Delayed Onset Muscle soreness?

try some dynamic stretching BEFORE a work out, such as windmills, arm crosses, knee circles, and hip circles, plus jumping jacks. i do about 30 jumping jacks before any work out, to get the muscles moving and blood flowing. food loaded with potassium will help, such as bananas. do a nice big static stretch after your workout.

also, it would help knowing what kind of work outs you do, and how often you do them.

after exercise drink plenty of water!

Thanks for the quick reply! I'll give this a go.
I work out at home and am currently doing the following twice a week - weights are very low (5Kg) as I'm not strong enough yet!

Pull up attempts (until I manage even one!)

Chest press on ball – 3 x 10 with hand weights

Overhead press – 3 x 10 with hand weights

Bicep curl – 3 x 10 with hand weights

Tricep dips – 3 x 10

Lunges – 4 x 10

Squats with weight – 3 x 10

Press ups (start on wall, work up to full) – 3 x 10

Crunches on ball – 3 x 10

Twist crunches – 3 x 10

Plank – hold as long as possible

Stretches

wow, no cardio??? you need to do some cardio, unless you're not trying to lose weight.

and i love planks. great for abs. try a rolling plank. your body to be entirely supported on one sides forearm and foot. hold for 30, switch. Like this:

Magnasium supplements are suppose to help, plus it will get easier over time

Maybe you should start with lighter weights and build up...

Bump

Maybe do a five minute cardio before using weights, anything like jumping jacks, light jog, ect...... and a great stretch after your total workout. I found deep ice good for muscle soreness as well.

Your muscles are sore because you're working to the point where you're creating little tears in your muscle tissue. That'a great way to bulk up, tone up, maybe lose a few inches as your muscles tighten, but you might also *gain* some. When I was older, I used to get terrible DOMS 2 days after exercise. Now that I'm older, it's really hard for me to put forth the kind of effort it takes to experience that.

If you want to burn fat, you have to train your body to do that. You need aerobics! The best way is to find out what your maximum heart rate (MHR) is, then figure out what your fat burning and cardio zones are. When you first start working out, it's best to spend most of your time in the fat burn zone (roughly 65-85 percent of your MHR). As your body gets used to that, start working at high intensity for short bursts, then increase them. If your heart is really thumping hard when you're working, you're not burning much fat - you're burning carbs and will be wondering why you're not losing that flab.

I'm a fat old lady well into menopause. I know what they say about doing 30 minutes of aerobic exercise 3 times a week to get fit. No way does that work for me. I'm now doing at least 1 to 1-1/2 hours per DAY at a minimum, and the weight is finally starting to come off. You gotta do whatever works.

Just a little tip for pull ups since you are struggling to get one: Put your foot on a chair to help you up, the farther away the chair is from you the more your arms are doing the work until you don't even need the chair anymore! Hope that helps

I was wondering if anyone has any tips to ease this? I've started working out and am finding the DOMS excruciating - last night I could hardly walk 36 hours after the work out! I do stretch after a session, is there anything else I can do as a preventative measure or will this just go away with time?

Keep exercising, you will build up a tolerance to the pain. Maybe even start to enjoy it.

To ease the pain, excersize.

Yep. Also do NOT take a hot bath. Heat and sore is bad news...bad...news. Ice bath if you need to but no heat. I see DOMS as a sigh I am increasing my fitness level. That being said, it is not something you should have after every workout, you may need to back it up a bit.

omg, i think i'm gonna have to go get a sports massage!!