Soreness and time for healing

Dazed · 11-22-2008

A handful of you might know me from the "Gym intimidation" thread!

I wanted to ask a question. I'm thinking of only doing two weight training sessions each week for the first two weeks. My idea is to give myself an extra day of rest to let my body heal. However, I also want to get significant results quickly. I'm a fairly fast healer, should I just push through the pain? Or give myself time to get used to it all?

Decisions, decisions.

Hamoth · 11-22-2008

Great job for starting! It's awesome that you are listening to you body and being mindful.

Follow the program.

Do you have a Success Journal? You might be amazed at how fast you recover...I wrote when I first started I wrote that I was sure I would not be ready for my second upper-body lifting day. When that day came it was the first day all week that I wasn't sore.

This program is very well designed and if you follow it, things will fall in to place.
Good luck!

Kmo · 11-23-2008

When I started my lower body was killing me the day after, I couldnt even walk up 1 flight of stairs the next day, but i went in the day after and did the cardio and everything went away after.

Maybe it was my luck that day but it worked

Maljonic · 11-24-2008

Push through the pain! Give it a few months and you'll be yearning for the pain you first achieved at the start, it gets harder and harder to make yourself sore as you get stonger. If you made yourself sore it's actually a good thing, it means you've torn your muscle fibres a bit and when they repair they will be a bit tougher - it's how muscles are formed.

I remember years ago reading about Sylvester Stallone, before he was famous, where he used to work out so hard that he used to fall off his bicycle on the way home because his legs were so worn out.

tskeltonpga · 11-24-2008

if you are worried about getting sore just try to time your meals right so you eat right after you workout...i have a shake after i workout with creatine and l glutamine in it...the L-glutamine is great for recovery

Drewno · 11-25-2008

Yeah the first week is definitely a tough adjustment, but all of that fades after about 10 days and you never really deal with sever soreness ever again. I personally don't even notice after-workout soreness any more and I'm only on week 7. I will say this though: For the first two weeks I didn't think I was going to be able to do the lifting days because I felt so darn sore, but as soon as I started lifting the soreness (temporarily) went away. This also applied to cardio days where even though my quads were in PAAAAAIN I was still able to pretty easily hop on an exercise bike for 20 minutes.

So I recommend doing the full routine right off the bat, but I see nothing wrong with easing your way into it.

11-22-2008	#1 (permalink)
Dazed Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Texas Posts: 4	Soreness and time for healing A handful of you might know me from the "Gym intimidation" thread! I wanted to ask a question. I'm thinking of only doing two weight training sessions each week for the first two weeks. My idea is to give myself an extra day of rest to let my body heal. However, I also want to get significant results quickly. I'm a fairly fast healer, should I just push through the pain? Or give myself time to get used to it all? Decisions, decisions.

11-22-2008	#2 (permalink)
Hamoth Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Seattle Posts: 208 Blog Entries: 33	Great job for starting! It's awesome that you are listening to you body and being mindful. Follow the program. Do you have a Success Journal? You might be amazed at how fast you recover...I wrote when I first started I wrote that I was sure I would not be ready for my second upper-body lifting day. When that day came it was the first day all week that I wasn't sore. This program is very well designed and if you follow it, things will fall in to place. Good luck! __________________ I have just completed an 8 week challenge to lose 30lbs of fat and gain 20 lbs of muscle. I am trying to recover from my long-neglected case of CECS (Chronic Exertional Compartment Syndrome) which was relieved two years ago with bilateral fasciotomies. Check out my Blog!

11-24-2008	#4 (permalink)
Maljonic Here to help Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 479	Push through the pain! Give it a few months and you'll be yearning for the pain you first achieved at the start, it gets harder and harder to make yourself sore as you get stonger. If you made yourself sore it's actually a good thing, it means you've torn your muscle fibres a bit and when they repair they will be a bit tougher - it's how muscles are formed. I remember years ago reading about Sylvester Stallone, before he was famous, where he used to work out so hard that he used to fall off his bicycle on the way home because his legs were so worn out. __________________ Some people think they can, while others think they can't - all of them are right.

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Kmo Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Guelph Posts: 16	When I started my lower body was killing me the day after, I couldnt even walk up 1 flight of stairs the next day, but i went in the day after and did the cardio and everything went away after. Maybe it was my luck that day but it worked

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11-25-2008	#6 (permalink)
Drewno Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 19	Yeah the first week is definitely a tough adjustment, but all of that fades after about 10 days and you never really deal with sever soreness ever again. I personally don't even notice after-workout soreness any more and I'm only on week 7. I will say this though: For the first two weeks I didn't think I was going to be able to do the lifting days because I felt so darn sore, but as soon as I started lifting the soreness (temporarily) went away. This also applied to cardio days where even though my quads were in PAAAAAIN I was still able to pretty easily hop on an exercise bike for 20 minutes. So I recommend doing the full routine right off the bat, but I see nothing wrong with easing your way into it.

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