hi all,

a noobish question here, i kinda started out a workout and now my whole body is sore >.< should i wait till the soreness disappears or continue with the workout since most workouts have are in intervals (ie one day work one day rest....) but its the second day now and its still sore, so should i proceed with the workout?

Depends on what target muscle you wanna hit and where is sore and what workout you doing.

hmm... okay....

well i did some pushup on tuesday and it got sore on wed and a little bit more today so should i continue doing pushups today?

(arms and chest sore)

trial and error

it may help recovering too, as doing so will flush more blood to your target muscle and bla bla, read it somewhere.

and i tried it on my squat, it works.

but normally i will just rest.

this is where rotating muscle groups come into play.

If you worked your arms and chest and they are sore till the next workout day, then train legs, back or shoulders during that day.

This is if you are already on a split routine. If you are just starting off then most likely your focus is still on compound exercises. In this case, I'd say do full body workout 2days(if u can, 3days) a week to get your body ready for the stress load.

When you feel your recovery time is improving, move on to specific muscle groups during each workout session.

*tip to hasten muscle soreness and recovery time
- Do some cardio at the end of your workout session(5-7mins of heart pumping action)
- ALWAYS stretch when you are done with your resistance training.
-These are to stimulate blood flow and reduce lactic acid buildup

You sure it's the whole body eg arms, back, chest, legs all together? Or just a part of the body? How severe is the pain?

You could try training parts where there is no pain or less pain.

Sometimes you have to learn to live with the pain and train.

hmm i see, well i thought of starting with just pushups and got the pain today... i usually rest until the pain stops then only do pushups again.

so i guess i'll try to do some today if i can. if not then maybe i'll do squats or sit ups instead ^^.

thanks for the advices.

btw should what should be a beginners workout be?

Do compound exercises.
Squats, deadlifts, pullups, chinups, dips, bench presses, military presses and not forgetting sit ups/crunches. These pretty much cover all the muscle groups in ur body.

Look up some examples and techniques on the net.
bodybuilding.com is a good start.

Thanks.... problem is i don't have gym equipment.. no weights... so i guess i can't do bench presses, dips, chinups deadlifts.



i think i'll do squats, burpees, pushups and situps instead lolz.

do jumping jack help?

still sore especially when i stretch >.<

there's a lot of motions in push ups, or even common exercise to make the exercising fun and exciting ....


although many ppl would say benching, weight lifting this or that ......... in actual fact ... benching, weight lifting exercise are done once every 2 weeks .....

that's the actual routine to do such stressful exercise ... the reason is ... if you do more than once in a week .... your joints, tendon cannot cope up with the stress ..... and may fail in long term ... it's not joke

even professional sprinter ... doesnt sprint every day ... they just jog everyday and sprint once every 2 weeks

so if you dun mind ... you can just go for 1 day gim every 2 weeks for weight lifting ..... besides .... you'll be doing those lifts around 4 reps only (if you're going for muscle mass or strength)

Give burpee pushups a shot. They can really burn.

Your muscles feeling sore is a pretty common thing. If your joints start aching, then you may have a problem though.

hmm... i can't even do 10 pushups so im trying to build up that before moving to burpee pushups.

I'd just rest. If you keep doing your pushups every other day, after maybe two weeks you'll be incapable of being sore anymore.

Soreness when beginning a new workout routine is common. Just listen to your body and wait it out before you do more pushups, theres no rush. I couldn't even do 1 pushup in December last year, and when I started I had soreness like you. I can do like 20-25 consecutive pushups now. Like others said, alternate with exercises for other body parts too.

Occasionally i tend to have sores that last to almost a week too when i stop. I think it's ok to do again even with sore after 3 days or so. I guess you are starting off with just compoundish exercise like push up...go for it...won't kill you

lolz i tried to do burpees yesterday and now its even more sore... i guess i'll stop for now and wait till its gone before continuing.

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If it's very very very sore until it feels painful. Then rest.

If it's just normal soreness and you can still move around. Then just take some carbs and continue the training.
After a few sets and some warm ups (around 15 minutes into your training), the soreness will go away for a day.

Make sure you do cool-downs after training to reduce soreness this time.
Light jogging, cycling, walking around, stretching.

This post has been edited by iamyuanwu: Aug 10 2009, 03:50 PM

thanks.... well the soreness is gone now. guess its time for me to continue the workout

rested for 3 days >.<

Hehe, me too, not too long ago did push up, can only do 2times, then another few is just barely, just slight bend, then one time did 10 in a row, rest and do 8 more. The following week ache like hell, I can't really do all these, cause if I have sore, I can't play good basketball. So now I just do 8 push-up a day. And some weight lifting (dumbell), 3reps of 12 each hand, the weight is very light though. Hehe.

I used to cycle very often with high gears for long distance; my leg
muscle became very powerful (so I think) but there's this annoying
'tense' feel... I don't really know how to describe this but I don't think
its soreness.

normal?

It's called a pump.