should I work out the next day if I am really sore? or should I wait?
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It's normal to be sore, but don't use it an excuse to not go. Go again, but make sure you stretch really well before your workout. \nGood luck!
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Just be ready for th aches and pains tomorrow.\n\nCoach
269239
I would let any muscle group rest 48 hours before hitting them up again.  Rest is essential.
671315
It doesn't mean that your training is ineffective, just not as effective as it might be.  Muscle soreness is a sign that you're tearing down the muscle fibers, forcing them to rebuild bigger and stronger.  If your muscles are not getting sore after a workout, you are probably not pushing them hard enough.  This means you should increase the weight that you perform exercises with (not increasing sets/reps).\n\nStudies have shown that workout intensity is the number one factor in stimulating myodilation (muscle growth).  Intensity means putting up as much weight as you can for as many reps as you can.  This translates into sets of 6-8 reps until failure followed by several forced repetitions (a spotter helps you lift the weight after you have reached muscle failure with the full weight).  Of course make sure you are warmed up properly before attempting any heavy weights.  With this kind of training, you should experience extreme strength and muscularity gains (assuming you follow proper nutrition for a weightlifter).  High-intensity training allows you to workout much less often as your muscles and nervous system need more time to recover following your workout.  You should not work any particular muscle group more than once in a 5-day period.\n\nSo, basically, lift harder and heavier and you'll get better results.
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depends on your level of fitness and if you training for a specific event; generally if you body aches all the time you are doing to much.  I train with weight, row, and do martial arts and Yoga, was ill for little over a week (still all little cough) but the accidentally imposed rest time really made a difference to my body appearance (for the better).  So rest is as important as the exercise.  Every day if you working different muscle groups, three to 'max' of four if you doing a general overall workout.  Don't work to hard as you will likely just put your self of and end up doing nothing.  Hope this helps
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yes because when u lift weights, u dont "gain muscle", u tear your body tissue. Then, ur body will heal the tissue and make it stronger. thus, strengthening ur muscle. if u lift weights everyday ur body wont have a chance to heal the tissue that u have tore. It is best to alternate days when u exercise. 1 day lift weights, next day go jogging, then lift weights again, then jogging again.
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You need to drink lots of water. If you are that sore, then you must be sweating it out by the buckets! Also, plain water is not the best. Drink something that balances your electrolyets, like Gatorade or some similar product. If you don't want to go broke buying Gatorade, make your own. Just mix Kool-Aid or whatever brand you prefer (non-sweetened) with 1/2 cup sugar and 1/2 tsp salt. This replaces what your body loses during the workout. I would recommend drinking 1 liter of water for every hour you are working out, and following up with one liter of Gatorade and continued water until bed. Also, keep water by your bedside and drink it regularly when you wake up at night (to turn over or to get up and go to the bathroom). Doing these things will prevent your body from getting too dehydrated from the work out and will rebalance your electrolytes. Also, do not strenuously work out the same muscle groups 2 days in a row. This does more harm than good as the muscle does not have time to repair and grow between workouts. DO however stretch the muscles thoroughly and make sure that you do not "nurse" them the next day. Stretching a couple times throught the day, combined with your normal activity, will help to release the lactic acid from the muscles as quickly as possible. The less you drink and the more you "nurse" the muscle, the longer you will be sore. Finally, eat banans and raisins as your snacks. These are high potassium fruits and will help to prevent muscle cramps, especially at night. I learned all these things the hard way when I began working out. I hope what I have learned helps you!
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if you work out everyday then you almost become immune to it. so leave a day between workouts, then next time you go, increase the load but go slower and do fewer reps at a time. and really take your time doing it to get the most out of each rep. ita about quality not quantity. make sure you warm up too.
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If you have these respiratory symptoms (coughing, wheezing, any tightness or pain in chest) I would skip the workout (until you feel better).  If it is mostly nasal symptoms, and mild cold symptoms (stuffy or runny nose, mild sore throat) you could do the workout, maybe just go a little slower, or spend less time doing the workout.\n\n       If you have a fever, you should not work out.  If you feel really tired, I would say skip it (there's always tomorrow or next time).
