MY LEGS ARE GOING TO FALL OFF!! HELP

Hot bath works for me :happy:

I hate to say this, but the second day is usually worse. The best thing you can do is to keep at it. This to shall pass. Proud of you for obviously pushing yourself!

I hear you should drink lots of water, move some - maybe take a slow walk to loosen up the muscles and work out the lactic acid, and maybe some gentle stretching. I try these things too - they don't take it all away, but it does help! Good luck!

Worst thing you can do is not move, you need to keep moving and stretchs sometimes help me. Drink alot of water and if needed take some Motrin or Advil. It will get better! 

...keep moving =(
sorry!! but it might get worse before it gets better!! Laugh about it, take ibuprofin, stretch gently, but dont not exercise because your legs are sore from exercise (if your INJURED rest!!) but just keep moving!

Lactic acid build up, keep stretching and drink plenty of water. Once your body adjusts to the amount of exercise your doing it will stop. I did 30DS yesterday and I woke up in pain. My legs are killing me!! I just kept stretching it out and made sure I did extra stretching before I did 30DS today. It helped a lot and was able to complete my workout. )

I love stretching my legs the most when they hurt.

Not a whole lot you can do! But that means you were working your *kitten* off! So great job!! For me, the initial "hurting-soreness" goes away in 2-3 days...but then it's the "feel good soreness" that will come after you recover and continue to workout hard. I think most people strive for that kind of soreness once they get a taste of it! Good luck and great job!!

Not disagreeing with the hot bath idea, but there is a reason athletes sit in a jet tub of ice water. If you have a cold lake to go sit in, or a pool that is cold (the bigger kind you can buy at Target, etc...), go sit in them. It is like icing an injury, helps with the inflammation of all the muscle cells you damaged (in the process of building more muscle!!)

All the other suggestions are good, I think I would also try a hot bath after a cold one too!!! Keep working out-you don't want this pain to be for nothing. I always think how extremely sore the people on the Biggest Loser are, then they have to go back to the gym and get yelled at

STRETCH!!!!!!!
Sit in a warm bath with some epsom salt in it and STRETCH!!!!!!!!!!!!
STRETCH!!!!!!!!
Drink water
Take an anti inflammatory

oh yeah and STRETCH!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh my goodness!!!! I did a lower body workout last night, and my legs and my behind are KILLING ME!! I can barley walk!!!

Is there anything I can do to make them not hurt so much? It hurts to move :sad:

I too went through this same situation this weekend....I literally could NOT move and even in my sleep when I would move I was in pain. I upped my water and I allowed myself my rest days off (even though I usually still do SOMETHING even on these days). I can also tell you that not moving made it worse when I did try to move. The second day was worse than the first day but today I woke up and made myself get right back at it and I am nowhere near as sore as I was.

I highly recommend that you ensure you have correct body form so that you're not injurying yourself. I would rather do less and do them correctly than do more and do them all wrong!!

Another thing that may help, besides water, is bananas The potassium will help you with aches. Pop a couple of ibuprophen, take a hot bath and relax...then get right back at it tomorrow!!

My boyfriend (he is a MMA fighter and has always been fit) is found of saying "Pain is weakness leaving the body".....that is something that I keep in the back of my head at all times. Just remember, there is a difference between the pain that you experience from pushing yourself correctly and the pain that you experience from pushing yourself to an injury that can keep you out of the game for a long time.

OHHHHH, and also make sure that you're adequetly warming up and cooling down...this will help your muscles tremendously. Yoga is awesome for this and I always end my evenings with at least 30 minutes of vinyasa yoga If you have Netflix, check out Candlelight Yoga from Crunch

Good luck!!

Nice job. Another thing you can try for next time, if your gym has a sauna, go in there after your workout for a few minutes and then try to do a little light stretching in there. If they have a pool too, alterate going from the hot for a few minutes to the cold for a few minutes.

Don't be worried if you gain a few lbs for a few days. Every time I start something new, it shocks my muscles so bad the areas actually swell with water as if injured. When it was my core muscles especially, this did not look too flattering. But it's only temporary.

I am going to remember this next time I decide its a good idea to do it lol.

No! Push through, and very soon you will either have significantly less soreness, or possibly even none at all. You should remember it if after that point, you ever think about quitting, now that you know how it will be at the beginning if you have to start again.

bananas bananas bananas!

My doc told me to eat one before bed when I was pregnant to relieve leg cramps. It works for all sorts of muscle pain! Replace your potassium...vitamins are good but not as good as a banana