Sore

[AFK Protector]

Hey everyone. I reached my goal as you all know. Anyways, I played tennis for 4 hours the other day. It felt great. Then...I tried to get out of bed, and I couldn't. I thought I was paralyzed, but I was just really REALLY sore. Hell, my ass is sore and basically whenever I move, it hurts. Dunno wtf is up. Any advice on how to treat this ****? I'm laying off the workouts for a while though, cuz I read on this site that you should give your muscles time to REBUILD before breaking them down. thanks.

 

[DJ Bishop]

lol... I can feel your pain. I just ran 3 miles this morning for the first time in almost a week, and I'm feeling it. As for your soreness, drink lots of water, and don't overexert yourself. When you feel as though you're able to keep up exercising, go ahead and do so. It's natural for you to be sore - what you've done when you worked out (tennis, to be specific) was to cut tiny tears into your muscles, which in a few days will have solidified once again, thus increasing your muscle mass. When you have a solid routine going, you'll do upper body 1 day, lower body the next - always allowing 48 hours for each to heal. This is, of course, a very brief and inadequete explanation - more can be found on about.com or elsewhere. Or perhaps by speaking to any personal trainer.

 

[bogman2121]

stretch

 

[AFK Protector]

Ok thanks guys. I bought some sore patches. That icy/hot stuff that makes the pain go away. Do you know if that stuff messes up my muscles growing? It's made with herbal stuff. Thanks for your responses, school was hell with the sores...

 

[diablo]

I don't think that they'll mess your muscles up... but just continue working out and (as mentioned) stretching. Soreness is a natural feeling when you begin pushing yourself past your current limits. Get used to it.

 

[AFK Protector]

Ok.