Question about working out.

[Greenport]

Alright. I know you know this if u work out already. When you work out the day after you are sore right? So...should you give yourself a day to rest or no..

Greenport Reviewed by Greenport on 02-27-2007. Question about working out. Alright. I know you know this if u work out already. When you work out the day after you are sore right? So...should you give yourself a day to rest or no.. Rating: 5

[Matt the Funk]

This only happens to me if I haven't worked out for a while. I'm no medical expert but i've alwaysbeen told to stretch and work out to get rid of the soreness.

[cron]

If you are sore work out a diffrent muscle,but if your whole body is sore you should take a day off or else you will hurt yourself.After a couple weeks you wont get sore any more

[Jaerl]

Wait at least a day, dont work out if yer really sore, Because yer muscles are still healing, the next day do another part, i switch off everday doing different routines

[Samwhore]

Only when I get a good workout, just strech, yes, it hurts when you do it the day after. But I just stretch and it feels good, nice to know all you are working out and keeping fit:thumbsup:

[Greenport]

Thanks for the advice every1 i appriciate it

[slipknotpsycho]

fromw hat i've heard (from reputable sources) is you should work out like 5 days outta the week, and do nothing the other 2... it's supposed to like shock your muscles into growing better.

[Markass]

your muscles will be sore if they're not used to physical activity...first few days I started lifting weights it was difficult to lift my arms..but now, after a month and a half or so, no soreness the day after.

[JeenYuss]

agreed

for the last 5 months or so all i have been doing is sitting/laying around and watching tv

yesterday i bought my boy alex a whistle and made him my personal trainer/coach an he put me thru a hard ass work out every time i missed a shot i ran a suicide, did 50 sit-ups(full ones no crunches) or 25 pushups

and for the record im 5'6" an weigh about 100 lbs my arms are about the same size around as my penis (down by my wrist they literally are)

my body now feels like its on fire and my abs are probably bleeding on the inside(hehehe)

[thcbongman]

You should expect a degree of soreness when you start working out again. In time you'll get use to the weights. But resting muscles is a key component to growth.

Yea, you should partition your workouts to ensure proper rest, doing upper body one day, lower body the next.

If you wanna be really serious, you can cycle it even further like this:

biceps/triceps
chest/lats.
deltoids/traps.
quads/hamstrings/glutes/calfs.
and repeat
throw in a few ab workouts there. Once or twice a week, don't work-out at all, and do some running instead.

The formula is really simple. Work out. Eat. Sleep. Repeat.