Should I train when my muscles are sore?

palester

I'm starting to train again and am setting myself some goals. I love training and am 100% comitted. However, as I'm only beginning again, I'm experiencing very sore muscles after even a fairly tame work out. I want to train 3 times a week, but should I be waiting til my muscle pain eases before I do another session?

pacquiao

yes you can train away and i would say it is far better to get blood to them again as opposed to sitting on your ass waiting for it to go away. The pain goes way down when you warm up anyway

Charlie3dan

pacquiao wrote: »

yes you can train away and i would say it is far better to get blood to them again as opposed to sitting on your ass waiting for it to go away. The pain goes way down when you warm up anyway

+1

Just to add, if you actually find you are so sore that you can't do your usual trianing, (if you're lifting for example). Either 1: do a more intensive warm up or 2: do a different type of excersize. Either way, much better to train than to sit it out. Providing you are still giving yourself the appropriate rest periods otherwise.

thimbleking

Make sure to do a warm up before initial pre-session stretching. Something like a brisk walk for 5mins on the treadmill will do fine. Spend plenty of time stretching at the end of the session too. You'll feel the benefits the next morning!

palester

Thanks all!
I'm definitely going to do a bit tonight but will be staying away from the weights and might concentrate on a running and stretching, with a good warm up! It obviously now makes complete sense to encourage blood circulation to my achey muscles.

Thanks for your advise.

Mars Bar

Great thread here.

I went play soccer on tarmac ground with some little kids on Wednesday. However, it was completely impulsive as I didn't know there would be a soccer enclosure there and I wanted to impress Packie Bonner . Didn't warm up or anything and now the muscles around my ankles and hips are sore!

Then I got a letter this morning saying I have an interview on Monday for a soccer course that also includes a physical test so I need to recover quickly. I did a 30 minute walk today to loosen up instead of going to the gym.

Would swimming be good?

Oryx

I always find swimming great if Im stiff and sore from training. Repeating the same exercises on aching muscles can be difficult to do, meaning you dont get the benefit of the exercise, so youre usually better off alternating different workouts.

Triangla

Sounds like Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness (DOMS)

Thread here: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055844272

Da Za

You don't want to train too much as your muscles will get huge and explode................

lol

If you are only starting back, it is quite usual to be that sore but your body will adapt and be able to recovery quicker between sessions.

As someone stated above, it would be very beneficial to do a recovery type session either inbetween sessions or when you feel sore. This could consist of stretching or doing some total body sessions to get some blood flowing into the muscles in question that are sore.

lubie76

Triangla wrote: »

Sounds like Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness (DOMS)

Thread here: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055844272

Theres nothing about DOMS on that thread apart from the title. I didn't go through the whole 17 pages though!!

Transform

palester wrote: »

Thanks all!
I'm definitely going to do a bit tonight but will be staying away from the weights and might concentrate on a running and stretching, with a good warm up! It obviously now makes complete sense to encourage blood circulation to my achey muscles.

Thanks for your advise.

plenty of foam rolling, contrast showers, plunge pool if the gym has one and stretching for sure.