Really sore- should I go to class?

Rabbit914

I haven't worked out in over a month- vacation, holidays whatever. So Wednesday i was back at it and did 30 day shred in the morning and a crossfit class in the afternoon. I pretty much can't walk at this point- 2 days later. I pushed through 30 day shred yesterday, but afterwards was immediately sore again. I have crossfit in a few hours and was wondering if I should push through it or maybe just do the video or nothing to try to recover.

j75j75

Listen to your body. It will tell you what to do

Rabbit914

It's telling me to go back to bed and don't get out for a week.

lwagnitz

I'd say push through, just maybe take it a little easier. 2nd and 3rd days are always the worst for me when I start the new routine. If you stop, you'll just get really sore again once you start up again. I'd say tough it out. You'll get through it.

DavPul

yes

kdeaux1959

I think you are trying to do too much all at once. I would rest for a few days and start over... with one of the programs but not both. If after 2-3 days, you don't feel better, you may want to check with your Dr. to see if you damaged something --- sounds like muscle soreness though from your description. Again, overdoing really does not help. We cannot start at advanced level if we are just starting out and it is not wise to go so aggressively if you have laid out for a while, IMHO.

fittiephd

I personally would go to a class tomorrow instead. It's not good to potentially hurt your body. But then again sometimes a light workout can help sore muscles. Crossfit is not a light workout!! Listen to your body.

Retiredmom72

You have it in the title but you don't mention it in your explanation. Wherever there is an academic class, the answer is yes, go to class. If you are talking about an exercise class, you can choose to rest your body. You may want to just stretch your muscles. Good luck.

upgetupgetup

Eat at maintenance for a few days (including so called 'superfoods' if you want, like bananas, pineapple, mango, berries, yogurt, they've got stuff to help recovery).

Sleep 7-8 hours at least.

If you can manage gentle walking or swimming (no effort, don't try to make it a workout, just get blood going to muscles), try that.

Next week, slowly build back up. You'll be protected from DOMS by the 'repeated bout effect' for another few weeks, no need to rush.
http://www.unm.edu/~lkravitz/Article folder/domos.html