When your sore

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liljmk

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After a day of working out and your sore, do you still go to work out that day or do you skip a day?
 
I experienced that last week (DOMS). I was told to work out, but at a lighter pace.
 
Depends. If you are extemely sore, I would take a rest. But you are not going to harm anything by working out through DOMS. Most people actually feel better after working out.

If anything, some active recovery always works wonders.... like light jogging, etc.
 
I did my recumbant bike last week (after taking Steve's advice) and my muscles felt way better as opposed to when I didn't move around. Actually, when I sat still for awhile and got up, it hurt like #@%$.
 
I feel better when I'm sore after working out a bit. I figure working out is the opposite of sleeping, and I'm always the most sore when I first wake up.

My real trick though is not to work out so hard that I am in too much pain to continue the next day.
 
Hi everyone - I am somewhat new to this forum.

Being sore is great! This means that you actually did something. Most people tend to think to stop if you are sore. I have to agree with Steve and of course dependant upon "how" sore you actually are, you should take a light jog or even a walk to stretch your muscles.

You feel all the better. However if you are using weights, you should rest at least 2 days between each muscle workout. Meaning if you workout your arms and back, don't work them out again until 2-3 days later, this will also help the muscle grow so that when you go back to do another workout on those muscles specifically, you will attain even more results.


All the best - Adria
 
Adria said:
Hi everyone - I am somewhat new to this forum.

Being sore is great! This means that you actually did something. Most people tend to think to stop if you are sore. I have to agree with Steve and of course dependant upon "how" sore you actually are, you should take a light jog or even a walk to stretch your muscles.

You feel all the better. However if you are using weights, you should rest at least 2 days between each muscle workout. Meaning if you workout your arms and back, don't work them out again until 2-3 days later, this will also help the muscle grow so that when you go back to do another workout on those muscles specifically, you will attain even more results.


All the best - Adria
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It depends. There are periodizations where I would recommend training back to back. If you manage fatigue properly, pretty much anything is possible.
 
I have a question along the sore muscle lines too.

I started using my stair stepper 6 days ago. It's the first time I've been active in YEARS! The first few days I would wake up sore as heck from the day before. Could hardly walk, but I'd still get back on the stepper. (Yes, I am stretching before and after.)

I noticed that yesterday morning I was not very sore. This morning, I'm not sore at all from yesterday's hour on the stepper.

Is it a good thing that being sore has stopped? Or is being sore a good thing? Does that mean I should turn up the resistance on the stepper? (It still burns ALOT when I am actually on the stepper.) I guess I want to know what the soreness stopping means I should do?
 
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