i dont want to punk out

sarahrbraun

I started working out a couple days ago and i know its normal to feel sore and some pain but how do i know if I'm over doing it because my lower back hurts real bad and my thighs and calves are real tight and sore, to the point that i wanna take a few rest days . when i take a "few" rest days i find it hard to start back up

did you stretch after you worked out?

I had issues with the tight sore thighs and calves when I started doing barbell squats. I asked the trainer if the pain would ever go away and he told me I needed to stretch after EVERY workout. He all but took me by the hand and showed me where the stretching charts and mats were. I went and stretched that very day and the pain started to go away. Ever since then I just do more light stretching when I have any kind of tightness or pain.

do you have access to a hot tub or whirl pool? Soaking in one for like 15 minutes and taking a dose of ibuprofen should help. Also, WALK to keep your legs from getting tighter.

aside from the cool down stretching at the end of the videos i dont stretch, do i need to do more that that ?

sounds like you might need to. Maybe go through them a second or third time, holding them longer?