idea as to when this will start to pass.

Thanks!

Well, day 4 of my journey to produce a new me is in the books, and I can say that I'm loving it, so far.

As is to be perfectly expected, I am VERY stiff and sore after these 4 days (don't get me wrong, its not stopping me). This causes obvious problems in my every day life. I realize that this will pass with time, as my muscles become more and more accustomed to being used intensely, and on a regular basis. My question is this: In your experience, how long does this period ususally last? I understand that it is different for every person's situation, but I'd just like to get a ballpark idea as to when this will start to pass.

Thanks!

I have been training for many many years and I still get sore at times.....it`s to be expected.

Being overly sore as a beginner,it should dissipate in a few weeks to a month,when you get better conditioned to your routine.


Good luck,and train hard!! :)

heh, I've been doing this for almost a year now and I am sore after almost every workout. I did chest/back on Tues (usually on Mon but I couldn't this week) and legs last night (squats, deads, calves) and I am pretty much one big lurching sore-ass stiff muscle. I don't know why I get sore so often though I did up the weight this week. ibuprofen helps me a little but not that much.

oh I looked at your blog, dj; you need to eat a lot more than that (and no more cheese curds!). look around here for food ideas & check your calorie requirements @ http://www.bmi-calculator.net/bmr-calculator/ you need real whole foods; other than the bananas it all looks pretty processed and two of those protein shakes should be real protein foods e.g. tuna or chicken.

oh I looked at your blog, dj; you need to eat a lot more than that (and no more cheese curds!). look around here for food ideas & check your calorie requirements @ http://www.bmi-calculator.net/bmr-calculator/ you need real whole foods; other than the bananas it all looks pretty processed and two of those protein shakes should be real protein foods e.g. tuna or chicken.

Thank you for the reply. If you check my blog again, I have posted all that I ate yesterday. Care to reply to that? I understand what you mean, however. I am noticing that my "real" food intake will be going up more today. This is probably a good thing.

When I started bulking and adding calories, I was amazed at how much more lifting I could do without getting burned out. I understand you are probably trying to loose fat, but eating low calories will inevitably make weightlifting recovery take longer. If you do decide to add more calories, then I would recommend adding them mostly around your workouts (a bit before and a lot after).

I guess I'd need to know your BMR and maintenance level but 1600cal sounds pretty low for a guy.

overall though I'd say more quality calories and protein, less salt, and congrats for eating raw cauliflower because the stuff makes me gag :)

oh and don't forget the water, 3-4 liters daily. gurgle gurgle gurgle...