On Wednesday I did a half hour of stair climbing. That's literally walking up and down the stairs outside at about one step per second (not just what climbing actual stairs at a walking pace counts as - not cardio, but certainly exercise of some sort). I would manage it for about six minutes, then I'd come in and sit down for five, then off I'd go again.
The day after, I had moderate soreness/stiffness. Nothing more extreme than I might get from walking for an hour and a half. I did a bit of walking but not very much at all.
On Friday, I figured, to hell with it. I could bike for fifteen minutes if I did a slow pace, despite my still sore leg muscles. It wasn't as though they were sore when I sat still and they got better when they were moved.
Tonight, I got four hours sleep before the pain roused me.
So does this mean that whenever I get delayed onset soreness, no more exercising AT ALL for the next two or more days? And if so, how should I react to personal trainers who try and get you to push your limits in a half hour (and seem to promote delayed onset soreness in a form that lasts 3 days) who demand I do lunges and the like that seem to put a lot of stress on the calves? I mean, exercising twice a week is well below the expected average.
I just don't understand it. I wasn't darting up the stairs. I was walking up them. And the delayed onset soreness wasn't that bad for the longest time so it seems to be less about *how* I prepared for the stair climbing, and more that any exercise I do while having DOS, will see me writhe that night.
The day after, I had moderate soreness/stiffness. Nothing more extreme than I might get from walking for an hour and a half. I did a bit of walking but not very much at all.
On Friday, I figured, to hell with it. I could bike for fifteen minutes if I did a slow pace, despite my still sore leg muscles. It wasn't as though they were sore when I sat still and they got better when they were moved.
Tonight, I got four hours sleep before the pain roused me.
So does this mean that whenever I get delayed onset soreness, no more exercising AT ALL for the next two or more days? And if so, how should I react to personal trainers who try and get you to push your limits in a half hour (and seem to promote delayed onset soreness in a form that lasts 3 days) who demand I do lunges and the like that seem to put a lot of stress on the calves? I mean, exercising twice a week is well below the expected average.
I just don't understand it. I wasn't darting up the stairs. I was walking up them. And the delayed onset soreness wasn't that bad for the longest time so it seems to be less about *how* I prepared for the stair climbing, and more that any exercise I do while having DOS, will see me writhe that night.