When your muscles hurt, do you just continue anyways?

leann74016
leann74016 Posts: 242 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
My thighs hurt like crazy today from doing 30 day shred last night. Question now is do I push through this horrible pain and do level 1 day number 2?? it hurts to stand, set, walk, up or down stairs or just about anything that has to do with using my legs :/ I hate to try to rest and hurt even more tomorrow but I hate to try to do the work out and hurt even worse. What do ya'll suggest?

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  • Prettymisssparkles
    Prettymisssparkles Posts: 1,274 Member
    Great question! I also did the 30ds yesterday for the first time. On top of that I over did it on the cardio. Now my calf is totally rock hard and sore...I decided to wait till tomorrow to continue with the 30ds...No clue if that is a good idea or if I am just being weak.
  • n_rockey
    n_rockey Posts: 52 Member
    I started the 30ds on Friday. My thighs, shoulders, and abs are killing me. However from everything I've read the idea is that you should push through the pain to see the maximum results. That assumes that you didn't do something to cause an actual injury, and your pain is just due to muscle soreness.
  • Heitor71
    Heitor71 Posts: 224
    If it is too painful then you should rest. There is no need to get an injury really.
  • zillah73
    zillah73 Posts: 505 Member
    I just pay close attention to my body. If it's muscle burn, I will power through it. If it is causing me to favor any part of my body, risking injury, I will lay off or find a modifier.
  • nerdehgirl
    nerdehgirl Posts: 19 Member
    Might have pushed yourself too hard, too soon. If you wake up tomorrow and you're hurting, listen to your body and take a days rest. And don't feel guilty about it.
  • Bombbombgo
    Bombbombgo Posts: 46
    As long as it is just soreness and not an injury, the BEST way 2 ease it is to work through it. Believe it or not, u will be MORE sore the rest of the day & tomorrow if u skip it than if u work through it. Great job! Remember, pain is weakness, leaving the body!
  • Mulikme
    Mulikme Posts: 30 Member
    I feel your pain. I've been working with a trainer twice a week for the past month. Aleve and epsom salt baths help. You may need to take a day with less intensity. Try stretching, walking, yoga, etc. but keep moving.
  • SJackson50
    SJackson50 Posts: 282 Member
    As long as it is just soreness and not an injury, the BEST way 2 ease it is to work through it. Believe it or not, u will be MORE sore the rest of the day & tomorrow if u skip it than if u work through it. Great job! Remember, pain is weakness, leaving the body!

    Agree!! (and spoken like a true Jillian fitness bully!!!)
  • cairee
    cairee Posts: 95 Member
    keep going. I hurt like hell for the first 5 days of insanity, then on day 6, no more pain just like that. as others have said so long as its not an injury just keep going
  • Bombbombgo
    Bombbombgo Posts: 46
    Haha, thanks! I sooooo love Jillian! :)
  • xx_heather_xx
    xx_heather_xx Posts: 6 Member
    I am on day 4 of 30 day shred and it is rough! I was so sore after day 1 and worse after day 2 but I can honestly say it's better today than it has been. I am still sore but not like the 1st 2 days when I would moan every time I sat on the toilet. Also I can feel myself getting stronger, I am already doing more push ups and able to keep up with the cardio. I do curse Jillian a few times while I do the workout but it makes me feel a little better! Good luck! If it is just your muscles crying because they have not been used in years then power through!!!
  • RunDoozer
    RunDoozer Posts: 1,699 Member
    Yes as long as it's no an injury I work through it. In fact, once I warm up they always feel a ton better.
  • hiryze
    hiryze Posts: 48 Member
    I just completed level one and I was horribly sore for the first 4 days. I actually felt the best after my workout. I guess because my muscles were all loosened up. Around day five the soreness subsided and now I am hardly sore. I start level 2 tomorrow though so we will see how long that lasts. Just push through and do what you can.
  • SJackson50
    SJackson50 Posts: 282 Member
    Haha, thanks! I sooooo love Jillian! :)
    Lol! Me too! I don't think I would have reached my goals (or even started!) without her videotapes. Because of those tapes, I am smaller than I was in 1994!!!

    And man, after day 1 of the 30DS, sitting was my biggest problem!
  • AmyRhubarb
    AmyRhubarb Posts: 6,890 Member
    You sound just like me after my first day of 30DS! I ended up taking the next three days off because it hurt so much to walk, sit, go up even one step - it was torture! I had told my husband that if the house caught fire, he'd have to haul me out, because there was no way I could get up and run out on my own. :tongue:

    Take as many days as you need to to at least be moving without grunting - those muscles need rest, and your next session will be much better. Hang in there!
  • sonhando
    sonhando Posts: 69 Member
    That happened to me the first time I did 30ds too. Listen to your body. A little soreness is ok... But not too much
  • 99clmsntgr
    99clmsntgr Posts: 777 Member
    Are you sore or are you injured?

