Do You Know Why You Are Sore After A Workout?

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s, you’ll know that it’s a good soreness, as I like to call it. This is what you WANT to feel after a workout.</p><p id="1be5">Well, what exactly is this DOMS thing and how do I know if I get it? That’s a question I get asked quite a bit.</p><p id="f392">The best way I’ve came up with to explain it is more of an analogy than an actual definition.</p><p id="0aed">A day or two after you’ve workout out (for me is usually 2 days after), those muscle groups which were worked out will give you this “sore” type of feeling. By that I mean, for example, if you’ve worked out your legs, you’ll feel that kind of stiffness in your thighs and calf muscles. It’s the kind of sore where you’ll chuckle at yourself and say something like “OUCH, my legs hurt so much!” but you’ll be laughing as you do.</p><p id="75fb">Compared to the “OUCH, my legs hurt so much” and you’ll be crying and want to go to the hospital because the pain is to unbearable.</p><p id="d8cc">Most people understand this way of explanation. One hurt is a funny-hurt, the other is a hospital-hurt. Get it?</p><p id="8d10">Once a new person experiences this DOMS feeling, they don’t like it (because it’s so different) and therefore, they may feel they did something wrong with the exercise and decided to stop working out.</p><p id="06e3">My advice is to NOT STOP working out! The DOMS are what you WANT to feel! Now, you may feel like you shouldn’t do that same workout the next day, but go ahead, it’s cool. But, there’s

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no harm in waiting 3 or 4 days to repeat that exercise. Instead, do something else, work out another part of the body or another muscle group.</p><p id="2fa5">Your goal, as a new workout person, is to achieve this DOMS feeling with every workout. No I’m not crazy, I’m just telling you like it is. I personally like it when I get DOMS, it tells me I’m doing something right for my body.</p><p id="0716">Hey, have you subscribed to my weekly Q&A newsletter? You can do so by going to the Top Fitness Strategies home page <a href="http://www.topfitnessstrategies.com/">HERE!</a></p><p id="641f">Also, if you like this story, give it a clap and pass it on to someone else! Thanks!</p><p id="fc9c">Would you like to read more from Andrew? Here’s an Open Letter To The Fitness World…</p><div id="1fc8" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/an-open-letter-to-the-fitness-over-50-crowd-431181f10be3"> <div> <div> <h2>An Open Letter To The Fitness Over 50 Crowd</h2> <div><h3>I wanted to write something I feel each and every one of us wants to say, or at least is thinking to ourselves.</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*idEDMICVaLFyfEEGt6-7nA.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div></article></body>

In the fitness world, this “soreness” is called DOMS. I’ll get into what that means in the article below.

For the people in the Fitness Over 50 crowd, or any crowd for that matter, that have never worked out and decided to start, they don’t know what they are in for! But, I will give some indication as to what to be ready to feel!

The main thing one has to realize is that when you work out, whether you’re brand new or just started back up again, you’ll use muscles in a way you probably don’t do every day. When this happens, the muscles say “hey, what in the world just happened? I’m not used to doing that movement. Guess I’ll have to start adapting.”

Yes, you’ll feel tired when you’re done with the workout, but the real “soreness” may not happen for a day or two after you do the workout. This “soreness” is commonly referred to as “DOMS”, which stands for: Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness. If you’ve experienced this, you’ll know that it’s a good soreness, as I like to call it. This is what you WANT to feel after a workout.

Well, what exactly is this DOMS thing and how do I know if I get it? That’s a question I get asked quite a bit.

The best way I’ve came up with to explain it is more of an analogy than an actual definition.

A day or two after you’ve workout out (for me is usually 2 days after), those muscle groups which were worked out will give you this “sore” type of feeling. By that I mean, for example, if you’ve worked out your legs, you’ll feel that kind of stiffness in your thighs and calf muscles. It’s the kind of sore where you’ll chuckle at yourself and say something like “OUCH, my legs hurt so much!” but you’ll be laughing as you do.

Compared to the “OUCH, my legs hurt so much” and you’ll be crying and want to go to the hospital because the pain is to unbearable.

Most people understand this way of explanation. One hurt is a funny-hurt, the other is a hospital-hurt. Get it?

Once a new person experiences this DOMS feeling, they don’t like it (because it’s so different) and therefore, they may feel they did something wrong with the exercise and decided to stop working out.

My advice is to NOT STOP working out! The DOMS are what you WANT to feel! Now, you may feel like you shouldn’t do that same workout the next day, but go ahead, it’s cool. But, there’s no harm in waiting 3 or 4 days to repeat that exercise. Instead, do something else, work out another part of the body or another muscle group.

Your goal, as a new workout person, is to achieve this DOMS feeling with every workout. No I’m not crazy, I’m just telling you like it is. I personally like it when I get DOMS, it tells me I’m doing something right for my body.

Hey, have you subscribed to my weekly Q&A newsletter? You can do so by going to the Top Fitness Strategies home page HERE!

Also, if you like this story, give it a clap and pass it on to someone else! Thanks!

Would you like to read more from Andrew? Here’s an Open Letter To The Fitness World…

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Do You Know Why You Are Sore After A Workout?

In the fitness world, this “soreness” is called DOMS. I’ll get into what that means in the article below.

An Open Letter To The Fitness Over 50 Crowd

I wanted to write something I feel each and every one of us wants to say, or at least is thinking to ourselves.