So you went to the gym two days ago and now you can’t raise your hands or go down a flight of stairs without moaning. Your muscles are so sore and now you are wondering if you should continue with your workouts or take a rest. Well, the plan is to never give up. It took you a lot of guts to make yourself to finally start working out and stopping because of sore muscles would just be sad. I mean, you saw it coming, right?
So what if the pain is so much that you are sure you wouldn’t be able to lift a finger if you went back to the gym, then what? Go to the gym and work on a different muscle group, according to studies all over the internet.
Experts say that there will always be a muscle group that is not as sore. Usually, your legs might hurt but your arms won’t be as badly off and vise versa. Maybe your arms and legs are killing you but your core (aka on- pack) isn’t so bad. The idea is to hit the gym and ride on this new motivation you have to live healthy and physically fit. So when your muscles are sore, concentrate on those that aren’t.
Remedies for sore muscles
Sore muscles can be very uncomfortable and this demands that you get some relief. Stretching, doing low-intensity cardio such as walking or swimming is the way to get relief faster.
The silver-lining is that light recovery exercises feel so good. And in addition to feeling good, they offer other health benefits like pumping more blood through the muscles. The increase in blood flow may help you recover from soreness sooner. So long as you aren’t overloading or challenging the muscles more.
If you are the type that loves massages, a session at the spa would be ideal in the process of getting back your muscles. Whatever you do, don’t stop going to the gym.
What is soreness?
Soreness of muscles is nothing but microscopic tears or breakdown in muscle tissue due to the fact that they are not used to this new movement. The body fixes the tears and builds them up to protect them against future damage. This is how you trick your body to grow your biceps and to turn your beer keg into a six-pack. So long as you get enough protein in your diet.
Don’t be too enthusiastic though. Over-training can be harmful to your health.
