Day After Leg Day

sncoombs
sncoombs Posts: 31
edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
Ouuuuuuuch!
I'm sure the majority of you will feel my pain....but...has anyone got any tips on what to do to reduce this soreness? I feel like its negatively impacting my workouts for the following 2days - even basic cardio! Any tips/help would be amazing xx

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  • paj315
    paj315 Posts: 335 Member
    Make sure your nutrition is on point. Recovery is much easier when you're well fed. Walking also really helps the soreness.
  • sncoombs
    sncoombs Posts: 31
    paj315 wrote: »
    Make sure your nutrition is on point. Recovery is much easier when you're well fed. Walking also really helps the soreness.

    I think nutrition is my biggest problem! Will definitly try and get a walk in though!
    Thank youuu
  • gothchiq
    gothchiq Posts: 4,590 Member
    dump a ton of epsom salts in your bathtub and soak!!!
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    I dunno, I get some bad DOMS but the next day is a different body part, and cardio feels fine and actually kind of good the day after leg day.
  • sncoombs
    sncoombs Posts: 31
    gothchiq wrote: »
    dump a ton of epsom salts in your bathtub and soak!!!

    I've never used Epsom before but heard loads of good things! Thankyou :)
  • tomsarno
    tomsarno Posts: 105 Member
    I don't know how long you have been doing legs but I found time is the key. For the first couple of months day after leg day was very uncomfortable. As the months pass the day after seems less painful. Doubt it will ever be not noticeable, but it is very tolerable after a year.
  • dougpconnell219
    dougpconnell219 Posts: 566 Member
    A massage if you can afford it. Foam roller a cheap option.

    Ibuprofen.

    Ice, then heat.

    I have a vibration plate you stand on that helps.

    It gets better after the first few weeks. Your muscles are in wtf! Mode right now.
  • GiddyupTim
    GiddyupTim Posts: 2,819 Member
    Keep doing it. DOMS gets better over time -- if you keep at it.
    We have a vibration plate at the gym where I go. It is the silliest piece of equipment in the world. It is like those old shaker belts! But it is kinda fun. I stand on it every once in a while and I don't care who knows it!
  • sncoombs
    sncoombs Posts: 31
    tomsarno wrote: »
    I don't know how long you have been doing legs but I found time is the key. For the first couple of months day after leg day was very uncomfortable. As the months pass the day after seems less painful. Doubt it will ever be not noticeable, but it is very tolerable after a year.

    I was a regular crossfitter for about a year but then suffered from back injury and have been out for 7months :(
    I've only been back about a month or so...I just can't ever remember being this sore and I'm so impatient!
    Thanks for all the advice hun :)
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    sncoombs wrote: »
    tomsarno wrote: »
    I don't know how long you have been doing legs but I found time is the key. For the first couple of months day after leg day was very uncomfortable. As the months pass the day after seems less painful. Doubt it will ever be not noticeable, but it is very tolerable after a year.

    I was a regular crossfitter for about a year but then suffered from back injury and have been out for 7months :(
    I've only been back about a month or so...I just can't ever remember being this sore and I'm so impatient!
    Thanks for all the advice hun :)

    Did you hurt your back doing cross fit? Is that what you are back to?
  • sncoombs
    sncoombs Posts: 31
    dougpconnell219 wrote: »
    A massage if you can afford it. Foam roller a cheap option.

    Ibuprofen.

    Ice, then heat.

    I have a vibration plate you stand on that helps.

    It gets better after the first few weeks. Your muscles are in wtf! Mode right now.

    "Wtf mode" is a definite way to describe it!
    Thanks for the help - will definitely try the Vibro plates in the gym! :)
  • sncoombs
    sncoombs Posts: 31
    arditarose wrote: »
    sncoombs wrote: »
    tomsarno wrote: »
    I don't know how long you have been doing legs but I found time is the key. For the first couple of months day after leg day was very uncomfortable. As the months pass the day after seems less painful. Doubt it will ever be not noticeable, but it is very tolerable after a year.

    I was a regular crossfitter for about a year but then suffered from back injury and have been out for 7months :(
    I've only been back about a month or so...I just can't ever remember being this sore and I'm so impatient!
    Thanks for all the advice hun :)

    Did you hurt your back doing cross fit? Is that what you are back to?

    Nope! I had a fall and ended up having to have a lumbar puncture and months of physio :(
    I'd never go back to crossfit now anyway!
    Far too aggressive for me at the moment! :)
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    sncoombs wrote: »
    arditarose wrote: »
    sncoombs wrote: »
    tomsarno wrote: »
    I don't know how long you have been doing legs but I found time is the key. For the first couple of months day after leg day was very uncomfortable. As the months pass the day after seems less painful. Doubt it will ever be not noticeable, but it is very tolerable after a year.

    I was a regular crossfitter for about a year but then suffered from back injury and have been out for 7months :(
    I've only been back about a month or so...I just can't ever remember being this sore and I'm so impatient!
    Thanks for all the advice hun :)

    Did you hurt your back doing cross fit? Is that what you are back to?

    Nope! I had a fall and ended up having to have a lumbar puncture and months of physio :(
    I'd never go back to crossfit now anyway!
    Far too aggressive for me at the moment! :)

    Ah, okay. Just curious. Glad you're feeling better.
  • sncoombs
    sncoombs Posts: 31
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    arditarose wrote: »
    sncoombs wrote: »
    arditarose wrote: »
    sncoombs wrote: »
    tomsarno wrote: »
    I don't know how long you have been doing legs but I found time is the key. For the first couple of months day after leg day was very uncomfortable. As the months pass the day after seems less painful. Doubt it will ever be not noticeable, but it is very tolerable after a year.

    I was a regular crossfitter for about a year but then suffered from back injury and have been out for 7months :(
    I've only been back about a month or so...I just can't ever remember being this sore and I'm so impatient!
    Thanks for all the advice hun :)

    Did you hurt your back doing cross fit? Is that what you are back to?

    Nope! I had a fall and ended up having to have a lumbar puncture and months of physio :(
    I'd never go back to crossfit now anyway!
    Far too aggressive for me at the moment! :)

    Ah, okay. Just curious. Glad you're feeling better.

    Awh, much better thank you!! :smile: :smile:
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