dealing with DOMS

aisha786

Hey everyone,

When you have DOMS so bad you can hardly walk do you just take some Tylenol and keep on your routine? I am not about to quit but I can't hardly walk across the room....and it was a chore to walk over to the gym. Is it reasonable to take some pain killers and keep trucking?

SezxyStef

Yes that's what I did...

rogerOb1

I use amino acids. Though its one of those things where some people will swear by it and others will say its a waste of money. However its possible to get e.g. glutamine or arginine relatively cheaply

curlyslim

If I am that sore I take another day off.

So I work out either my upper or lower body on separate days. So for example, if i work my upper body on mon I take a day off on tues, then do my lower body on wed, so at this point I have already had two days to recover.

If i am still really sore after a couple of days, i won't exercise my upper for another day.

But my goals are to develop my muscles, and that soreness tells me my body is working on developing my muscles.

I have done much better this way, and not too fatigued if i work through the very sore bits.

aisha786

thank you so much everyone.

I will probably exercise tomorrow but at a fat burning level and longer period of time to still get my calories burned. It's pretty rough right now.