DOMS and water retention

sunn_lighter
sunn_lighter Posts: 7,891 Member
edited November 20 in Fitness and Exercise
I just started strength training. Does DOMS (and specifically, water retention) go away after the first few workouts?

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  • IsaackGMOON
    IsaackGMOON Posts: 3,358 Member
    Yes, DOMS does go away but can come back if you go heavy (at least, it does for me sometimes).

    Water retention will go away after a week or so.
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  • IsaackGMOON
    IsaackGMOON Posts: 3,358 Member
    sunn_lighter wrote: »
    So if I continue to lift twice a week, will I continue to retain water?

    Water retention usually lasts 1 or 2 weeks, after this period your water weight will decrease back to its normal levels. I had this when I first started lifting.
  • professionalHobbyist
    professionalHobbyist Posts: 1,316 Member
    If you change up your workout and get that new exercise soreness, you may hold a few pounds of water for a day or two.

    I always hold a few pounds of water after a hard lifting day. It stays for 2 days usually.

    I do legs once a week. I always get sore.

    YMMV

  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    DOMS is continuous and so is water retention.
  • jpaulie
    jpaulie Posts: 917 Member
    Liftng4Lis wrote: »
    DOMS is continuous and so is water retention.

    ^^yep
  • FitForL1fe
    FitForL1fe Posts: 1,872 Member
    dat DOMS

    DAT DOMS
  • MB_Positif
    MB_Positif Posts: 8,897 Member
    It depends.
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  • professionalHobbyist
    professionalHobbyist Posts: 1,316 Member
    Don't work out so hard!

    It is the breaking down of the muscle and rebuilding that most attribute to the temporary water gain in that muscle.

    Maybe you can find a happy medium of work but not to the extent of being so sore.
  • strong_curves
    strong_curves Posts: 2,229 Member
    sunn_lighter wrote: »
    Well, cr*p. That's hardly a consensus. :|

    I just met with a trainer and started weight training and *loved* the workout, but I can't do it anymore if it's going to cause a 3-4 pound water weight gain (and killer headache). I really need to avoid water retention because it causes a pre-exsisting neurological condition to get worse (intracranial hypertension).

    Is there no way to avoid the water retention? I'm already on a low-carb diet because it helps with water retention too.


    I've never heard of anything that doesn't cause water retention. Even doing cardio can cause some water retention.
    Even just being alive can cause water retention.
    The good thing is that water weight will eventually go away.
  • sistrsprkl
    sistrsprkl Posts: 1,010 Member
    I'm also newer to lifting and have been experiencing both. I've found that yoga helps and also aids with mobilty and form for lifting. Can you take a yoga class at your gym?
  • FitForL1fe
    FitForL1fe Posts: 1,872 Member
    I honestly never had DOMS during my first 2 years of training somehow

    the first time I squatted until I could barely re-rack the weight and nearly puked (literally)...that is when I discovered DOMS the next day
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  • lindaprofota
    lindaprofota Posts: 39 Member
    sunn_lighter wrote: »
    Well, cr*p. That's hardly a consensus. :|

    I just met with a trainer and started weight training and *loved* the workout, but I can't do it anymore if it's going to cause a 3-4 pound water weight gain (and killer headache). I really need to avoid water retention because it causes a pre-exsisting neurological condition to get worse

    Is there no way to avoid the water retention? I'm already on a low-carb diet because it helps with water retention too.

    I suffer with this also, called pseudotumor cerebri, back in the day. I have found compression socks to help in the past. Drinking water not soda or sports drinks and watching the amount of sodium in food helps me.

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  • mochapygmy
    mochapygmy Posts: 2,123 Member
    sunn_lighter wrote: »
    lindaprofota wrote: »
    sunn_lighter wrote: »
    Well, cr*p. That's hardly a consensus. :|

    I just met with a trainer and started weight training and *loved* the workout, but I can't do it anymore if it's going to cause a 3-4 pound water weight gain (and killer headache). I really need to avoid water retention because it causes a pre-exsisting neurological condition to get worse

    Is there no way to avoid the water retention? I'm already on a low-carb diet because it helps with water retention too.

    I suffer with this also, called pseudotumor cerebri, back in the day. I have found compression socks to help in the past. Drinking water not soda or sports drinks and watching the amount of sodium in food helps me.

    That's it. It sucks. The low carb diet was keeping things in check without meds but strength training brought on a bad headache and some vision issues, because of water retention. I only drink water, though.

    Speak to your Doctor to find out if you are cleared for lifting. Lifting has a lot to do with your central nervous system and forming new neural pathways as well as your muscles. I strongly recommend speaking to your Doctor before lifting again.
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  • mochapygmy
    mochapygmy Posts: 2,123 Member
    edited June 2015
    sunn_lighter wrote: »
    mochapygmy wrote: »
    sunn_lighter wrote: »
    lindaprofota wrote: »
    sunn_lighter wrote: »
    Well, cr*p. That's hardly a consensus. :|

    I just met with a trainer and started weight training and *loved* the workout, but I can't do it anymore if it's going to cause a 3-4 pound water weight gain (and killer headache). I really need to avoid water retention because it causes a pre-exsisting neurological condition to get worse

    Is there no way to avoid the water retention? I'm already on a low-carb diet because it helps with water retention too.

    I suffer with this also, called pseudotumor cerebri, back in the day. I have found compression socks to help in the past. Drinking water not soda or sports drinks and watching the amount of sodium in food helps me.

    That's it. It sucks. The low carb diet was keeping things in check without meds but strength training brought on a bad headache and some vision issues, because of water retention. I only drink water, though.

    Speak to your Doctor to find out if you are cleared for lifting. Lifting has a lot to do with your central nervous system and forming new neural pathways as well as your muscles. I strongly recommend speaking to your Doctor before lifting again.

    I will. The cardiologist said exercise was OK, but I didn't think to ask to my neurologist. :#

    I wasn't aware of the how the CNS played such a big part in strength training until I started lifting and started learning more. Our bodies are pretty fascinating. Hopefully, you'll get cleared/ get a good answer for your water weight complication. Personally I tend to hold the initial water weight about 3-4 weeks after starting which is a bit unusually but normal for my body. Weird and fascinating bodies.
    B)
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