Recovery methods?

puntosporting

Hi,
Can anyone recommend or suggest there best recovery methods for tender muscle and aggrivation ?
What im talking about is after a workout which might consist of some heavy bag,skipping,light weights situps and pushups!
Lately ive been finding my triceps are getting very sore the day after and feel like they might be strained so the next session i dont get as good a workout with them?
Might i be overworking certain areas with my training?
Generaly what are people recovery methods any tips?

Mr E

It sounds like you are doing weights every day. I like to alternate weights and cardio, eg. Monday - weights, Tuesday - cardio, Wednesday - weights, Thursday - cardio etc.

You need to give your muscles a chance to recover.

puntosporting

I was thinking about that allright but was not sure,at the moment id do my triceps say mon,wen,fri and my biceps tue and thurs.Id do pushups everyday about 3 sets of 30,i was thinking that the pushups could be causing the aggrivation on my triceps?
Im not realy doing any leg work at the moment as i injured my cruciate ligament so while recovering from that im concentrating on upper body strength as its an area i have not done enough work on while i was more active playing field sports etc.

Mr E

If you want to concentrate solely on doing weights, you are better off alternating upper body vs. lower body.

Your biceps and triceps are opposing muscles, so when you are working on one, you should work out the other in the same weights session (rather than across multiple days). Its the same with leg muscles (quads and hamstrings).

Google for opposing muscle groups for a better explanation than I could give