How much pain?
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Anonymous
| Question for those of you who workout with trainers and/or weights on a regular basis. How many days of pain/stiffness/immobility is normal after a hard workout? I'm trying to figure out whether my trainer, who I've been working out with for awhile, actually knows what she is doing and whether this is good for me. |
Anonymous
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Read this article, OP. I'm a big fan of Nia's and really trust her advice.
http://www.niashanks.com/2014/03/workout-fatigue/ |
Anonymous
| Everyone is SO different! That's not a good way to gauge your trainer unfortunately. |
Anonymous
| Take cal-mag supplements at bedtime. Drink tons of water and increase your protein. All that will help your muscles recover. Oh and my marathon running friend swears by ice baths. He buys 4 bags of ice to soak in. Woohoo! |
Anonymous
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Bodybuilder here and former athlete, a day or two soreness (DOMs) after lifting weights is normal, if you lift weights 4x or more a week most will not be sore with such frequency, if you workout once or twice a week than you'll likely be sore constantly. Makes sense? For example, if you squat everyday your muscle fibers will get accustomed and no longer have DOM, if you squat once a week than you'll be sore almost all the time depending on the intensity.
Stretching after a workout helps ALOT so does foamrolling. Do mobility exercises prior to workouts, I know my right shoulder/rotator cuff is always tight so I got to loosen it up all the time. You know the saying "no pain no gain" a cliché but still hits the mark so there's going to be soreness, injuries (minor tweaks) associated with weightraining but if you take care of your body and know/understand your body than you should reap the benefits that it offers. |
Anonymous
| Everyone is different and you've gotten some good thoughts so far. I've always found that I'm super sore two days after a hard workout with the second day being the worst. I've also found that light jogging or walking in btwn hard workouts really helps to reduce the soreness. And ice baths absolutely work to prevent soreness. |
Anonymous
| Are you talking about pain...as in injury, sharp/stabbing? Or are you talking about soreness from actually using muscles that you weren't working before? You shouldn't have pain. Soreness, absolutely. Suck it up, keep working. Ice, rest/recover appropriately. Still the amount of soreness you have isn't indicative of the quality of trainer. What are your goals? Are they realistic? Is she helping you reach them? |
Anonymous
| I only do hard workouts twice a week. When I started I was sore for 4 days after. Now 3 months later I'm mostly fine the next day. If I'm working a less used muscle group I might be a little sore, but the all over pain from just running and moving is gone. |
Anonymous
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I'm a daily exerciser and in very good shape, but the few times I've gone to a trainer, I've ended up very sore for several days afterward. I think it's because we're doing different stuff than my usual workout, and maybe because the trainer thinks that if I really feel the burn, I'll hire him long-term for results.
(also, while I'm sore the next day, I'm even worse on the second day afterward.) |