overcoming muscle soreness

You should stretch before and after a workout to prevent muscle soreness.
I've been told to eat banana's for potassium to help with muscle soreness but then I've also been told banana's contribute to belly fat. Have you tried a hot shower or soak in a tub then stretching your aching muscles to help alleviate the soreness?
If you keep up the exercising your muscles will get used to being used but maybe start off with half the intensity and work your way up.

In my experience, the first time (or two) that you do a new exercise, your muscles will yell at you a bit. Usually what I do is just continue to do the exercise the next scheduled time, and the soreness goes away. Be sure to stretch after any exercise.

Recently I started using the Biggest Loser Wii Fit game, and after the first routine my legs and thighs were really cooked. Sore big time the next day. Day after that, though, I did the routine again, and the soreness was gone by the end of the routine, and didn't come back the next day.

You should stretch before and after a workout to prevent muscle soreness.
I've been told to eat banana's for potassium to help with muscle soreness but then I've also been told banana's contribute to belly fat. Have you tried a hot shower or soak in a tub then stretching your aching muscles to help alleviate the soreness?
If you keep up the exercising your muscles will get used to being used but maybe start off with half the intensity and work your way up.

Why would bananas contribute to belly fat any more than another fruit? That's silly.

Stretch. Best advice I could give you even if it hurts to do it! The next time you do it, you probably won't be as sore.

^^^^^^^ kudos, especially the protein right before you go to bed so that it works on healing you up while you sleep

Time, foam rolling, warm baths and the occasional Advil help me with muscle soreness.

stretching & protein

This and plenty of water!

Uhhh...I'm in tip top shape and I still get sore. That's what's supposed to happen. Stretching definitely helps a lot. But remember to not just do static stretching (where you just sit and hold a stretch) but do some squats and slow movement stretches too. Also remember to exercise a different muscle group everyday and have 1-3 rest days a week. Hope this helps!

New stimulus often causes muscle soreness.

Keep doing it and it won't be sore anymore.

Pre-medicating with anti-inflammatories before exercise - there is stupid information and there is dangerous information. Pre-medicating is stupidly dangerous. Taking anti-inflamatoriues or pain meds before exercise is awful advice, so what if you really injure yourself with something like tendon damage, is it not likely that the meds are masking serious problems. Constant self-medicating with Ibuprofen is just 100% wrong for lots of reasons which anyone can google or a search engine like Wolfram Alpha.

DOMS just is, the only thing we know about DOMS is that nobody really understands it. Stretching does not prevent it, myofascial release seems too to some degree, by far the best is to do the exercise again but without the gusto of the first time (a bit like the expression for drinking, A hair of the dog that bit you) and warmup followed by DYNAMIC STRETCHING is much better than static stretching and into exercising.

See it written all the time on these boards, Stretch then exercise, it is warm up, dynamic stretch, exercise, stretch, cool down, cold shower, done. Second stretch and cold shower optional.

I know this is deviating from the original topic but is it normal to "gain" weight after just one session. Do your muscles hold more water when they are sore or something? I hate to sound stupid but before the workout I weight 241 and the day after the workout I was at 246. Today I'm down to 240. I know that the human body can fluctiate up to 8 pounds per day based on bowel movements, water intake/output, food intake and many other reasons but this dumbfounded me. Just wondering if anyone could clue me in. I also know that muscle weighs more than fat but I highly doubt that I gained 5 pounds of muscle in one workout only to lose it again two days later. What's up?

And yes, it was harsh but its true. Thank you. I would expect no less from my fellow MFPers.

Please don't say muscle weighs more than fat. It doesn't. A pound is a pound. Muscle is more DENSE than fat, yes. And if you're a woman, if you can gain 5 lbs of muscle in 6 months, you're amazing. It won't happen after one workout. To me, it sounds like water retention. I weigh myself every day in the morning.

So this past Friday I did the entire (well as much as possible) 40 minute workout of Jillian's "No More Trouble Zones". Then yesterday I hurt so bad I couldn't move. My upper body was a little tender but my lower body was so sore I could hardly go up and down stairs. Now here's my question. Was that too much? She says to push as hard as you can but does that mean you shouldn't be able to move the next day. I'm still a little sore today but went for a walk with some running in it and it was fine but I'm afraid to do the dvd again because I'm really into this exercising everyday thing. Any comments or suggestions?

Enjoy it! DOMS (Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness) is a rite of passage, and a medal of honor! If you've got it, it means you've probably worked your *kitten* off and should pat yourself on the back (if it didn't hurt so much to stretch that far).

In all seriousness... if you're doing something your body isn't used it, it's going to complain at you for awhile probably. Take it as a good sign, and take the good (getting in better shape) with the bad (feeling uncomfortable for a bit).

There's lots of people out there who won't do what you're doing because they don't want to experience any discomfort... so you're better than them. :d

as long as there is no injury, muscle soreness is fine. wait until you're not sore anymore, and then hit it again. each time it will get easier, and there will be little to no soreness in a short matter of time. be sure to give yourself at least 1 day rest in between each time.