Muscles hurt for days

kathleenshaw27
kathleenshaw27 Posts: 2 Member
edited December 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
After a 45 minute workout and 30 minutes of cardio my muscles hurt for days. I workout 3x a week, so the pain never goes away.

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  • tiptoethruthetulips
    tiptoethruthetulips Posts: 3,388 Spam Moderator
    The pain should lessen in time, if it doesn't perhaps you are lifting way too heavy, bring it back a bit, give your body time to get use to it.
  • Carlos_421
    Carlos_421 Posts: 5,133 Member
    Do you want us to debate this?? Not sure why you posted this in the debate forum.
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    Well, if it's an anecdote and a fact, I cannot debate this.

    It will get better.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,486 Spam Moderator
    I'll debate it. It does go away if you're training correctly and getting enough rest and correct nutrition to recover.

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  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    ninerbuff wrote: »
    I'll debate it. It does go away if you're training correctly and getting enough rest and correct nutrition to recover.

    A.C.E. Certified Personal and Group Fitness Trainer
    IDEA Fitness member
    Kickboxing Certified Instructor
    Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition
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    I can't debate that either.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,864 Member
    ninerbuff wrote: »
    I'll debate it. It does go away if you're training correctly and getting enough rest and correct nutrition to recover.

    A.C.E. Certified Personal and Group Fitness Trainer
    IDEA Fitness member
    Kickboxing Certified Instructor
    Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition
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    Pretty much this...

    Also, a lot of people do too much too soon...
  • kathleenshaw27
    kathleenshaw27 Posts: 2 Member
    I'm 58 years young and have worked out most of my life. After a lapse I find the pain lasting much longer, I just reached out to the community for their thoughts. Thanks
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    kathleenshaw27 wrote: »
    I'm 58 years young and have worked out most of my life. After a lapse I find the pain lasting much longer, I just reached out to the community for their thoughts. Thanks

    A lapse meaning a period of time without working out? I'll tell you...I don't get sore anymore. I stopped lifting for about a week after a power lifting competition and the day after my first week back I could barely move. It's normal.
  • Cherimoose
    Cherimoose Posts: 5,208 Member
    kathleenshaw27 wrote: »
    After a 45 minute workout and 30 minutes of cardio my muscles hurt for days. I workout 3x a week, so the pain never goes away.

    Try downshifting to a 20 minute workout, and do 15 minutes of cardio. Each week, add 5 minutes to the workout.

    If you need more help, give us details about which exercises you do on which days, and how many sets of each exercise. :+1:
  • jessef593
    jessef593 Posts: 2,272 Member
    ninerbuff wrote: »
    I'll debate it. It does go away if you're training correctly and getting enough rest and correct nutrition to recover.

    A.C.E. Certified Personal and Group Fitness Trainer
    IDEA Fitness member
    Kickboxing Certified Instructor
    Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition
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    Yep. You'll naturally adapt to it over time as long as you're providing proper rest and nutrition for your body to do so. If you're one of the 1200 calories a day or less people you'll have to learn to deal with it
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    Are people on this forum really trying to debate that people in this forum can't debate pretty much anything?

    That seems highly debatable
  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,808 Member
    kathleenshaw27 wrote: »
    I'm 58 years young and have worked out most of my life. After a lapse I find the pain lasting much longer, I just reached out to the community for their thoughts. Thanks

    Sounds normal to me (56 years young) - but do you mean pain or soreness?

    If just soreness:
    Reduce intensity/volume/frequency or just put up with it until you adapt to training.

    If real "I've injured myself" pain:
    Stop, heal. Build up slowly once pain free.
  • jolive7
    jolive7 Posts: 283 Member
    Protein?
  • RoxieDawn
    RoxieDawn Posts: 15,487 Member
    kathleenshaw27 wrote: »
    I'm 58 years young and have worked out most of my life. After a lapse I find the pain lasting much longer, I just reached out to the community for their thoughts. Thanks

    I am 48 and I still need more time to recover than I used to.

    If you eat right, rest right and yes exercise right it does go away.
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