How to Recover the Day after a 'Too Hard' workout

madwells1
madwells1 Posts: 510 Member
edited November 21 in Fitness and Exercise
Has anyone every done a workout and just nailed it (worked harder, gone further), and felt like complete poo the following day.

The kind of feeling where you don't physically hurt per se, but where you are so tired you feel like you spent the whole night out...and every step you take is taking all your energy?

Assuming you are eating enough calories on your work out days (and there are no health related issues), what is the best way to recover the day after without feeling like a zombie?

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  • rybo
    rybo Posts: 5,424 Member
    Eat, walk, foam roll. Make sure you hydrated enough too.
  • susanp57
    susanp57 Posts: 409 Member
    rybo wrote: »
    Eat, walk, foam roll. Make sure you hydrated enough too.

    This. Also a good soak is nice. Add some epsom salt.
  • Joanna2012B
    Joanna2012B Posts: 1,448 Member
    rybo wrote: »
    Eat, walk, foam roll. Make sure you hydrated enough too.
    susanp57 wrote: »
    rybo wrote: »
    Eat, walk, foam roll. Make sure you hydrated enough too.

    This. Also a good soak is nice. Add some epsom salt.

    These and Yoga or just a good stretch
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,630 Member
    All of the above ... and a nap sometimes helps.
  • tcunbeliever
    tcunbeliever Posts: 8,219 Member
    electrolytes, if you are feeling that bad I'm guessing either dehydration or electrolyte imbalance
  • Penthesilea514
    Penthesilea514 Posts: 1,189 Member
    Machka9 wrote: »
    All of the above ... and a nap sometimes helps.

    Sleep is the best medicine IMHO :sleepy::sleeping:

    The other stuff is good too :wink:
  • rheddmobile
    rheddmobile Posts: 6,840 Member
    Carbs and protein - the day after a hard workout you need to rebuild and replenish your muscles. Having a glucose tester I can really see the effects on myself, my glucose will be lower than usual for a day after a really hard workout because my stored glycogen has been depleted.

    I like to focus on stretching on days like that.
  • canadianlbs
    canadianlbs Posts: 5,199 Member
    tcunbeliever wrote: »
    electrolytes, if you are feeling that bad I'm guessing either dehydration or electrolyte imbalance

    either that or the op was deadlifting :tongue:

    i often eat. a lot. if matters are desperate, i sometimes give it the same treatment i give to a cold coming on: eat a watermelon. i'm slightly kidding but slightly not, because it does really seem like it gives my recovery day a good beginning.

    also just finding out about the concept of central-nervous-system reactions to exercise. i suppose that part is more psychological than anything else, but it does help me to just see those post-workout drag days as part of the process and let it happen.
  • VeronicaA76
    VeronicaA76 Posts: 1,116 Member
    Eat, walk, massage, very gentle stretching (just to where you feel it), ice (bags of frozen peas work great!).
  • VeronicaA76
    VeronicaA76 Posts: 1,116 Member
    canadianlbs wrote: »
    tcunbeliever wrote: »
    electrolytes, if you are feeling that bad I'm guessing either dehydration or electrolyte imbalance

    either that or the op was deadlifting :tongue:

    i often eat. a lot. if matters are desperate, i sometimes give it the same treatment i give to a cold coming on: eat a watermelon. i'm slightly kidding but slightly not, because it does really seem like it gives my recovery day a good beginning.

    also just finding out about the concept of central-nervous-system reactions to exercise. i suppose that part is more psychological than anything else, but it does help me to just see those post-workout drag days as part of the process and let it happen.

    Or first time doing walking lunges. I remember the morning after that the first time I did them......oh, holy hell!!!! So that's what DOMS are
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