Should I lay off ?

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VydorScope

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I am still in pain from Monday. I think what is going on is that on the machines I targeted specific muscles and they are way head of the rest of the body so when I switched to free weights, some muscles were able to push/pull much harder then others, and I over worked some.

Thinking that I will have to back off the weight a bit till everything catches up? All I know right now that even walking up/down stairs hurts enough to want to avoid it. Same with getting in and out of chairs, so suspecting the squat was where I did the damage. :)

Or is it best just work through it till all is fine?
 
I'd usually train through a little soreness but not what you're describing. If I started getting that kind of sore pain I'd focus more on eating in a surplus and keeping hydrated to help the body recover quickly

Just my opinion though
 
VydorScope said:
I am still in pain from Monday.

Thinking that I will have to back off the weight a bit till everything catches up? All I know right now that even walking up/down stairs hurts enough to want to avoid it.

Or is it best just work through it till all is fine?
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But you can do a few things to help with the soreness, and it involves just using some common sense measures.

Rest is an obvious one - don't train those specific muscles again until the soreness is gone. Although, you might want to consider a light cardio workout which will help get the blood flowing to all your muscles , including the "sore area " - which might also help reduce the soreness. Also, some anti-inflammatories such as ibuprofen ( I.e Advil ) for a couple of days will help reduce the soreness - but again, it won't speed up your recovery.

Beyond that, some very gentle stretching of your muscles may help a bit as well.
 
I did normal cardio yesterday, it did at all hurt (well anymore then not doing it did lOL), which is lending more credence to my thought that I have muscles ahead of others. Specifically those that the Elliptical works.

Stretching is helping a lot, sitting at my desk doing computer work is setting me back in that regard. Noticed that yesterday too.
 
Well day 2 in the gym mostly went better. Did find out that the bar does weight 45 pounds (found some one that had a staff personal trainger, and asked them) So that means I am SLIGHTLY less wimpy then I thought. :lol:

  • Squat: Three sets of 8 ~ 135lbs
  • Dead Lift : 10 ~ 50lbs, 10 ~ 70lbs 10 ~ 80lbs (need to bump this up )
  • Military Press : 6~85lbs , 3~ 85lbs , 4 ~75 lbs, 5 ~ 65lbs (see note)
  • Dumbbell Rows : 10~30lbs, 10~30lbs, 10~35lbs
  • Bench Press : 10~75lbs, 8~95lbs, 5~95lbs
  • Incline Situps : Three sets of 10
  • 8 Pullups, 10 Chin ups , 8 Dips with 45lbs of assist


Almost got that done in an hour (including shower/change/etc). Now the idiot part. I wrote in my notes to start with 20 pounds plus bar for the military press. So I preceded to put 20 pounds... ON EACH SIDE! LOL OPs. I was wondering why I was struggling so much with something I thought I did just 2 days ago. :lol:

Feel actually BETTER after working out. Seems to have releave my soreness a bit.
 
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