Why do I feel so sore?

GaoLee

I started excercising last Wednesday.

I walked 35 minutes on Wednesday.

Walked 1 hour 30 minutes on Thusday.

Walked 20 minutes on Friday.

Work out to Power 90 for 30 minutes and walked 1 hour 15 minutes yesterday.

And today, work out on treadmill for 30 minutes, stationary bike 30 minutes and played volleyball with the family for almost 2 hours.

If I'm up walking I feel fine but if I sit for a while and get up again... I'm so sore all over... WHY?

Am I pushing myself too hard?

GaoLee

I started excercising last Wednesday.

I walked 35 minutes on Wednesday.

Walked 1 hour 30 minutes on Thusday.

Walked 20 minutes on Friday.

Work out to Power 90 for 30 minutes and walked 1 hour 15 minutes yesterday.

And today, work out on treadmill for 30 minutes, stationary bike 30 minutes and played volleyball with the family for almost 2 hours.

If I'm up walking I feel fine but if I sit for a while and get up again... I'm so sore all over... WHY?

Am I pushing myself too hard?

firegirlred

I've been extremely active for a most of my life, so I really haven't picked up on the fact that most aerobic activities involve your whole body. I ran a significantly longer distance than I'm used to today, and "rediscovered" that fact. So, your aerobic activity is the cause of your soreness I'm guessing. Any good workout program will tell you expect 2-3 weeks before your body becomes accustomed to the "new" activity and the soreness will go away.

Another note-when you sit, your body allows lactic acid (byproduct of exercise) to collect in the muscles. This is why you are sore when you first get up. As you workout, your tolerance goes up, and your muscles become better "processors of exercise," eventually producing less lactic acid for comparable amounts of exercise. Changes/increases in exercise will promote that lactic acid production again. This is normal and "good" for you.

Songbyrdsweet can give you better information.

Good luck!

Rae

mrsyac2

I started excercising last Wednesday.

I walked 35 minutes on Wednesday.

Walked 1 hour 30 minutes on Thusday.

Walked 20 minutes on Friday.

Work out to Power 90 for 30 minutes and walked 1 hour 15 minutes yesterday.

And today, work out on treadmill for 30 minutes, stationary bike 30 minutes and played volleyball with the family for almost 2 hours.

If I'm up walking I feel fine but if I sit for a while and get up again... I'm so sore all over... WHY?

Am I pushing myself too hard?

comletely opposite your body is sore from the workout which is good news- your body will get used to the exercise like they say no pain no gain- your working muscles again which is great I like to think if Im not a little sore then i didnt workout hard and you will know the difference of a pulled muscle compared to just being sore from a workout. good job on the working out keep up the good work and good job also on working out when your sore thats when most people quit working out when they get sore cause they dont want to push through the soreness. so kudos to you

GaoLee

Thank you... okay at least I know I'll be fine...you're right... I almost stopped because I thought I was pusing too hard.

arewethereyet

Do you stretch? I didnt think you had to stretch after walking, and man was I wrong. I have the slim in 6 DVDs and use the slim and limber part to do 20 min of stretching.

I woke up one morning so sore I could had a hard time walking. My friend told me to do the stretch video...I swear the pain was GONE!

Stretch!!!:flowerforyou:

songbyrdsweet

I've been extremely active for a most of my life, so I really haven't picked up on the fact that most aerobic activities involve your whole body. I ran a significantly longer distance than I'm used to today, and "rediscovered" that fact. So, your aerobic activity is the cause of your soreness I'm guessing. Any good workout program will tell you expect 2-3 weeks before your body becomes accustomed to the "new" activity and the soreness will go away.

Another note-when you sit, your body allows lactic acid (byproduct of exercise) to collect in the muscles. This is why you are sore when you first get up. As you workout, your tolerance goes up, and your muscles become better "processors of exercise," eventually producing less lactic acid for comparable amounts of exercise. Changes/increases in exercise will promote that lactic acid production again. This is normal and "good" for you.

Songbyrdsweet can give you better information.

Good luck!

Rae

There's not much to add to that great post aside from --stretch!! The lactic acid can crystallize in the muscle fibers after it's built up during anaerobic exercise. That, combined with inflammation due to tissue damage and some other factors will make you really stiff. Walking/running requires a small range of motion, so our bodies naturally lose flexibility to make us 'better' at just walking. You should warm up/cool down before/after each workout for 5-10 minutes. Then stretch after you work out--and your whole body, not just your legs. On your days off, you still need to stretch. Warm up for 10 minutes with walking or calisthenics, then stretch--again, your whole body.

Also, volleyball is anaerobic--lots of short bursts of activity that don't use oxygen and result in a lot of lactic acid build up.