Soarness is good. It means you did well. lol. Soak in epsom salt and keep stretching, and keep every strech for 30 seconds. whatever you do, don't stop being active. Use Active Recovery. Doing easy low-impact aerobic exercise increases blood flow which helps with your recovery.
What might also work is the foam rollers. They are great; after each workout incorporate them in your cooldown.

From your description of how you stand, I am guessing you are doing things like squats and lunges. Is that right? Soreness is good, I actually like feeling sore after a workout (or even a day or two after a good one) because I know I hit it hard. Your muscles will eventually get more accustomed to doing the exercise and soreness will be less. I like the foam roller to massage the muscle and I also do some ice and heat if I feel the need.

Here is a good article I found about muscle soreness. http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=why-does-lactic-acid-buil&page=2

it doesn't give any great fixes, but since it is more related to the inflammation, ice/heat, anti-inflammatory drugs (motrin/asprin), and resting that muscle group will help it go away faster. I have heard that eating a little more protein on the hard workout days can help by providing the muscle with the needed nutrients to repair, but I don't know how accurate that is.

Hope you feel better soon and that you can get rid of the horse!

To be honest I started on the wrong foot, for the first week i had problems. But then my friends gave me so much support and motivation, now i'm working out again and doing better with my food. I seriously kicking butt this week!! I hope to see the results on the weigh in

The horse has been put back in the stable! And yes, you are right, more lunges and squats caused this. I am feeling much better today, I am off to the gym shortly and I know a whole different ache is going to occur. I have gone over my circuit with my trainer and we have added some new stuff as I wasn't working hard enough :bigsmile:
At least I know what I'm in for and am doing everything to minimize the worst........ I don't mind the ache of after a workout, but not the PAIN. Only way to stop it is to keep doing it right???? Hubby has promised to help with some massage too

Glad to hear it didn't last too long!! I've been a little sore all week from the various work and I'm looking forward to Sunday's rest. Keep at it and it will get easier to recover.

Congrats to those losing weight during this challenge.

Sadly, I've injured my hips and back and I cannot exercise for a while which has a huge impact on my weight loss plan and means that I cannot really complete the 50 day challenge efficiently. I'm seeing a physio on Friday so he can assess the situation and tell me what to do to get better asap. I hope he'll be able to provide me a list of exercises I can do while my hips and back heal.

Isabelle

Lizzy- I hope you have a healthy & full recovery. Be patient and you’ll persevere. Hang in there.