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Recovery Tips?

missjanetleigh
missjanetleigh Posts: 149 Member
edited January 11 in Fitness and Exercise
Does anyone have any good ideas on how to recover after you have just started working out and you are sore?

I know to make sure I stretch but should I push through or take it easy on my workout the next day?

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  • Troublemonster
    Troublemonster Posts: 223 Member
    REST, DIET, and avoid hitting the same muscle groups on consecutive days
  • Mouse_Potato
    Mouse_Potato Posts: 1,515 Member
    I've started drinking a small protein shake immediately after working out and found it helps tremendously! I think I probably read about it on these boards. I'm all about convenience, so I buy the Designer Whey ready mixed shakes and I drink one in my car as I'm driving home. It's 100 calories and 18 grams of protein. I have a friend who is in much better physical shape than I am. We do the exact same workout and she's always sore the next day while I am not.
  • 1Fizzle
    1Fizzle Posts: 241 Member
    There's a lot of good advice here, but spread between too many posts.

    - WARM UP for 10-15 minutes and COOL DOWN for 10-15 minutes. Light cardio is ideal.
    - STRETCH as many of the muscles you use as possible while they are warm (as in, after warm-up if you feel it appropriate and certainly after your cool-down).
    - HYDRATE by drinking lots of water.
    - PROTEIN is needed to speed healing and build muscle.


    Here's my cure-all for overdoing it:

    When I know I've overdone it, I have a protein snack. Then I re-warm the muscles with a little light cardio (say to about 120-130 heartbeat - just enough to get things warmed up), get a nice gentle stretch in, cool them down with even lighter cardio, and drink water until I feel like I'm absolutely going to explode.

    Then I do the "H2O boogie" (keep drinking water until you're full of water, go pee, drink more water, repeat) for an hour or so. Sitting on the toilet with a large bottle of water is not outside the realm of possibility at this stage.

    Then I use the muscles as much as I can, lightly. If it's my legs, I walk around a lot (gotta do that to go to the bathroom to get rid of that water repeatedly anyway!).

    Followed with a good night's sleep.


    This is some good advice that I saw in a thread similar to yours. Pretty much covers your question.
  • missjanetleigh
    missjanetleigh Posts: 149 Member
    Thank you all for the great advice! I knew it was covered somewhere but being new I'm just finding my way around.

    I totally forgot about the protein shake being good for recovery.

    Thanks everyone : )
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