soreness is gone!

Notaphase

Hey everyone! I'm new to this group in fact today was my second time doing 5x5. I almost didn't go because I could barely move my legs. my quads were do sore from the last exercise that I didn't think it would be possible to do more squats. I read online that I should work through the soreness. I'm not going to lie, squats were a killer today but I just realized that my legs feel better now than they did before the workout! I'm honestly shocked.
I'm curious, how do you guys deal with the soreness the day after a workout? I don't want to be hobbling everywhere. I did a warm up and I did 15 minutes of stretching. Is this a case of not sleeping enough? Do I just have to wait until the next workout to loosen up my muscles? Or will this get better in time?

sammyliftsandeats

I feel like it gets better in time. Like your body gets more accustomed to performing the exercises.

Warming up before you lift is suggested as well. For squats, I do a few sets with just the bar and lighter weights until I hit my work weight. If you are using the bar as your work weight, try doing goblet squats like a dumbbell.

canadianlbs

samanthaluangphixay wrote: »

I feel like it gets better in time. Like your body gets more accustomed to performing the exercises.

yup. first is the worst, or always has been with me.

except bench. i never have seemed to get accustomed to bench. was just complaining to my trainer than i'm not sure what benching actually contributes in terms of functional strength that transfers over to other lifts. told him, like for instance - if you do deadlifts your hips get stronger and that helps you with doing your squats. if you squat right your core gets stronger and that can help you with overhead press. and so forth. but with bench, all that happens to me is i do it and then the next day my boobs hurt.

he laughed, but he also agreed that it might actually be more sensible to make rows one of my 'work' lifts and just keep bench in the accessory group.