Muscle pain after workout

EmmaReed84

Sorry for posting two threads in a row, but I have two different questions and did not want to confuse the threads...

On Monday after my workout I could "feel" I had worked out. On Tuesday I could REALLY feel I had worked out. Wednesday, worked out, slight ache. Friday I did my work and felt I had really pushed myself. By the time i got home I could really feel it, but woke Saturday feeling like I had not done anything? Does this mean I have not worked as hard as I though?

I know this may sound so stupid, but does the amount you "ache/feel it" after a work indicate how hard you have worked?

MinnieInMaine

I think it depends on what you did during those workouts... a little more detail might help.

EmmaReed84

I think it depends on what you did during those workouts... a little more detail might help.

Bike- warm up 10 minutes
Elliptical- 8 Minutes (30sec level 10 1 minute level 5)

TRX (4 sets 10 reps)
~Chest press
~45 degree row
~Jackknife
~Mountain climbers
~Jackknife twists

Weights (4 sets, 6 reps, 30kg)
~BB squats
~Dead lifts
~Stiff leg dead lifts

Treadmill
15/20 minutes (cool down)

All three days.

EmmaReed84

Anyone?

EmmaReed84

No one?

v70t5m

The body adapts to strain, especially with the same types of demand. Can you imagine always being as sore as you are the second day after a tough workout?

It is only when you challenge yourself in a new way that the pain starts up again.

The first week after I switch to a new lifting program, I am going to be very sore. The following weeks, not so much.

healthyKYgirl

Muscle soreness does not imply harder working. Your body gets better at managing the pain and responding to the lactic acid in the muscles to diminish soreness. If while you are working you feel sweaty, breathing hard, feel you can't possibly do another rep, then you are working hard. If you don't feel like you worked hard during or right after the workout, then you probably didn't.

EmmaReed84

Muscle soreness does not imply harder working. Your body gets better at managing the pain and responding to the lactic acid in the muscles to diminish soreness. If while you are working you feel sweaty, breathing hard, feel you can't possibly do another rep, then you are working hard. If you don't feel like you worked hard during or right after the workout, then you probably didn't.

During my work out I feel like I am going to die! LOL!

I get home and sit on the sofa for about 5 minutes before going up for a shower and I ache, but the next morning I felt totally fine.

contingencyplan

No, as your body get used to moving a certain way under load, soreness you feel will gradually decrease. Only "new movements" will bring back that same kind of soreness again.

syntaxxor

You were experiencing DoMs. Which is what makes you sore after working out. The peak pain period is 48 hours after your workout.

If you make working out part of your lifestyle and continue the routines, you won't feel it anymore. You may be sore from time to time from over exerting and things like that, but DoMs goes away.

When I first started doing KB swings my lower back would literally seize up in pain, after a week; I don't feel any of that anymore.

edack72

I can relate , this is how I'd feel but then I made rest an important part of my fitness schedule i used to workout hard everyday, cutting back I can now do workouts I never thought I could do because I am giving my body a chance to regenerate.