Muscle soreness

PreciousHoney · Thu, July 30th, 2009, 02:21 PM

Posted my question in the beginner forum because I forgot this forum was here.

Anywho, I did the first serious workout ive done in a long time with a trainer yesterday. I am sore today but ive stretched a lot yesterday and today so not as sore as I thought I would be. My question is are there supplements to help with muscle soreness?

Thanks

Precious

Flex · Thu, July 30th, 2009, 02:29 PM

I am sure they are products that market towards this, but don't waste your money.

Do active recovery. Not only stretch the sore muscle group but also use it. For example, if your legs are sore from doing heavy squats go on a 30min walk, every 10min stop and stretch. The increased blood flow will bring nutrients in, and waste out. Trust me, it works, compare the feeling before and after.

Now if it is a muscle like a shoulder, do really light exercises high rep.

Keep the blood flowing, don't sit.

PreciousHoney · Thu, July 30th, 2009, 02:50 PM

Ya know, now that you mention it I remember back in the day when I was sore I would dread the next days practice. But once we got started I always forgot that I was sore. Funny how you forget things like that.

Thanks Flex for the good advice.

Azure · Fri, July 31st, 2009, 12:46 AM

Hate to be a pessimist here, but I haven't had a day in the past 3 months where I haven't been sore.

Depending on how hard you hit your workouts, your intensity, how heavy you go and what you do, there will be varying levels of soreness.

I've been DLing for 6 months now, more or less.....and my trap muscles are just killing me right now. And today was an off day.

tensdanny · Fri, July 31st, 2009, 01:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Azure

Hate to be a pessimist here, but I haven't had a day in the past 3 months where I haven't been sore.

Depending on how hard you hit your workouts, your intensity, how heavy you go and what you do, there will be varying levels of soreness.

I've been DLing for 6 months now, more or less.....and my trap muscles are just killing me right now. And today was an off day.

Yep, basically every day.

Flex · Fri, July 31st, 2009, 11:27 PM

Yes, soreness is pretty much impossible to avoid after intense exercise. Sometimes it is so bad I cannot sleep (I got two screaming calves that I feel will be keeping me up for a while). Still, active recovery and lots of pre/during/post stretches will lower the severity of soreness.

asiansensation78 · Tue, August 4th, 2009, 11:31 AM

I can't remember a day in the past month I haven't been sore lol

Eating a lot of food and sleeping enough helps me recover quicker. Stretching is good idea too like the above poster mentioned

JoeSchmo · Tue, August 4th, 2009, 12:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Azure

I've been DLing for 6 months now, more or less.....and my trap muscles are just killing me right now. And today was an off day.

Funny you mention this .... my traps are pretty much sore all the time...lol. But to the OP, you may always have some degree of soreness after intense exercise, but, as you adapt to the work, the soreness will become less severe.

gray · Tue, August 4th, 2009, 04:41 PM

In cycling we use 'recovery rides' which is an easy workout of 20-30 minutes performed usually below 130 BPM. It helps flush out waste products and promote recovery.

Azure · Tue, August 4th, 2009, 04:58 PM

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Originally Posted by JoeSchmo

Funny you mention this .... my traps are pretty much sore all the time...lol. But to the OP, you may always have some degree of soreness after intense exercise, but, as you adapt to the work, the soreness will become less severe.

Some days the aching is so bad I can't even fall asleep.

jacked475 · Tue, August 18th, 2009, 06:17 PM

My twice a week leg and shoulder workout wipes me out and leave me sore for the next couple of days.