Agony!

Sala

I just joined a gym. I'm not very fit, have done a bit of jogging but nothing else. I have gone a couple of times and it was fine but the OH had me doing lunges yesterday and I am in agony!! I had two hot baths but it's not cured. I am like an old lady pulling myself up off chairs and hobbling around. Any suggestions, I am supposed to go to gym tomorrow again but I can barely walk.

Frosty McSnowballs

Do some stretching.

Zombienosh

Welcome to DOMS

diddlybit

Most people I know swear by a hot bath with epsom salts.

http://www.care2.com/greenliving/use-epsom-salts-13-wonderful-ways.html

Always make sure you cool down and stretch out properly too, your body will thank you for it the next day.

I can never think of lunges without thinking of that Friends episode when Jiey steals all Chandlers clothes.:o

JJayoo

The soreness is perfectly normal when you try out a new exercise. If you are still sore tomorrow just avoid training the sore areas. When someone is new to the gym it's important for them not to associate the gym with being sore/negative thoughts or else they might start coming up with reasons not to go.

So tomorrow you better post again telling us what you did in the gym or else.....

Sala

JJayoo wrote: »

The soreness is perfectly normal when you try out a new exercise. If you are still sore tomorrow just avoid training the sore areas. When someone is new to the gym it's important for them not to associate the gym with being sore/negative thoughts or else they might start coming up with reasons not to go.

So tomorrow you better post again telling us what you did in the gym or else.....

I know, that's what I was thinking! I really want to enjoy this and not make it a negative thing I have to do, but my legs and bum are killing me, it took me a good five minutes to winch myself out of my car! I have had post exercise pain before but never like this.

Tasden

Proper stretching and warm ups/cool downs. I like using tiger balm if I get real bad. I learned to love that feeling though, not the intense pain but the "burn" after a tough workout!

Sala

Tasden wrote: »

Proper stretching and warm ups/cool downs. I like using tiger balm if I get real bad. I learned to love that feeling though, not the intense pain but the "burn" after a tough workout!

I'm not enjoying it, my legs have aged a good 50 years overnight:D

Chancer3001

If you do zero lunges for 10 years, then do loads you'll have this pain..

But if you do lunges twice a week, you won't have this pain at all.

It's like your body rewards the training!!

Oryx

Ah, lunges

I always found sitting on the loo was the worst - no handles to help you

The pain is normal and eases over a few days. If you continue exercising the pain afterwards lessens so it won't be this bad again. Sometines an alternate exercise can help, swimming, or spinning lightly on a bike.

ted1

It gets easier

Sala

Thank you all, I don't feel so bad now (about myself I mean, my legs are still shot!)

For something that looks so easy... - I probably haven't used these muscles for my entire adult life!

Alf Veedersane

If you haven't done lunges in a while, you can drop the D from DOMS too...

McDonnellDean

It does get easier, I'm about 5 months in to running and bodyweight exercises, I still get minor twinges but your body begins to adapt. Don't give up and don't push to hard just keep a good steady consistency and in a couple of weeks your downtime will begin to lower to the point that you begin to enjoy the post workout feeling.

runawaybishop

Sala wrote: »

I just joined a gym. I'm not very fit, have done a bit of jogging but nothing else. I have gone a couple of times and it was fine but the OH had me doing lunges yesterday and I am in agony!! I had two hot baths but it's not cured. I am like an old lady pulling myself up off chairs and hobbling around. Any suggestions, I am supposed to go to gym tomorrow again but I can barely walk.

More lunges should help.

Sala

JJayoo wrote: »

So tomorrow you better post again telling us what you did in the gym or else.....

Went swimming instead

Brian?

Sala wrote: »

Went swimming instead

Shame on you!

judgefudge

Sweet Jesus. Tried a bunch of squats and lunges yesterday that I've been meant to be doing for weeks (whoops). Anyway, was going grand yesterday, not too hard. Did about 60 of each.

Absolute agony today! It's hard to even walk let alone sit down

Sala

I got my training plan today. Loads of squats . The gym instructor had to reduce all the weights he initially allocated me as I am sh**e!:D I am not looking forward to the next few weeks

siochain

Always associate training with reward

Squats = pert buns

fitnessnow

Ah squats now i prefer squats to lunges i reckon lunges were an old form of torture ...



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Precious flower

I can do squats ALL DAY LONG! Love 'em!:D But after reading this thread I thought to myself ''Hey, why haven't I tried lunges yet?'' decided to do them that day and my legs were quite sore after them, really felt them the next day, noticed I had to watch my form a lot as well which I never have to do with squats as I'm pretty good at them, but they were tough!