does it slow your progress to worout when your sore, even if you had a day of rest?
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No, and the workout will often relieve some of the soreness.
150188
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 because you don't feel delayed muscle soreness that doesn't mean you're not having an effective workout. That's a misconception.  Your muscles become conditioned to respond to a specific stimulus and they adapt through various physiological processes.  Muscle soreness is simply one way your body is adapting to change in stimulus.  Studies theorize that changes in pH, microtears in the muscle and byproducts are primarily responsible for muscle soreness, but even though muscle soreness disappears after a few months to years of training, muscles continue to grow and adapt despite repetitive muscle soreness.  Just as an example, individuals who use anabloic steroids and agents rarely experience muscle soreness yet achieve incredible muscle growth.\n\nIt's too lengthy to explain further for the purposes of this forum, but the concept of cycles and periodization are readily available in several text books that focus on strength conditioning. \n\nHere's a great article:\nhttp://www.unm.edu/~lkravitz/Article%20folder/periodization.html
523700
Yes u can at times... Pulled muscle will lead to extreme pain at times when u move ur legs..infact its not easy to move ur legs.. take care of it.. give it the ample amout of rest and bit of massaging everyday will help
778794
It should ease over the next 24 hours, try putting on a heat pack for 15 mins also, with some gentle stretches. Good luck, if still sore in 48 hrs prob need a bit of physio
606852
Resistance weight training causes micro-tears to the muscles being trained; this is generally known as micro-trauma. These micro-tears in the muscle contribute to the soreness felt after exercise, called delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS). It is the repair to these micro-trauma that result in muscle growth. Normally, this soreness becomes most apparent a day or two after a workout.\n\ntake l-glutamine around 3000mg a day to help this
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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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The consensus of information tells us that you have stressed your muslce tissues, and that can be a good thing.  Now, you begin to benefit from rest period, for this is when your muscles grow.  Be sure to rest every other day the muscles you worked out.  By doing this you enhance the growth and minimize chances of injury.\n\nGood luck.\n\nPS.  My advice: learn to "listen" to your muscles.  Sometimes it's good to take as much as a couple days off.  Don't feel guilty about this, but be sure you get back to the routines so that you'll continue to benefit.
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Stretching BOTH before and after the workout.  Warm up before for about 10 minutes doing cardio after the stretches.  Make sure you're hydrated. Eat a banana afterwards.  Enjoy a hot tub or bath.  OR maybe just don't work quite so hard!!  :o)  The phrase "No pain, no gain" is overrated!  If you gradually build up your muscles instead of tearing them, you'll feel better the next day and probably more like continuing the training sessions.  If you hurt all the time, you may give up too soon.  :o)
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DOMS delayed onset muscle soreness. Search it on the web.
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Soreness is to be expected.  If you continue to work out your body will get used to it and you will only be sore and or tired for maybe 30 min. or less after your workout.  I work out a lot myself and have experienced that many times when I have stopped working out and then started again.  Happy to help.
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Yes, and it hurts like hell! Just alternate heat and ice every 20 minutes, and it will help a lot. I did this by powerwalking. It takes a while to heal. My doctor put me in a walking boot so I could continue to walk. Just be patient!
236547
depends on your age. If you exercise regularly the pain, weakness and soreness will be gone. don't lift heavy stuff. practice regularly.
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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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Smart-Alec answer:.... depends on how far you want to walk as to how much time is required!  :-0\n\nActual answer:  If you feel sore and awkward, it's probably because you stretched some muscles that are unaccustomed to this form of exercise.  A nice bath or shower will help relax the muscles and start the process of 'recovery'.  \n\nAs with any form or exercise / physical exertion or work-out program, you need to start off slowly, and gradually increase the duration of the work-outs as well as the frequency.
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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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Two days is what is most often advised.\n\nIf it is strength training, stretching between the exercises can just about eliminate any after-exercise pain.  But it should be the right stretches and they should be undertaken with good form.
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it could be muscle soreness, but this usualy occurs the following day.\n\nthe most likely factor is that you are not following proper form doing your exercises. this is generally 90% of the problem especialy if your back and neck is involved.\n\nif you go to a gym where there are trainers, i would suggest you take a quick course on proper exercise form, it will save you a lot of pain and will help you build muscle faster. dont feel bad, all newcomers at this make the same mistakes.\n\nto help in your problem, you can also apply ice for no more than 30 min to the area that hurts, it will help stop the swelling. after that apply something hot for another 30 min, this will cause increased bloodflow and will help repair the muscles that are in pain.\n\ngood luck!