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You should typically skip AT LEAST 1-2 days between most workouts to allow your muscles to recover and grow. However, I have read that the abdomen muscles can be trained every day.
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You're going to have microtears in your muscles no matter what when you lift weights, there just comes a point where you are over doing it.  \n\nNot being sore is not a bad thing.  You have to learn how your body reacts and adapts to training.  I am rarely sore, perhaps a little stiff or tight, but not sore, however I continue to grow and get stronger.\n\nOn whether or not you need to lift more weights or do more reps, you may need to think about the goals you are actually trying to achieve to determine that answer.\n\nThere is not plain cut answer for you here, just because some one is a trainer or a fitness instructor doesn't mean they have any idea what they are talking about.  Most of them just regurgitate what was taught to them in a 2 day class or the latest body building magazine that's loaded with crap.
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You need to talk to a personal trainer about your routine. There are terms we use called microcycles, macrocycles and periodization which are short-term and long-term variations in programs that work together to keep your fitness moving forward.  Each week's change in exercise focus gives the body a new stress to adapt to while providing a chance for the body to recover from the previous stress.\n\nHere's a sample:\nhttp://www.exrx.net/WeightTraining/Periodization.html\n\nJust as a side note, just because you don't feel delayed muscle soreness that doesn't mean you're not having an effective workout.  That's a misconception.\n\nIt's too lengthy to explain further for the purposes of this forum, but the concepts are readily available in several text books that focus on strength conditioning.
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Yeah if you did all of that and you still don't feel the burn then maybe you should go and do it double the amount tonight. But then again why do you want to feel pain??? \nJust b/c you are not hurting doesn't necessarily mean that you need more just gradually increase your amount of squats and pushups everynight. But don't go over board with it you don't want to hurt yourself!!!!
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First of all, it's a bit too late to train.  If you're in some sort of shape, at least gete out and do each of the three activities in the next week a time or two to make sure you won't get sore.  \n\nMake sure you take a couple of days off before the race.
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sore, but you'll be ok
588593
You can get the same results as running, if you walk at a brisk pace.  When you are saying you're "stressing out your leg muscles" are they hurting?  Are you just beginning your program?  Consider this: walking for 10 minutes to warm up, then run for 10, walk for 10, run for ten.  Try alternating running and walking, or put the running aside for a week and walk fast for about 30 minutes, you'll get the same results and with no added impact to your knees, legs, feet, joints, back.\n   If you do decide you want to keep running, walk for at least 5 minutes first to get your muscles warmed up.  Starting to run right away without warming them up first can cause some injury to them, and then you're "on break" for awhile.  \nOh and to answer your question (finally!) yes, walking and running every other day will certainly burn fat.    Hope this helps....
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To your muscles, they do not know if you are pushing or lifting your body, a big rock, or even a set of weights. WEIGHT is WEIGHT.\n\nWhen you exercise to failure, your muscles are simply worn out.\nIf you exercise AGAIN, the same day, after you have worn out your muscles, you are damaging your muscles, not helping them.\n\nIf you want to get good results; do your exercises, and then rest a day before you exercise again. The muscles grow stronger and healthier when they are resting, not when you are exercising.\n\nNOW for the difference with calisthenics and weightlifting. \n\nWhen you do weightlifting, you can choose how much weight you are lifting. When you do calisthenics, or even pushups, the amount of weight you push against or lift, is based entirely on the weight of your body. You cannot add weight, or take weight away.\n\nSoooo, if your are not physically fit enough to push or lift against your body weight, you strain and sprain yourself into injury. With weights, you can CHOOSE how much to lift and avoid injury if what you want to lift is too heavy. Simply cut back on the weights.\n\nBottom line, weightlifting will take you further, with rest included, than any other exercise.