    If you're sore, go work out.

    If you're injured, stop. And trust me, you'll know the difference.
  • Tisha1276
    Tisha1276 Posts: 4 Member
    I'm on day three. Day one killed me. I didn't know if I was going to get through day two with every muscle sore...but it was actually easier than day one. I just pushed right through it.
  • DollyMiel
    DollyMiel Posts: 377 Member
    The first time I did 30DS I tried to do it again the day after. I barely made it through circuit 1 and called it quits. It was painful.

    I think if you're just getting into it and it really, really hurts, do another easier sort of exercise on the day after, then get back into 30DS the day after that. Then once it doesn't hurt so much, see if you want to do it every day or keep it every other day.
  • leojsivad
    leojsivad Posts: 124 Member
    You need to differentiate between your muscles being sore, and actual injury pain. Do you feel sharp, biting pain in a certain area? Then be careful. If you are just sore, take some ibuprofen, stretch, and do your workout.
  • Mr_Excitement
    Mr_Excitement Posts: 833 Member
    If your muscles are sore, they're probably still in the process of repairing themselves from your last workout. You should either do a workout that doesn't incorporate those muscle groups very much, or just wait until you aren't sore to repeat the other exercise. That's the only way your muscles will get stronger, and allow you workout with good intensity.

    *edit* Wow, am I ever out of step with the rest of the board! :D

    Well, I maintain my position. I think it's best to wait until you aren't very sore, then go again. There's no rush, and I expect you'll stop feeling much muscle soreness after the first couple of weeks.
  • leann74016
    leann74016 Posts: 242 Member
    Good news! i pushed myself and made it through the workout again. Didn't do it as high intensity as I did last night but I did it all! I am proud of myself! I am still hurting, but during the workout the pain in my legs subsided until about 15 min after the workout and then it returned. Guess this is a good pain then?
  • chellebublz
    chellebublz Posts: 568 Member
    haha the first few days of 30DS are KILLER. When I finished day 1, my quads hurt so bad I could barely walk, a couple days later they were fine. Even rolling over in bed that first 2 days made me want to cry. With 30DS you just have to work through it, it's just because your body isn't use to using these muscles. The whole program won't be like that I promise!

    I have had to take a couple days off due to injury, so I deft know the difference! :D
  • Bombbombgo
    Bombbombgo Posts: 46
    Good news! i pushed myself and made it through the workout again. Didn't do it as high intensity as I did last night but I did it all! I am proud of myself! I am still hurting, but during the workout the pain in my legs subsided until about 15 min after the workout and then it returned. Guess this is a good pain then?


    Yup, sounds like GREAT pain! AWESOME job!!
  • neandermagnon
    neandermagnon Posts: 7,436 Member
    your body grows and repairs itself when you rest, taking a planned rest day here and there won't hurt, and might even help, i.e. the next day you come back just that little bit stronger and fitter.

    I agree re pushing on through the pain if it's just muscle soreness and not an injury... but if you're getting that much muscle soreness, make sure you are also getting enough rest. A lot of people do 30 day shred on 30 consecutive days... you don't have to do that, you can take rest days to recuperate, and like i said, this may even improve your results a little. Plan your rest days though, so you don't get into a habit of deciding to have a rest day because you don't feel like working out.... only take scheduled rest days to avoid this habit... unplanned rest days are only for injuries.
  • trudijoy
    trudijoy Posts: 1,685 Member
    Theres a diff between pain and ache. Ache is natural. Pain means you either overdid it, didn't stretch/warm up/cool down correctly, or moved incorrectly at some stage. I fight through aches, and a little through pain until I ascertain if I can move with the pain. If it's an honest no, I either take a rest day and have a spa, or do light pool/walking work.

    I'm no expert though :)
  • elephant_in_the_room
    elephant_in_the_room Posts: 145 Member
    My muscles hurt. I continued anyway. Now I haven't been able to run for 7 months because I have a hamstring tendinitis. I can't recommend continuing when in pain.

    Muscle soreness is little tears in the muscle. My tendinitis is tears in the tendons that attach the muscle to the bone.
    Stretching is the worst thing you can do in either case. It's already long been proven that stretching does nothing to either prevent or cure injuries. Why is everyone still recommending stretching?
  • bigrlv
    bigrlv Posts: 5
    I am not doing 30ds, but I am lifting weights every single work day in week and muscle pains are normal thing, so I don't let them to interfere with my traininng schedual. It's hard at the beginning of workout, but after that you already has forgotten about pains, isntead tryig do your best in workout. Different thinng is if you jus't cant do it- muscles aren't rest enought, then I change my shcedual and doing something else that I can.

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